Six Minutes To Midnight

 Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

1h 39min | Drama, Thriller | 2021 (USA)

In the summer of 1939, influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.

Director: Andy Goddard

Writers: Andy Goddard, Eddie Izzard

Stars: James D'Arcy, Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent 




The Vault

The Vault (2021)

Way Down (original title)

R | 1h 58min | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 2021 (Spain)

The Vault follows Thom (Highmore), a genius engineering graduate whose interest is piqued by the Bank of Spain. It’s safe, built over 100 years ago, has no blueprints, and its security system includes an underground river that floods the safe room if breached. After learning that a legendary treasure will be deposited in the bank’s safe, Thom masterminds a meticulous plan along with charismatic art dealer Walter (Cunningham) to break into it.

Director: Jaume Balagueró

Writers: Rowan Athale, Michel Gaztambide

Stars: Freddie Highmore, Famke Janssen, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey 



Godzilla vs. Kong

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

PG-13 | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 31 March 2021 (USA)

Legends collide in “Godzilla vs. Kong” as these mythic adversaries meet in a spectacular battle for the ages, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Kong and his protectors undertake a perilous journey to find his true home, and with them is Jia, a young orphaned girl with whom he has formed a unique and powerful bond. But they unexpectedly find themselves in the path of an enraged Godzilla, cutting a swath of destruction across the globe. The epic clash between the two titans—instigated by unseen forces—is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the Earth.

Writers: Eric Pearson (screenplay by), Max Borenstein

Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall 



The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2021)

Comedy | 19 March 2021 (USA)

In need of some money and creatively unfulfilled, Nicolas Cage begrudgingly accepts a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a Mexican billionaire super fan. When things take a wild turn, Cage is forced to become a version of some of his most iconic and beloved characters in order to extricate himself from an increasingly dangerous situation.

Director: Tom Gormican

Writers: Kevin Etten, Tom Gormican

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Neil Patrick Harris  



Food Club

Madklubben (2020)

1h 38min | Comedy, Drama | 22 October 2020 (Denmark)

Food Club revolves around three longtime girlfriends from elementary school who are coming into their prime and finding a new lease on life after participating in a cooking course in Italy. Marie (Olesen) is abandoned by her husband on Christmas Eve, leading her identity as part of a happy family to crumble; while Berling (Ekblad) is the eternal bachelorette who lives the sweet life but has a complicated relationship with her daughter; and Vanja (Lehfeldt) lives with the memories of her late husband and has difficulty moving on.

Director: Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg

Writer: Anne-Marie Olesen

Stars: Teresa Fiorentino, Karoline Hamm, Stina Ekblad 



Enforcement

 

Enforcement (2020)

Shorta (original title)

1h 48min | Action, Crime | 8 October 2020 (Denmark)

The exact details of what took place while Talib Ben Hassi (19) was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers, Jens and Mike, are on routine patrol in Svalegården’s ghetto when news of Talib’s death comes in over the radio, igniting uncontrollable, pent-up rage in the ghetto’s youth, who lust for revenge. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves fair game and must fight tooth and claw to find a way out.

Directors: Frederik Louis Hviid, Anders Ølholm

Writers: Anders Ølholm (screenplay), Frederik Louis Hviid

Stars: Jacob Lohmann, Simon Sears, Tarek Zayat



Exodus

Exodus (2020)

Sci-Fi | 2020 (USA)

In a post-rapture world, an enforcer who prevents defections from the struggling populous, discovers a VHS-tape that proves the existence of a portal to paradise. He embarks on a journey to the door, evading vengeful pursuers along the way.

Writers: Logan Stone, Andrew Arcos

Stars: Jimi Stanton, Janelle Snow, Charles Andrew Gardner

 



Phobias

Phobias (2021)

R | 1h 25min | Horror, Thriller | 19 March 2021 (USA)

Five dangerous patients, suffering from extreme phobias at a government testing facility, are put to the ultimate test under the supervision of a crazed doctor and his quest to weaponize fear.

Directors: Camilla Belle, Maritte Lee Go 

Writers: Camilla Belle, Broderick Engelhard

Stars: Alexis Knapp, Charlotte McKinney, Lauren Miller Rogen  



Last Call

Last Call (2021)

1h 42min | Comedy | 19 March 2021 (USA)

A local success story and real estate developer, Mick (Jeremy Piven), returns home to his offbeat blue collar Irish neighborhood in the shadows of Philadelphia for a funeral and is obligated to stay to ensure his parents’ ailing family business gets back on course. Amidst all of this, he grows closer to his childhood crush (Taryn Manning) who is also back in town, while enduring the constant ridicule from his old hometown crew. As Mick begins to reconnect with the neighborhood he grew up in, he finds himself at a crossroads when forced to either raze or resurrect the family bar.

