American Pastoral
American Pastoral (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
The quiet, rural life of Seymour 'Swede' Levov (Ewan McGregor) and his beautiful wife Dawn (Jennifer Connelly) explodes during the late 1960s when their daughter (Dakota Fanning) becomes radicalized by an anti-Vietnam war group and she gets involved in violent protests.
Max Steel
Max Steel (Movie Reviews, Last Update Aug 2017)
Max McGrath (Ben Winchell) thought he was an ordinary teen until he discovered he has inherited the ability to generate energy from his scientist father. However, he doesn't have the power to control it -- until he meets a robotic alien named Steel (voice of Josh Brener). Working together the pair becomes Max Steel -- Super Hero.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
Rebellious city kid Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) is moved to rural New Zealand and placed in the foster care of warm-hearted Bella and her emotionally icy husband Heck (Rima Te Wiata and Sam Neill). But a misunderstanding soon has the teen on the run. If he can survive in the bush and learn to trust a reluctant mentor, he might just find out what it means to have a family.
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Sonita
Sonita (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
Sonita is a subtitled documentary about an Afghan teen who fled her home and country as a child. Even though she now lives as a refugee in Iran, she still faces the reality of her family trying to sell her into marriage. Despite the obstacles of tradition and cultural restraints, Sonita dreams of being a rapper and using the mic to decry the oppression of her gender.
Ice Guardians
Ice Guardians (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
Whether or not you agree with fighting in the NHL, this well-made documentary presents an interesting perspective on the motives behind dropping the gloves. It explores the impact of fighting in hockey and the role of the “enforcer”, a position unique to this professional sport.
Cheer Up
Cheer Up (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
This documentary follows The Ice Queens, the lowest-ranked high school cheerleading team in the Arctic Circle of Finland. Lead by Miia, an ambitious coach who's tired of losing, the Ice Queens aim to rise up the ranks of competitive cheerleading while coping with the added struggles of teenage life.
Angry Inuk
Angry Inuk (Movie Reviews, Last Update Aug 2017)
In ANGRY INUK, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril presents the Inuit lifestyle as a model for sustainable, ethical industry and exposes how the media’s manipulation of the image of commercial sealing has created a great economic disparity between the Inuit and the environmental lobby groups that threaten their very subsistence. Arnaquq-Baril enlists the help of Inuit youth to spread the truth of their lifestyle through social media.
Burn Your Maps
Burn Your Maps (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
As if the journey through their own marriage problems wasn’t enough, Alise and Connor (Vera Farmiga and Marton Csokas) are forced to take an unexpected detour when their young son (Jacob Tremblay) decides he is really a Mongolian goat herder trapped in the life of an American boy.
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Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
The right to bear arms comes into the crosshairs in this film about a political lobbyist (Jessica Chasten) who wants to pass gun control laws.
Keep Watching
Keep Watching (Movie Reviews, Last Update Feb 2018)
A family cannot understand why a group of sadistic intruders would break into their home and force them to play a game of "Kill, Or Be Killed", until they realize their horrific experiences are being streamed live. Sadly, the viewing audience seems content to keep watching, waiting to see if the action is real or just make-believe.
Rules Don’t Apply
Rules Don’t Apply (Movie Reviews, Last Update Jul 2017)
Marla Mabrey (Lily Collins) wants to be an actress. Frank Forbes (Alden Ehrenreich) has ambitions too, so he's taken a stepping-stone job as a driver. But the rules of 1958 Hollywood society, and their mutual employer Howard Hughes (Warren Beatty), may rewrite everything the two think they know about the path to achieving their dreams.