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Annabelle: Creation: Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker’s possessed creation, Annabelle.

The Glass Castle: A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctio­nal family of nonconform­ist nomads with a mother who’s an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children’s imaginatio­n with hope as a distractio­n to their poverty. Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature: Following the events of the first film, Surly and his friends must stop Oakton City’s mayor from destroying their home to make way for a dysfunctio­nal amusement park. Toilet: Ek Prem Katha: Conflict comes knocking on the first day of the marriage of Keshav and Jaya when Jaya leaves Keshav’s house for good after discoverin­g that there is no toilet. Distraught and desperate, Keshav sets out on a mission to win back his love. The Trip to Spain: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a six-part episodic road trip through Spain, sampling the restaurant­s, eateries and sights along the way.

Ongoing:

The Dark Tower: The last gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.

Detroit: Amidst the chaos of the Detroit rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.

Kidnap: A mother stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son. The Little Hours: In the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionall­y unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation. Atomic Blonde: An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigat­e the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents. The Emoji Movie: Gene, a multi-expression­al emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

Dunkirk: Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.

Girls Trip: When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, sisterhood­s are rekindled, wild sides are rediscover­ed, and there’s enough dancing, drinking, brawling, and romancing to make the Big Easy blush. War for the Planet of the

Apes: After the apes suffer unimaginab­le losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind.

The Big Sick: A couple deals with their cultural difference­s as their relationsh­ip grows. Spider-Man: Homecoming: Several months after the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City while fighting crime as his superhero alter ego SpiderMan as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges. Churchill: 96 hours before

the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his severe reservatio­ns with Operation Overlord and his increasing­ly marginaliz­ed role in the war effort. Despicable Me 3: Gru meets his long-lost charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist.

Baby Driver: After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Beatriz at Dinner: A holistic medicine practition­er attends a wealthy client’s dinner party after her car breaks down.

Megan Leavey: Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq.

Maudie: An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeepe­r while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.

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 ?? VIKRAM GOUNASSEGA­RIN/STX ENTERTAINM­ENT, AP ?? Dane DeHaan, left, and Cara Delevingne in a scene from the movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.”
VIKRAM GOUNASSEGA­RIN/STX ENTERTAINM­ENT, AP Dane DeHaan, left, and Cara Delevingne in a scene from the movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.”

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