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[Movie News] In Theaters This Week – October 29, 2021

by Tori Ann October 27, 2021

written by Tori Ann

This week leans heavily in the horror/thriller genre in regards to new releases, but that’s not all there is. There is a drama about families dealing with the effects of a tornado hitting their town, a film about an aspiring fashion designer that travels back in time to the 1960’s, a new My Hero Academia film, and much more!

13 Minutes (PG-13)

Four families in a Heartland town are tested in a single day when a tornado hits, forcing paths to cross and redefining the meaning of survival.

Directed by Lindsay Gossling

Starring: Thora Birch, Sofia Vassilieva, Amy Smart, Anne Heche, Paz Vega

Release Date: October 29

Antlers (R)

In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with a legendary ancestral creature who came before them.

Directed by Scott Cooper

Starring: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze

Release date: October 29

Last Night in Soho (R)

An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer. But the glamour is not all it appears to be and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something darker.

Directed by Edgar Wright

Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Rita Tushingham

Release date: October 29

A Mouthful of Air (R)

Julie Davis writes bestselling children’s books about unlocking your fears, but has yet to unlock her own. When her daughter is born, that trauma is brought to the fore, and with it, a crushing battle to survive.

Directed by Amy Koppelman

Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Britt Robertson, Jennifer Carpenter, Finn Wittrock, Paul Giamatti

Release date: October 29

My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission (PG-13)

When a cult of terrorists ruins a city by releasing a toxin that causes people’s abilities to spiral out of control, Japan’s greatest heroes spread around the world in an attempt to track down the mastermind and put him to justice.

Directed by Kenji Nagasaki

Starring: Robbie Daymond, Tetsu Inada, Yûki Kaji, Ryan Colt Levy, Yûichi Nakamura

Release date: October 29

Planet Dune

A crew on a mission to rescue a marooned base on a desert planet turns deadly when the crew finds themselves hunted and attacked by the planet’s apex predators: giant sand worms.

Directed by Glenn Campbell, Tammy Klein

Starring: Sean Young, Emily Killian, Tammy Klein, Sharon Desiree, Sienna Farall

Release date: October 29

The Souvenir: Part II (R)

In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.

Directed by Joanna Hogg

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Honor Swinton Byrne, James Spencer Ashworth, Alice McMillan, Ariane Labed

Release date: October 29

What movies are you interested in seeing this week?

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[Movie News] In Theaters This Week – October 22, 2021

by Tori Ann October 20, 2021

written by Tori Ann

This week sees the premiere of a few different movies. There is a thriller about sinister pirate broadcasts and the conspiracy behind them, a remake of the epic sci-fi film and novel Dune, an animated film about an awkward middle-schooler and his robot friend, and much more!

Broadcast Signal Intrusion

In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.

Directed by Jacob Gentry

Starring: Harry Shum Jr., Kelley Mack, Chris Sullivan, Anthony E. Cabral, Richard Cotovsky

Release date: October 22

Dune (PG-13)

Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve

Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa

Release date: October 22

The French Dispatch (R)

A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in “The French Dispatch Magazine”.

Directed by Wes Anderson

Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Owen Wilson

Release date: October 22

Ron’s Gone Wrong (PG)

The story of Barney, an awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device. Ron’s malfunctions set against the backdrop of the social media age launch them on a journey to learn about true friendship.

Directed by Sarah Smith, Jean-Philippe Vine, Octavio E. Rodriguez

Starring: Jack Dylan Grazer, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Olivia Colman, Rob Delaney

Release date: October 22

Warning (R)

The meaning of life explored through multiple interconnected lives set in the near future.

Directed by Agata Alexander

Starring: Thomas Jane, Tomasz Kot, Toni Garrn, Rupert Everett, Alice Eve

Release date: October 22

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[Movie News] In Theaters This Week – August 28, 2020

by Tori Ann August 26, 2020

written by Tori Ann

Many theaters are still not open in the US. Some have had to close again due to health restrictions being put back in place or simply due to a lack of people coming in. While many big-name movies are pushing their release dates back even further, or choosing to premiere overseas first, a number of movies are still determined to make their way to theaters.

There are three new releases this week – including the much-delayed New Mutants film. It was wondered if the film would ever see the light of day, especially after the current pandemic hit, but it seems to be reality that those willing to go to cinemas will be able to finally see the 20th Century Fox production. Also out this weekend is a retelling of the Dickens classic David Copperfield, and a film about three Portuguese youths who claim to have seen the Virgin Mary.

