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2nd

Sausage Party (2016)

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The team of Rogen & Goldberg bring us a comedy animation where food comes alive… literally; an outrageous and distinctly adult look at the horrific experiences of our everyday food, featuring an impressive cast of US comedy talent.

Directed by Greg Tiernan & Conrad Vernon and starring Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig and Paul Rudd among others.

Genre: Animation, Comedy

UK Release: 2nd of September   US Release: 12th of August

 

 

 

Morgan (2016)

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Kate Mara stars as a corporate risk assessor who must determine the threat posed by a powerful, artificial, biologically-engineered girl created in an isolated lab, but things get out of control quickly as her survival instincts surface in this thriller directorial debut from Luke Scott.

Directed by Luke Scott and starring Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy and Toby Jones among others.

Genre: Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 2nd of September   US Release: 2nd of September

 

 

 

Café Society (2016)

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Woody Allen’s “Golden Age” Hollywood comedy starring Jesse Eisenberg as a young New Yorker who gets caught between an unexpected romance and the high-life in the city of Angels.

Directed by Woody Allen and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart and Steve Carell among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 2nd of September   US Release: 15th of July

 

 

 

The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)

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After a young boy comes back to life but is left in a coma following a fall; a psychologist undergoes an experimental transcendental procedure to solve the mystery of what may be more than just an accident, and in the process unlock the secrets of a unique child’s life in this supernatural thriller based on Liz Jensen’s best-selling novel.

Directed by Alexandre Aja and starring Jamie Dornan, Aiden Longworth and Sarah Gadon among others.

Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 2nd of September   US Release: 2nd of September

 

 

 

7th

Ben-Hur (2016)

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Lavish 21st century remake of a legendary remake, starring Jack Huston as the Jerusalem Jewish prince turned slave after being betrayed by his close Roman friend, on a mission to avenge his family and shake up the Roman Empire in this period epic from the Kazakh director of ‘Night Watch’.

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starring Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell and Morgan Freeman among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

UK Release: 7th of September   US Release: 19th of August

 

 

 

9th

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

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Fantasy animation heavily inspired by Japanese mythology which follows the story of Kubo; a humble young story teller with a magical instrument who unwittingly summons dark ancient spirits that hunt him. Now on the run, Kubo and an unlikely group of allies are on a mission to uncover the secrets of his past and unleash an inner power that will vanquish his enemies.

Directed by Travis Knight and starring Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey among others.

Genre: Family, Animation, Adventure

UK Release: 9th of September   US Release: 19th of August

 

 

 

Captain Fantastic (2016)

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A quirky family living off the grid in a North American forest, are forced to leave their secluded paradise for mainstream civilsation after a tragedy; but the profound change will challenge the family dynamic and the father’s ideologies about parenting and the world around them.

Directed by  Matt Ross and starring Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay and Kathryn Hahn among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 9th of September   US Release: 8th of July

 

 

 

Hell or High Water (2016)

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In an effort to save their family home and protect their loved ones; two small-town Texas brothers take revenge on the ruthless banks that wronged them by executing a series of dangerous heists, but they’re soon challenged by an old dogged sheriff in a gritty crime drama from the writer of ‘Sicario’.

Directed by David Mackenzie and starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama

UK Release: 9th of September   US Release: 12th of August

 

 

 

Anthropoid (2016)

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World War 2 period thriller based on the events of operation “Anthropoid”; a British SOE plan to use Czechoslovak resistance agents to infiltrate occupied Prague and assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, Hitler’s right-hand-man and one of the main architects of the Holocaust.

Directed by Sean Ellis and starring Jamie Dornan, Cillian Murphy and Toby Jones among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Thriller, War

UK Release: 9th of September   US Release: 12th of August

 

 

 

Don’t Breathe (2016)

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A plan to burgle the house of a wealthy blind older man across the street becomes the worst idea ever, as the dream of escaping their town for a better life soon becomes a nightmare for 3 young friends when they bite off more than they can chew, in this tense violent thriller from the director of 2013’s ‘Evil Dead’ remake.

Directed by Fede Alvarez and starring Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette and Stephen Lang among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 9th of September   US Release: 26th of August

 

 

 

16th

Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016)

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Everyone’s favorite clumsy and perennially single modern lady returns; now in her 40s, single and steady, an unexpected pregnancy throws her world into turmoil as she tries to balance her life with appeasing the two possible baby-daddies.

Directed by Sharon Maguire and starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey among others.

