Venus and Serena
Documentary, Biography, Sport

This captivating documentary takes an unfiltered look into the remarkable lives of the greatest sister-act professional tennis has ever seen. In a sport where they were not welcomed, the indomitable Williams sisters faced the opposition with grace and courage not only breaking new ground for female and African American athletes everywhere, but dominating the women's game for over a decade. The film tells the inspiring story of how these two women, against all odds, but the help of visionary parents, made it to the top.

MPAA Rating: NR
Starring: Venus Williams, Serena Williams
Writers:
Director: Maiken Baird, Michelle Major
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Peeples
Comedy

A psychologist realizes his professional help is needed after he arrives unannounced at his girlfriend's family's annual end-of-summer party.

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Starring: Craig Robinson, Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier
Writers: Tina Gordon Chism
Director: Tina Gordon Chism
Produced by: Stephanie Allain, Ozzie Areu, Paul Hall, Preston L. Holmes, Matt Moore, Tyler Perry

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Drama, Biography

The life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey.

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Alan Tudyk
Writers: Brian Helgeland
Director: Brian Helgeland
Produced by: Jason Clark, Dick Cook, Jon Jashni, Thomas Tull

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Free Angela & All Political Prisoners
Biography

A documentary that chronicles the life of young college professor Angela Davis, and how her social activism implicates her in a botched kidnapping attempt that ends with a shootout, four dead, and her name on the FBI's 10 most wanted list.

MPAA Rating: NA
Starring: Angela Davis, Eisa Davis
Writers:
Director: Shola Lynch
Produced by: Judy Aley, Suzannah Herbert, Jay-Z, James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sidra Smith, Will Smith

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Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Comedy, Drama, Romance

A bold exploration of the intrigue and perils of infidelity, Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor is a compelling love story that dives straight into the heart of obsessive passion. “It’s about a woman who starts to get restless in her relationship and her choice to be with another man has a huge effect on the rest of her life,” explains screenwriter/producer/director Tyler Perry. “She goes on a journey – in her career and in her marriage – and she ends up in a very different place than she expected.” In a departure from his previous dramas, this explosive film finds Perry exploring the nature of desire – and just how powerful and dangerous a taste of the forbidden can be. “This is definitely one of the most provocative movies – sexually and otherwise – that I’ve made,” says the director. “There are a lot of people who struggle in their relationships. They make bad choices about their marriages. They get divorced. And so many of them don’t step out of their situation and really think about the consequences of what they’re doing. This movie asks, ‘Are you sure you want to do this?’ It sends up a flag.”

MPAA Rating: None
Starring: Jurnee Smollett, Vanessa Williams and Brandy Norwood
Writers: Tyler Perry
Produced by: Ozzie Areu, Paul Hall, Tyler Perry
Directed by: Tyler Perry

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Olympus Has Fallen
Action, Thriller

Olympus Has Fallen is an action thriller starring Gerard Butler, a disgraced Secret Service agent who is called back to duty when the White House is taken over by terrorists.

MPAA Rating: None
Starring: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, and Dylan McDermott
Writers: Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Produced by: Gerard Butler, Ed Cathell III, Will French, Mark Gill, Mark Gill, Avi Lerner, Heidi Jo Markel, Stephen Roberts, Trevor Short, Alan Siegelr

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The Call
Thriller

In order to save a young girl's life, an emergency operator must confront a killer from her past.

MPAA Rating: None
Starring: Abigail Breslin, Halle Berry, Morris Chestnut
Writers: Richard D'Ovidio
Directed by: Brad Anderson
Produced by: Philip M. Cohen, William Gallo II, Bradley Gallo, Jeffrey Graup, Michael A. Helfant, Guy J. Louthan, Michael Luisi, Robert Stein

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Snitch
Crime, Drama

Inspired by true events chronicled in a PBS Frontline documentary, Snitch centers on a devoted father whose son faces 30 years in prison after being set up in a drug deal. The father goes undercover in the drug world to make a bust that will free his son.

MPAA Rating: None
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal
Writers: Ric Roman Waugh, Justin Haythe
Produced by: Tobin Armbrust, Sam Brown, Alexander Yves Brunner, Becki Cross Trujillo, Guy East, Toby Emmerich, David Fanning, Dany Garcia, Keith Goldberg, Justin Haythe, Matt Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Jonathan King, Jillian Longnecker, Nigel Sinclair
Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh

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Django Unchained
Action, Western

Set in the South two years before the Civil War, DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles - dead or alive.

Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South's most wantedcriminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.

Django andSchultz's search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Academy Award®-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of Candyland, an infamous plantation where slaves are groomed by trainer Ace Woody (Kurt Russell) to battle each other for sport. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Academy Award®-nominee Samuel L. Jackson), Candie's trusted house slave. Their moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them. If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival... 

MPAA Rating: None
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Don Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson
Writers: Quentin Tarantino
Produced by: William Paul Clark, Reginald Hudlin, Shannon McIntosh, Pilar Savone, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, James W. Skotchdopole, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
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