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Neighborhood Watch

After witnessing a young woman getting shoved into a van, Simon (Jack Quaid) can’t get anyone to believe his story – in part because he was institutionalized for a mental illness (he still sees a big, angry, red man who isn’t there). When he finally convinces his former security guard neighbor (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) to

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Affleck's autism spectrum accountant movie

The Accountant II

Ben Affleck is back as the forensic accountant on the spectrum who speed dates, line dances, and takes down bad guys, but this time he’s teaming with his estranged brother (Joe Bernthal) as they tackle human trafficking and a creepy conspiracy. The big theater release is high-octane and high-stakes with a blend of humor and

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Havoc

As high octane as it gets on the small screen, Tom Hardy takes the lead as a detective fighting through the criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s son and uncover a web of corruption. Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, and Luis Guzmán round out this chaotic action thriller from Gareth Evans (The Raid), who’s described it

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Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey

A follow-up to one of the most riveting nature documentaries of the past five years, the Oscar-winning My Octopus Teacher, co-director Pippa Ehrlich returns with a new film about a man who sets out to rescue an endangered baby pangolin — a creature few have come close to — from the illegal wildlife trade in

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Sinners

Twin gangster brothers (both played by Michael B. Jordan) try and escape their troubles by returning to their hometown in Mississippi to open a nightclub, only to face something more terrifying than the racism of the deep south: a vampire invasion. With a nod to Southern folklore and a blend of humor and horror, Ryan

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Grand Tour

A hypnotic art house film that earned a Best Director prize at last years Cannes, Grand Tour is split into two halves. The first follows a British colonial officer as he flees a yet unseen fiancée in Myanmar, and roams through Singapore, Bangkok, Saigon, Manila, and Osaka in a kind of existential crisis. The second

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Captain America: Brave New World

Harrison Ford has just been elected president of the U.S. (as Thaddeus Ross), and he wants to control superheroes…until he turns into the Red Hulk. And the newly-minted Captain America (Anthony Mackie) uncovers an international conspiracy to destabilize the world in this follow-up to Captain America: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier that explores authoritarianism,

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Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow

A behind-the-scenes look at the production of the Stranger Things prequel play, “The First Shadow,” which ran on the West End in London and told the origin story of two of the hit show’s characters, Henry Creel and the Upside Down. The challenges of adapting a special effects-laden world for the stage and the pressure

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Best baseball movie for middle aged men

Eephus

A tribute to small towns, adult rec leagues, and the power of baseball to create community, Eephus is for anyone who remembers the Bad News Bears.  It follows two recreational baseball teams filled with aging men as they play their final game on a field doomed for demolition, and it features two Red Sox legends

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Warfare

From Alex Garland’s production banner, Warfare drops you into a real-time combat mission in Iraq. Set in 2006, it follows a team of Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone awry. Co-written and co-directed by Garland and Ray Mendoza—whose own platoon was ambushed during the real-life event. From Watercooler’s Felipe Patterson: “The film is both

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