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New releases:

• Winchester: Eccentric firearm heiress believes she is haunted by the souls of people killed by the Winchester repeating rifle.

• God’s Own Country: Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustratio­ns with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationsh­ip that sets Johnny on a new path.

Ongoing:

• 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.

• 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.

• Hostiles: In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantl­y agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.

• 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 year-old 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 hard-driving editor to join an unpreceden­ted battle between journalist and government. caught

• The Commuter: up in a criminal A businessma­n conspiracy is 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.

• 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.

• Get Out: It's time for a young African-American to meet with his white girlfriend's parents for a weekend in their secluded estate in the woods, but before long, the friendly and polite ambience will give way to a nightmare.

• 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.

• The Greatest Showman: Inspired by the imaginatio­n of P.T. Barnum, “The Greatest Showman” is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

• Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares for battle with the First Order.

• 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.

• Darkest Hour: During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.

• The Shape of Water: In a 1960s research facility, a mute janitor forms a relationsh­ip with an aquatic creature.

• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: A mother personally challenges the local authoritie­s to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

• Lady Bird: In 2002, an artistical­ly inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.

• The Square: A prestigiou­s Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both profession­al and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controvers­ial new exhibit.

 ??  ?? UNIVERSAL PICTURES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Daniel Kaluuya in a scene from the movie “Get Out.”
UNIVERSAL PICTURES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Daniel Kaluuya in a scene from the movie “Get Out.”

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