The New Mutants (PG-13)

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.

Directed by Josh Boone

Starring: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt

Release date: August 28

The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG)

A modern take on Charles Dickens’s classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.

Directed by Armando Iannucci

Starring: Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Gwendoline Christie

Release date: August 28

Fatima (PG-13)

Based on historical events, three young shepherds in Fátima, Portugal, report visions of the Virgin Mary, inspiring believers and angering officials of the Church and the government, who try to force them to recant their story.

Directed by Marco Pontecorvo

Starring: Alba Baptista, Harvey Keitel, Goran Visnjic, Joaquim de Almeida, Sônia Braga

Release date: August 28

What movies have you been watching recently?

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[Movie News] In Theaters This Week – May 17, 2019

by Tori Ann May 14, 2019

written by Tori Ann

The summer movie season is slowly starting, so many of the big name movies you have been anticipating for a while will finally be making their way to a theater near you. This week brings another feel-good movie about the life of a dog, two real-life stories put to film, a number of international and independent films, and a third John Wick movie. Have any of them caught your interest?

A Dog’s Journey (PG)

A dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.

Directed by Gail Mancuso

Starring: Josh Gad, Dennis Quaid, Kathryn Prescott, Marg Helgenberger, Betty Gilpin

Release date: May 17

All Creatures Here Below

A desperate young couple on the run seek refuge in Kansas City.

Directed by Collin Schiffli

Starring: Karen Gillan, Jennifer Morrison, David Dastmalchian, David Koechner, Richard Cabral

Release date: May 17 (Limited)

Aniara (R)

Aniara is the story of one of the many spaceships used for transporting Earth’s population to their new home-planet Mars. But just as Aniara leaves the ruined Earth, she collides with an asteroid and is knocked off her course. Aniara’s passengers slowly realize that they’ll never be able to return; they will continue onwards through an empty and cold universe forever.

Directed by Pella Kagerman

Starring: Emelie Jonsson, Bianca Cruzeiro, Arvin Kananian, Anneli Martini, Jennie Silfverhjelm

Release date: May 17

De De Pyaar De

A 50-year-old single father faces disapproval from his family and his ex-wife when he falls in love with a 26-year-old woman.

Directed by Akiv Ali

Starring: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Rakul Preet Singh, Jimmy Sheirgill, Alok Nath

Release date: May 17

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (R)

In this third installment of the adrenaline-fueled action franchise, skilled assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

Directed by Chad Stahelski

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos

Release date: May 17

The Meanest Man in Texas

Based on the book, The Meanest Man in Texas is the true story about Clyde Thompson, who in 1928 was convicted of multiple murders and sentenced to death, but was miraculously paroled. Thompson gained a reputation as the meanest man in Texas while working hard labor in prison, until he meets the love of his life, Julia Perryman, and finds redemption and faith.

Directed by Justin Ward

Starring: Mateus Ward, Jamie McShane, Alexandra Bard, Casey Bond, Ben Reed

Release date: May 17

The Souvenir (R)

A young film student in the early 80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.

Directed by Joanna Hogg

Starring: Neil Young, Tosin Cole, Jack McMullen, Tilda Swinton, Frankie Wilson

Release date: May 17

The Sun Is Also A Star (PG-13)

Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. She is not the type of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when her family is twelve hours away from being deported. Falling in love with him will not be her story. Daniel has always been the good son, the good student, living up to his parents’ high expectations. Never a poet. Or a dreamer. But when he sees her, he forgets all that. Something about Natasha makes him think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store – for both of them. Every moment has brought them to this single moment. A million futures lie before them. Which one will come true?

Directed by Ry Russo-Yung

Starring: Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, Keong Sim, Faith Logan, Gbenga Akinnagbe

Release date: May 17

The Third Wife (R)

19th century rural Vietnam, fourteen-year-old May is ready to become the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Little did she know that her hidden desires will take her by surprise and force her to make a choice between living in safety and being free.

Directed by Ash Mayfair

Starring: Long Le Vu, Mai Thu Huong Maya, Nguyen Phuong Tra My, Nhu Quynh Nguyen, Nguyen Thanh Tam

Release date: May 15

Trial By Fire (R)

The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.