Genre: Comedy, Romance

UK Release: 16th of September   US Release: 16th of September

 

 

 

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

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A spirited and defiant young kid sparks a national manhunt when he gets lost in the New Zealand wilderness with his “uncle” in this quirky Kiwi comedy from the director of ‘Boy’ and ‘What We Do in the Shadows’.

Directed by Taika Waititi and starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison and Rhys Darby among others.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 16th of September   US Release: 24th of June

 

 

 

The Infiltrator (2016)

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Crime drama set during the 80s Reagan “war-on-drugs” and based on a true story, starring Bryan Cranston as a U.S. government agent who goes undercover to break Colombian drug cartel operations in Florida, headed by the infamous Pablo Escobar.

Directed by Brad Furman and starring  Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo and Diane Kruger among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama

UK Release: 16th of September   US Release: 13th of July

 

 

 

The Clan (2016)

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Crime/drama based on the dark and bizarre Argentinian true story of the Puccio Clan who did everything as a family, including the family business of kidnapping for ransom and murder in 1980s Buenos Aires.

Directed by Pablo Trapero and starring  Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani and Lili Popovich among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama

UK Release: 16th of September   US Release: 18th of March

 

 

 

23rd

The Magnificent Seven (2016)

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Antoine Fuqua (Southpaw, Training Day) reboots the 1960 classic western remake of the Kurosawa masterpiece, following 7 disparate gunslingers and outlaws as they come together to protect a poor village from a ruthless industrialist and his men.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke among others.

Genre: Western, Action

UK Release: 23rd of September   US Release: 23rd of September

 

 

 

The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)

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In a dystopian future where most of humanity is wiped out by an infection which turns people into mindless cannibals; a group of survivors embark on a dangerous journey along with a unique “infected” girl in this adaptation of M.R. Carey’s acclaimed novel.

Directed by Colm McCarthy and starring Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine and  Sennia Nanua among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Sci-fi

UK Release: 23rd of September   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Little Men (2016)

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After moving down to Brooklyn from Manhattan with his family, a teenager quickly forms a strong bond with a local boy; only to have it challenged by financial disputes between their parents in this family drama and perceptive New York coming-of-age indie.

Directed by  Ira Sachs and starring Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri and Greg Kinnear among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 23rd of September   US Release: 5th of August

 

 

 

Imperium (2016)

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Based on real events; Daniel Radcliffe stars as a young FBI agent gone deep undercover as a skinhead to infiltrate a dangerous white supremacist group and stop a domestic terrorism attack in America, but his life is soon put in danger as the lines are blurred between his identity and reality in this tense thriller.

Directed by  Daniel Ragussis and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette and Burn Gorman among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 23rd of September   US Release: 19th of August

 

 

 

29th

Deepwater Horizon (2016)

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Mark Wahlberg stars in a disaster drama based on the events surrounding the 2010 accident at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf Mexico, which eventually led to one of the worst environmental disasters in US history, also know as the BP oil spill.

Directed by Peter Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Hudson and Kurt Russell among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 29th of September   US Release: 30th of September

 

 

 

30th

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

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Tim Burton’s fantastical adaptation of Ransom Riggs’s bestselling novel; about a teenage boy looking to solve a family mystery that magically takes him to a secret sanctuary for gifted youngsters, but the truth will force him to discover his own powers to protect his new compatriots from a dark power.

Directed by Tim Burton and starring Asa Butterfield, Eva Green and Samuel L. Jackson among others.

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy

UK Release: 30th of September   US Release: 30th of September

 

 

 

Swiss Army Man (2016)

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A desperate man stranded on a deserted island finds solace in the company of a dead body which washes up on the shore, but this multi-purpose corpse soon proves to be his salvation and the key to his self-discovery in what is surely the most surreal and bizarrely uplifting comedy of the year.

Directed by Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert and starring Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead among others.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy

UK Release: 30th of September   US Release: 1st of July

 

 

 

Free State of Jones (2016)

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Biographical U.S. civil war drama following the exploits of controversial American figure Newton Knight, a southern farmer and army deserter who rebelled against the confederacy and established an integrated independent state in the most segregated of times.

Directed by Gary Ross and starring  Matthew McConaughey, Keri Russell and Gugu Mbatha-Raw among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 30th of September   US Release: 24th of June

 

 

 

Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)

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An American in Thailand seeks to avenge his brother’s murder at the hands of a brutal Muay Thai champion, with the help of an enigmatic master he will learn the ways of the ancient art and in the process discover himself in this remake of the 1980s Van Damme camp cult classic.

Directed by John Stockwell and starring Alain Moussi, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dave Bautista among others.

Genre: Action

UK Release: 30th of September   US Release: 2nd of September

 

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