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Promising Young Woman

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie

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Emerald Fennell Fennell’s Oscar-nominated debut feature is a darkly comic thriller about 30-year-old Cassie Thomas looking to avenge her best friend who committed suicide after being raped and not having her story believed.

For The Sake of Vicious

Starring: Lora Burke

Directors: Reese Eveneshen, Gabriel Carrer Home invasion thriller in which Romina, a nurse and single mother, returns from her late shift on Halloween to find a man hiding in her house with a beaten-up hostage. When further intruders arrive, the three must work together to survive.

99 Songs

Starring: Ehan Bhat, Edlisy Vargas Director: Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy Multi-lingual Indian musical romance co-written by A.R. Rahman. Jai is a successful singer who dreams of being a successful composer of his own music. But his pursuit of his dream is interfering with his relationship with girlfriend Sophie.

Seized

Starring: Scott Adkins, Mario Van Peebles Director: Isaac Florentine Former special agent Nero is a single father since his wife died. When his son Taylor is abducted, Nero is instructed to carry out a series of assassinations of leading underworld crime bosses to get him back.

Thriller

Starring: Jessica Allain, Luke Tennie, Mitchell Edwards Director: Dallas Jackson

A group of Los Angeles teens are terrorized when the victim of one of their childhood pranks turns up during their high school’s Homecoming weekend.