Directed by Edward Zwick,

Starring: Laura Dern, Jack O’Connell, Emily Meade, Jade Pettyjohn, Jeff Perry

Release date: May 17

The Wandering Soap Opera

The film revolves around the concept of soap opera. Its structure is based on the assumption that Chilean reality does not exist, but rather is an ensemble of soap operas. There are four audiovisual provinces, and the threat of war is felt among the factions. The political and economic problems are immersed in a fictional jelly divided into evening episodes. The entire Chilean reality is viewed from the point of view of the soap opera, which acts as a revealing filter of this same reality.

Directed by Raoul Ruiz

Starring: Luis Alarcón, Patricia Rivadeneira, Francisco Reyes, Consuelo Castillo, Roberto Poblente

Release date: May 17

Will you be seeing any new releases in theaters this week?

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New to Redbox (10/4/16)

by Jason Bennett October 4, 2016

written by Jason Bennett

PopCultHQ brings you the latest arrivals to Redbox. This week’s new releases include The Darkness, Swiss Army Man, Love & Friendship, Into the Forest, A Bigger Splash, and Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti. All these releases are Redbox Play Pass eligible (details below).

Here’s a look at each new release’s synopsis, trailer and all the details you need before renting from Redbox!

Redbox New Releases: Week of 10/4 – 10/10

The Darkness

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Run time: 1:32 min

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell and David Mazouz.

During a family camping trip in the Southwest, young Michael stumbles upon five stones inscribed with cryptic symbols hidden in a desert cave. Unbeknownst to his family, the autistic child brings the rocks home with him to Los Angeles. Soon Michael begins spending all his time with a new invisible friend he calls “Jenny” and strange and increasingly dangerous things start happening around the house: faucets turn on by themselves, handprints appear out of nowhere, the wall in Michael’s room spontaneously catches fire. The evil spirits, locked away in the stones for centuries, are free to unleash havoc on the family. After fleeing their haunted home, the Taylors try to take back their lives by recruiting healer Teresa and her niece Gloria. Together, they confront the spirits, but only the strongest will survive the deadly cleansing ritual that pits the family members against the shadowy and powerful denizens of “The Darkness.”

Rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for thematic elements, some disturbing violence, brief sensuality and language.

Swiss Army Man

Run time: 1:35 min

Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Hank is stranded on a deserted island and has lost all hope of rescue. But when a dead body washes ashore, he is emboldened by the company of his new “friend” to make one last ditch effort to find his way home, to the woman of his dreams.

Rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language and sexual material.

Love & Friendship

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Run time: 1:34 min

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny and Xavier Samuel

In the 1790s, beautiful young widow Lady Susan Vernon has come to Churchill, the estate of her in-laws, to wait out colorful rumors about her dalliances that are circulating through polite society. While there, she decides to secure a husband for herself and for her reluctant daughter Frederica. But the waters are troubled by the arrival at Churchill of the handsome, eligible Reginald DeCourcy and silly but cheerful — and very rich — Sir James Martin.

Rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for some thematic elements.

Into The Forest

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Run time: 1:41 min

Starring: Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood and Max Minghella

Sisters Nell and Eva live in the Pacific Northwest with their kindly father Robert. Nell is focused on her studies and Eva is training to be a dancer, but their peaceful lives are disrupted one day by what turns out to be a continent-wide blackout. At first the family bond together, trying to make the most of their difficult circumstances, but as time goes on, the challenges become more serious. In the wake of a shocking and violent confrontation that Robert has with a menacing passerby, the sisters must work together in order to survive in their increasingly treacherous new world.

Rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for a scene of violence involving rape, language and some sexuality/nudity.

A Bigger Splash

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Run time: 2:04 min

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton and Dakota Johnson

Rock star Marianne Lane and her filmmaker boyfriend Paul De Smedt are recovering from their hectic lives on the sprawling and beautiful volcanic island of Pantelleria in Italy off the coast of Tunisia. Their peaceful holiday is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Harry Hawkes, Marianne’s ex, Paul’s old friend and a successful music producer for whom the party never stops. Harry arrives with the captivating Penelope – a daughter it turns out he only recently discovered he’d fathered. As Harry’s plan to win back Marianne become apparent, Penelope tempts fate by attempting to seduce the increasingly frustrated and jealous Paul.

Rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for graphic nudity, some strong sexual content, language and brief drug use.

Against the Wild 2: Survive the Serengeti

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Run time: 1:31 min

Starring: Jeri Ryan, Ella Ballentine and

A brother and sister with minimal camping experience survive a plane crash in the remote African wilderness. Finding themselves stranded and alone with their dog in the Serengeti, the young siblings interact with the animals and adventures of their epic surroundings in a quest to make it out alive and reunite with their family.

Rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for perilous situations.

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