By: Al B.
THE WANDERING EARTH II
Well Go USA
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In the near future, after learning that the sun is rapidly burning out and will obliterate Earth in the process, humans build enormous engines to propel the planet to a new solar system, far out of reach of the sun’s fiery flares. However, the journey out into the universe is perilous, and humankind’s last shot at survival will depend on a group of young people brave enough to step up and execute a dangerous, life-or-death operation to save the earth.
SHABU
IndiePix Films
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Meet Shabu, a 14-year-old Dutch-Surinamese aspiring artist from “The Paperclip,” an inner city apartment complex in one of Rotterdam’s most notorious neighborhoods. Shabu has big dreams but even bigger problems. He’s just totaled his grandmother’s car and desperately needs to raise some cash before the end of the summer in order to pay her back. Utilizing his musical talent and street smarts, Shabu concocts a plan to both make the money and make his family proud.
FAMOUS
Gravitas Ventures
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Interracial brothers in the music business are opposites at life, love and sobriety. Music artist Famous struggles with addiction while his seemingly perfect stepbrother and producer, Plain Wayne, is adored by the media for being his savior. Yet away from the cameras, Plain Wayne may be the one responsible for Famous’s many relapses, wanting to keep Famous under his control. As Famous gets a new chance at life and love, he begins to see the truth about his brother.
WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE
Film Movement Classics
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Brimming with magical realism, sensuality, and humor, the final film by revered filmmaker Shohei Imamura tells the story of Yosuke Sasano , an unemployed salaryman who arrives in a remote fishing village following a rumor of hidden treasure. Instead, he meets Saeko Aizawa, a charming and unusual woman with a unique problem: a well of warm water inside her longing for release. Saeko faces both shame and adoration for her condition, which the local anglers believe feeds the river and its fish. Intrigued and enamored, Yosuke decides to take up a new life as a fisherman. Through their passionate affair, Imamura paints a picture of longing, fantasy, and the search for true happiness in the most unexpected of places.
UNWELCOME
Well Go USA
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A couple escapes their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland only to hear stories of mysterious beings who live in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden. As warned by their new neighbors, in Irish lore the Redcaps will come when called to help souls in dire need of rescue, but it’s crucial to remember that there is always a dear price to pay for their aid.
SWEETHURT
Gravitas Ventures
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Sweethurt follows Jacob, who embarks on a road-trip to a small, beach-side town with his two best friends Mike and Drew, as well as his sociopath sister, Abby, for what promises to be a fun weekend of going through their newly-deceased grandfather’s stuff — but upon arrival, Jacob’s true motivations are revealed; his ex-girlfriend, Olivia, lives in the town, and Jacob wants one last shot at probably disappointing her again.
THE SIEGE
Well Go USA
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After being compromised during a mission gone wrong, an international assassin is sent to a reassignment center to receive a new identity and erase any trace of his past handiwork. However, when a ruthless team of operatives storms the secure compound, he reluctantly teams up with an elite hitwoman and her mysterious charge in order to make it out alive.
VIOLENT STREETS
Film Movement Classics
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VIOLENT STREETS is a brutal, gripping, kinetic action yarn in which legendary gangster-turned-actor Noboru Ando plays Egawa, a retired yakuza underboss, now nightclub owner, who gets pulled back into the life when his old comrades demand control of his club. Meanwhile, a gang war quietly roiling behind the scenes erupts into open violence in response to a high-profile kidnapping, lending unimaginably high stakes to Egawa’s reemergence onto the yakuza scene. The result is a kinetic and stylish explosion of deception, mayhem, and death that leaves no one safe.
SAMURAI WOLF 1&2
Film Movement Classics
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Diba is Samurai Wold, a scruffy yet charismatic ronin who wanders into a small town and ends up ensnared in a local conflict that becomes more treacherous when a beautiful blind woman enters the picture. Part 2: Hell Cut finds Kiba once again entangled in a complex web of intrigue, involving a crooked goldmine owner, a cynical swordsman and an arrogant dojo master.