DRAGONLORD'S 2016 MOVIE GUIDE

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THE WOODS **Interested**

Release: September 16, 2016

Genre: Horror Thriller

Director: Adam Wingard (You're Next, The Guest)

Cast: Callie Hernandez, James Allen McCune, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson, and Corbin Reed

Synopsis: Involve a group of college students on a camping trip who discover they are not alone.

 

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THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN **Interested**

Release: September 23, 2016

Genre: Western Action Adventure

Director: Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Olympus Has Fallen, Shooter)

Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Luke Grimes, Haley Bennett, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Matt Bomer, Cam Gigandet, Vinnie Jones, and Peter Sarsgaard

Synopsis: With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns – Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington), Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D’Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-Hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier). As they prepare the town for the violent showdown that they know is coming, these seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money.

 

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STORKS

Release: September 23, 2016

Genre: Computer-Animated Comedy Adventure

Director: Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors) and Doug Sweetland

Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Andy Samberg, Keegan-Michael Key, and Jordan Peele

Synopsis: Storks deliver babies...or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for global internet giant Cornerstore.com. Junior, the company's top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl.

Desperate to deliver this bundle of trouble before the boss gets wise, Junior and his friend Tulip, the only human on Stork Mountain, race to make their first-ever baby drop - in a wild and revealing journey that could make more than one family whole and restore the storks' true mission in the world.

 

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QUEEN FOR KATWE

Release: September 23, 2016

Genre: Biographical Sports Drama

Director: Mira Nair (Amelia, The Namesake)

Cast: David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Madina Nalwanga, Ntare Mwine, Charity Rose Pimer, Esther Tebandeke, and Taryn "Kay" Kyaze

Synopsis: Queen of Katwe is the colorful true story of a young girl selling corn on the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence and determination she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion.

 

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DEEPWATER HORIZON

Release: September 30, 2016

Genre: Disaster Drama Thriller

Director: Peter Berg (Battleship, Lone Survivor)

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson, John Malkovich, Dylan O'Brien, Gina Rodriguez, Ethan Suplee, Brad Leland, J.D. Evermore and Joe Chrest

Synopsis: Based on the true events that occurred on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, the story chronicles the courage of those who worked on the Deepwater Horizon and the extreme moments of bravery and survival in the face of what would become one of the biggest man-made disasters in world history.

 

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MASTERMINDS

Release: September 30, 2015

Genre: Heist Comedy

Director: Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite)

Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, Kate McKinnon, Ken Marino, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Leslie Jones, Jon Daly

Synopsis: David Ghantt (Zach Galifianakis) is stuck in the monotony of driving an armored truck day in and day out, so when his work crush lures him into the heist of a lifetime, David's all in. Despite a pack of harebrained bandits and an absurdly flawed plan, David manages to steal $17 million, and promptly hands it over to the gang -- who just as promptly double-cross him. Forced to go on the lam, David must dodge the authorities and a hit man, and try to turn the tables on his untrustworthy comrades.

 

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THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN

Release: September 30, 2015

Genre: High School Comedy

Director: Kelly Fremon (feature film directorial debut)

Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick, Haley Lu Richardson, and Blake Jenner

Synopsis: Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) and Krista (Haley Lu Richardson) are inseparable best friends attempting to navigate high school together…until Nadine discovers her older brother and Krista have been secretly dating behind her back. They soon realize that there is a fine line between best friends and worst enemies.

 

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MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN **Interested**

Release: September 30, 2016

Genre: Fantasy Action Adventure

Director: Tim Burton (Batman, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands)

Cast: Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris O'Dowd, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Judi Dench

Synopsis: When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that spans different worlds and times, he finds a magical place known as Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the mystery and danger deepen as he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers... and their powerful enemies. Ultimately, Jacob discovers that only his own special "peculiarity" can save his new friends.

 

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INCARNATE

Release: September 30, 2016

Genre: Supernatural Horror Thriller

Director: Brad Peyton (San Andreas, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island)

Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten, Catalina Sandino Moreno, David Mazouz, Keir O'Donnell, Matt Nable, and John Pirruccello

Synopsis: Confined to a wheelchair after a horrific accident, Dr. Seth Ember (Aaron Eckhart) is an “Incarnate” — gifted with the rare ability to delve into the minds of possessed people in order to exorcise their demons from the inside out. When the Vatican enlists him to exorcise a particularly troubled young boy, Ember is shocked to discover inside him the same evil spirit responsible for the death of his wife and child years before. Now, with the young boy’s life in his hands and his own personal redemption at stake, Ember desperately searches for a way to destroy the demon before it kills him and unleashes its terror upon the world…

 

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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN**Interested**

Release: October 7, 2016

Genre: Mystery Drama Thriller

Director: Tate Taylor (The Help, Get On Up)

Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans, Edgar Ramirez, Allison Janey, and Lisa Kudrow

Synopsis: The Girl on the Train is the story of Rachel Watson's life post-divorce. Every day, she takes the train in to work in New York, and every day the train passes by her old house. The house she lived in with her husband, who still lives there, with his new wife and child. As she attempts to not focus on her pain, she starts watching a couple who live a few houses down -- Megan and Scott Hipwell. She creates a wonderful dream life for them in her head, about how they are a perfect happy family.

