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Director: Alesia “Z” Glidewell
Writers: Cas Sigers and Glidewell
Starring: Rayven Ferrell, Bentley Green, Richard Lawson, Kevin Jackson, and Richard T. Jones
Genre: Drama
Run time: 1 hour 55 minutes
Rating: R
Country: United States
Language: English
Producers: Manny Halley, Rodney Turner II, and Yolanda Halley
Executive Producers: Manny Halley, Nicole Paultre Bell, and Roc Nation
Director Alesia “Z” Glidewell ‘AFTERSHOCK: THE NICOLE P. BELL STORY’ tells of the horrific murder of Sean Bell, just hours away from his marriage to Nicole Paultre Bell, at the hands of New York police, in a hail of 50 bullets. This incident caused anger around the world and the demand for improved policing.
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Release dates: April 3, 2025, at AMC Lincoln Square and April 18, 2025, in the United States
Director and Writer: Ryan Coogler
Starring: Micheal B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, Delroy Lindo
Run time: 2 hours 18 minutes 38
Country: United States
Language: English
Director and writer Ryan Coogler’s masterful horror film starring Micheal B. Jordan is one of the best films of 2025. Jordan’s portrayal the Smokestack Twins Elijah "Smoke" Moore and Elias "Stack" Moore is an Oscar worthy performance. Rounding out a fantastic range of characters are Mary, Stack's ex-girlfriend (Hailee Steinfeld), Samuel "Sammie" Moore (a.k.a. "Preacherboy") (Miles Caton) Smoke and Stack's cousin, a sharecropper and aspiring blues musician. elderly Sammie (Buddy Guy), Remmick, an Irish vampire (Jack O'Connell ), Annie, (Wunmi Mosaku) Smoke's partner and a Hoodoo practitioner, Pearline (Jayme Lawson), a married singer with whom Sammie becomes smitten, Cornbread (Omar Benson Miller), a sharecropper and bouncerDelta Slim *Delroy Lindo), an old town harmonica player and musical legendBert (Peter Dreimanis), a local KKK member, Hogwood's nephew, and Joan's husband, Joan (Lola Kirke), a KKK member and Bert's wife, Grace Chow (Li Jun Li), Bo's wife and a shopkeeper, Jedidiah Moore (Saul Williams ), a pastor, Sammie's father, and the twins’ uncle,
Bo Chow (Yao), Grace's husband and a shopkeeper, Hogwood (David Maldonado), the local KKK leader and Bert's uncle, Lisa Chow (Helena Hu(, Bo and Grace's daughter, Ruthie (Andrene Ward-Hammond), Sammie's mother, Chayton (Nathaniel Arcand), a Choctaw vampire hunter, and Therise (Emonie Ellison) , Cornbread's pregnant wife.
SINNERS is a film you will want to see more than once. It has so many layers, you will see something different with each screening of the film. Must see film.
SINNERS is a film you will want to see more than once. It has so many layers, you will see something different with each screening of the film. Must see film.
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Company: Proximity Media
Producers: Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler
Cinematographer: Autumn Durald Arkapaw
Editor: Michael P. Shawver
Music: Ludwig Göransson
Chadwick Boseman received the 2828th star today, on the world-famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Speaking in Chadwick’s honor were Oscar winner Viola Davis, who starred with Chadwick in ‘Ma Rainey’ Black Bottom, Ryan Coogler, who directed him in ‘Black Panther’, and his widow. Simone Ledward Boseman.
Boseman’s star in the Motion Picture category is located at 6904 Hollywood Boulevard
Release dates: January 25, 2025 at Sundance
November 20, 2025, in Germany
Director and Writer: Cherien Dabis
Starring: Saleh Bakri, Cherien Dabis, Mohammad Bakri, Adam Bakri, Maria Zreik, Muhammad Abed Elrahman, Sanad Alkabareti, Salah El Din
Run time: 2 hours 25 minutes
Genre: Drama
Languages: Arabic and English
Countries: Germany, Cyprus, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Writer and Director Cherien Dabis’ tells the traumatic story of a multigenerational family who must live through the Israel and Palestine conflict that has endured for decades. Salim (Saleh Bakri), Young Salim (Salah El Din), Hanan (Cherien Dabis), Sharif (Adam Bakri), Older Sharif (Mohammad Bakri), Munira (Maria Zreik), Teenage Noor (Muhammad Abed Elrahman), and Young Noor (Sanad Alkabareti).
Distributor: X Verleih AG [de] through Warner Bros. Germany
Production Companies: Pallas Film, Displaced Pictures, Nooraluna Productions, Twenty Twenty Vision, AMP Filmworks, ZDF, Arte
Producers: Thanassis Karathanos, Cherien Dabis, Martin Hampel, Karim Amer
Cinematographer: Christopher Aoun
Editor: Tina Baz
Music: Amine Bouhafa
Director: Mike Flanagan
Writer: Mike Flanagan
Based on "The Life of Chuck" by Stephen King
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Eiofor, Karen Gillan, Mia Sara, Carl Lumbly, Benjamin Pajak and Jacob Tremblay
Run Time: 1 hour 51 minutes
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Rating: R
Country: United States
Language: English
As the world is turned upside down, so goes Charles ‘Chuck’ Krantz’s (Tom Hiddleston) life as it unfolds in reverse chronological order.
17-year-old Chuck (Jacob Tremblay), 11-year-old Chuck (Benjamin Pajak), 7-year-old Chuck (Cody Flanagan), Marty Anderson, (Chiwetel Ejiofor) a middle school teacher and Felicia's ex-husband. Felicia Gordon, (Karen Gillan) a nurse and Marty's ex-wife, Albie Krantz, (Mark Hamil) Chuck's grandfather, Sarah Krantz, (Mia Sara) Chuck's grandmother. Narrator: (Nick Offerman), Sam Yarborough (Carl Lumbly) a mortician.
Distributor: Neon
Production Companies: Intrepid Pictures, Red Room Pictures, QWGmire. FilmNation Entertainment
Producers: Trevor Macy. Mike Flanagan
Cinematographer: Eben Bolter
Editor: Mike Flaagan
Music: The Newton Brothers
Producers: Malcolm Bird and Joél Inchaustegui
Executive Producers: Nicole Tao, David Wu, Malcolm Bird, Nathaniel Lezra, and Benjamin Wellington
“This isn't your typical documentary," said filmmaker Nathaniel Lezra. "With rare, unprecedented access, we've woven together three gripping human stories that reveal the true face of this urgent crisis.”
Director and Writer: Benny Safdie
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, Oleksandr Usyk
Genre: Biographical sports drama
Rating: R
Run time: 2 hours 3 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English,
Writer, Director, and Editor Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine tells the complicated story of Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson), an Ultimate Fighting Champion, his relationship with the sport, his girlfriend Dawn Staples (Emily Blunt), and Mark Coleman (Ryan Bader).
Distributor: A24
Production Companies: A24, Out for the Count, Seven Bucks Productions, Magnetic Fields Entertainment
Producers: Benny Safdie. Dwayne Johnson, Eli Bush, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia. David Koplan
Cinematographer: Maceo Bishop
Editor: Benny Safdie
Music: Nala Sinephro
