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• Maze Runner: The Death Cure: Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as the “Flare”.

• Padmaavat: Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati's beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar.

• Mountain: An experience about the highest peaks around the world.

• 2017 Cannes Lions Internatio­nal Festival of Creativity: A new batch of the best commercial­s from the around the world. This annual compilatio­n of awardwinni­ng ads is sheer entertainm­ent.

Ongoing:

• 12 Strong: The story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanista­n after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.

• Den of Thieves: A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.

• I, Tonya: Competitiv­e ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. figure skating championsh­ips, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

• Forever My Girl: After being gone for a decade, a country star returns home to the love he left behind.

•• Phantom Thread: Set in 1950’s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

Call Me by Your Name: In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen yearold Elio begins a relationsh­ip with visiting Oliver, his father's research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape.

• The Post: A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a harddrivin­g editor to join an unpreceden­ted battle between journalist and government. • The Commuter: A businessma­n is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home. • Paddington 2: Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy's 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen. • Insidious: The Last Key: Parapsycho­logist Dr. Elise Rainier faces her most fearsome and personal haunting yet — in her own family home.

• Molly’s Game: The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.

• Pitch Perfect 3: Following their win at the world championsh­ip, the now separated Bellas reunite for one last singing competitio­n at an overseas USO tour, but face a group who uses both instrument­s and voices.

• Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle: Four teenagers discover an old video game console and are literally drawn into the game’s jungle setting becoming the adult avatars they chose. • The Shape of Water: In a 1960s research facility, a mute janitor forms a relationsh­ip with an aquatic creature.

• Jane: Using a trove of unseen footage, the film tells the story of Jane Goodall’s early exploratio­ns, focusing on her groundbrea­king field work, her relationsh­ip with cameraman and husband Hugo van Lawick, and the chimpanzee­s that she studied.

 ?? HUGO VAN LAWICK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE-ABR ?? Jane Goodall and infant chimpanzee Flint reach out to touch each other's hands. MUST CREDIT: Hugo van Lawick, National Geographic Creative-Abramorama
HUGO VAN LAWICK NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE-ABR Jane Goodall and infant chimpanzee Flint reach out to touch each other's hands. MUST CREDIT: Hugo van Lawick, National Geographic Creative-Abramorama

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