And then one day, as the train passes, she sees something shocking, filling her with rage. The next day, she wakes up with a horrible hangover, various wounds and bruises, and no memory of the night before. She has only a feeling: something bad happened. Then come the TV reports: Megan Hipwell is missing. Rachel becomes invested in the case and trying to find out what happened to Megan, where she is, and what exactly she herself was up to that same night Megan went missing.



Comments: Love a good mystery thriller. Could be the ‘Gone Girl’ of 2016.

 

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THE BIRTH OF A NATION **Interested**

Release: October 7, 2016

Genre: Historical Drama

Director: Nate Parker (feature film directorial debut)

Cast: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Ann Miller, Gabrielle Union, Mark Boone Junior, Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Dwight Henry, Esther Scott, and Roger Guenveur Smith

Synopsis: Set against the antebellum South, THE BIRTH OF A NATION follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. As he witnesses countless atrocities - against himself and his fellow slaves - Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom.



Comments: Calling it now, Best Picture winner at the 2017 Oscars.

 

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MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE

Release: October 7, 2016

Genre: High Middle School Comedy

Director: Steve Carr (Paul Blart: Mall Cop)

Cast: Griffin Gluck, Jacob Hopkins, Thomas Barbusca, Alexa Nisenson, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle, and Andy Daly

Synopsis: A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan; break every rule in the school hand book and as you expect trouble follows.

 

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MIDDLE SCHOOL: THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE

Release: October 7, 2016

Genre: Documentary

Director: Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life, Knight of Cups, To The Wonder)

Cast: Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt (as narrators)

Synopsis: Voyage of Time is a celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.

 

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THE ACCOUNTANT **Interested**

Release: October 14, 2016

Genre: Action Thriller

Director: Gavin O’Connor (Warrior, Pride and Glory)

Cast: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, Jeffrey Tambor, J.K. Simmons, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, John Lithgow, and Jon Bernthal

Synopsis: Christian "Chris" Wolff is a math savant and accountant who has more affinity for numbers than he has for people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance sleeper assassin for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's CED (Crime Enforcement Division) starting to close in on him, Wolff takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian un-cooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise.

 

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A MONSTER CALLS **Interested**

Release: October 14, 2016

Genre: Fantasy Adventure Drama

Director: Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible, The Orphanage)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Lewis MacDougall, Toby Kebbell, James Melville, Lily-Rose Aslandogdu, and Geraldine Chaplin

Synopsis: A visually spectacular drama from acclaimed director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible), based on the award-winning children’s fantasy novel. 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) attempts to deal with his mother’s (Felicity Jones) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage, loss, and faith.



Comments: Fan of the director’s previous two films. Looks like a profoundly sad story.

 

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UNDERWORLD: NEXT GENERATION

Release: October 14, 2016

Genre: Fantasy Action Thriller

Director: Anna Foerster (feature film directorial debut)

Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, Bradley James, and Charles Dance

Information: The story will reportedly focus a younger generation of vampires and werewolves locked in this supernatural war. Kate Beckinsale and Theo James return as Selene and her ally David, respectively. Charles Dance is also back to play vampire elder Thomas. Outlander’s Tobias Menzies will play a formidable new Lycan leader, while Sherlock’s Lara Pulver will play a fiercely ambitious vampire.

 

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KEVIN HART: WHAT NOW?

Release: October 14, 2016

Genre: Stand-Up Comedy Concert

Director: Leslie Small (Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain)

Cast: Kevin Hart

Synopsis: Comedian Kevin Hart performs in front of a crowd of 50,000 people at Philadelphia's outdoor venue, Lincoln Financial Field.

 

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JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK **Interested**

Release: October 21, 2016

Genre: Action Thriller

Director: Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai, Glory)

Cast: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Aldis Hodge, Patrick Heusinger, and Holt McCallany

Synopsis: Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way from snowbound South Dakota to his destination in northeastern Virginia, near Washington, D.C.: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. The old stone building is the closest thing to a home he ever had. Reacher is there to meet - in person - the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner, so far just a warm, intriguing voice on the phone. But it isn't Turner behind the CO's desk. And Reacher is hit with two pieces of shocking news, one with serious criminal consequences, and one too personal even to think about.

 

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KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES

Release: October 21, 2016

Genre: Comedy

Director: Greg Mottola (Paul, Superbad, Adventureland)

Cast: Jon Hamm, Zach Galifianakis, Gal Gadot, Isla Fisher, Maribeth Monroe, Michael Liu, Matt Walsh, and Ari Shaffir

Synopsis: A suburban couple becomes embroiled in an international espionage plot when they discover that their seemingly perfect new neighbors are government spies.

 

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AMERICAN PASTORAL

Release: October 21, 2016

Genre: Action Thriller

Director: Ewan McGregor (feature film directorial debut)

Cast: Ewan McGregor, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Rupert Evans, Molly Parker, Valorie Curry, Uzo Aduba, and David Strathairn

Synopsis: Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.