Director: Paolo Pilladi

Writers: Greg Lingo, Paolo Pilladi

Stars: Jeremy Piven, Taryn Manning, Bruce Dern



Still Life in Lodz

Still Life in Lodz (2019)

1h 15min | Documentary | 20 November 2019 (Poland)

The lure of family mysteries lies at the heart of “Still Life In Lodz,” an emotionally riveting documentary that journeys to the historically tumultuous city of Lodz, Poland. Here, a surprise reunion with a painting that hung in the same apartment for 75 world-altering years becomes a probing investigation into the power of memory, art, time and resilience. What follows is a deeply personal detective story rich with twists and turns. But, equally it is an ode to the lost generations of Jewish Lodz and a look at how fragile—but also how incredibly necessary—our relationship with the past is for creating the future.

Director: Slawomir Grunberg

Writers: Lilka Elbaum, Slawomir Grunberg

Stars: Roni Ben Ari, Paul Celler, Lilka Elbaum



Honeydew

 

Honeydew (2020)

1h 46min | Horror | 15 April 2020 (USA)

Honeydew tells the story of a young couple (played by Spielberg and Barr) who are forced to seek shelter in the home of an aging farmer (Kingsley) and her peculiar son, when they suddenly begin having strange cravings and hallucinations taking them down a rabbit hole of the bizarre.

Director: Devereux Milburn

Writers: Dan Kennedy (story), Devereux Milburn

Stars: Sawyer Spielberg, Malin Barr, Barbara Kingsley



The Many Saints of Newark

 

The Many Saints of Newark (2021)

R | Crime, Drama | 24 September 2021 (USA)

The film is set in the explosive 1960s in the era of the Newark riots, when the African-American and Italian communities are often at each other’s throats. But among the gangsters within each group, the dangerous rivalry becomes especially lethal.

Director: Alan Taylor

Writers: Lawrence Konner, David Chase

Stars: Vera Farmiga, Jon Bernthal, Leslie Odom Jr. 



Dark Web: Cicada 3301

Dark Web: Cicada 3301 (2021)

Action, Comedy, Thriller | 12 March 2021 (USA)

This instense, high-speed cyber-thriller is based on a series of mysterious, unsolved real-life events. It starts as genius hacker Connor discovers Cicada 3301, an online treasure hunt that could be a recruiting tool for a secret society. Soon Connor, art-expert friend Avi, and secretive librarian Gwen are dashing from graffiti sites to ancient libraries to uncover real-life clues. But they must outrun aggressive NSA agents, also hot on the trail of Cicada, who want the glory for themselves.

Writers: Joshua Montcalm, Alan Ritchson

Stars: Alan Ritchson, Conor Leslie, Kris Holden-Ried  



Yes Day

Releases March 12, 2021

Always feeling like they have to say NO to their kids and co-workers, Allison and Carlos decide to give their three kids a YES DAY -- where for 24 hours the kids make the rules. Little did they know that they'd be going on a whirlwind adventure around Los Angeles, that would bring the family closer to each other than ever before.

Writers: Tom Lichtenheld (based on the book by), Justin Malen

Stars: Jenna Ortega, Jennifer Garner, Edgar Ramírez  



Cherry

Cherry (2021)
Crime, Drama | 12 March 2021 (USA)
Releases March 12, 2021
Follows the wild journey of a disenfranchised young man from Ohio who meets the love of his life, only to risk losing her through a series of bad decisions and challenging life circumstances. Inspired by the best-selling novel of the same name, CHERRY features Tom Holland in the title role, as an unhinged character who drifts from dropping out of college to serving in Iraq as an army medic and is only anchored by his one true love Emily (Ciara Bravo). When Cherry returns home a war hero, he battles the demons of undiagnosed PTSD and spirals into drug addiction, surrounding himself with a menagerie of depraved misfits. Draining his finances, Cherry turns to bank robbing to fund his addiction, shattering his relationship with Emily along the way.
Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers: Angela Russo-Otstot (screenplay by), Jessica Goldberg 
Stars: Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor  




Pixie

Pixie (2020)
Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 23 October 2020 (UK)
Olivia Cooke and Alec Baldwin star in this action-packed crime story set in Ireland. On a path to avenge her mother’s death, Pixie Hardy (Cooke) attempts a heist that will give her the means to leave her small town life behind. When the plan goes horribly wrong she’s forced to team up with a pair of misfits who are clearly in over their heads. On the run from an organized gang – criminal priests and nuns, led by Father McGrath (Baldwin) – the trio will scheme and swindle anyone they come across in this hilarious and thrilling adventure.
Director: Barnaby Thompson
Writer: Preston Thompson
Stars: Olivia Cooke, Fra Fee, Rory Fleck Byrne