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Hottest Movies of the Summer: 'For the Culture' Edition

June 16, 2018

Breaking In

Now Playing!

Starring: Gabrielle Union, Ajiona Alexus

Genre: Suspense/Thriller

Gabrielle Union stars as a woman who will stop at nothing to rescue her two children being held hostage in a house designed with impenetrable security. No trap, no trick and especially no man inside can match a mother with a mission.

SuperFly 

Now Playing!

Starring: Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell

Genre: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller

Cocaine kingpin Youngblood Priest realizes that it's time to get out of the game after surviving a violent attack from a crazed rival. Hoping for one last score, Priest and his partner travel to Mexico to arrange a deal. The career criminal now finds himself trying to outmaneuver the cartel, two corrupt police officers and all the double-crossers that threaten his path to freedom.

Uncle Drew

In Theatres June 29, 2018

Starring: Kyrie Irving, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish, Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Webber

Genre: Comedy

Desperate to win the Rucker Classic street ball tournament and the cash prize, Dax stumbles upon the man, the myth, the legend UNCLE DREW (NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving) and convinces him to return to the court one more time.

The First Purge

In Theatres July 4, 2018

Starring: Lex Scott Davis, Maris Tomei, Y'Ian Noel, Luna Lauren Velez

Genre: Suspense/Thriller

Behind every tradition lies a revolution. Next Independence Day, witness the rise of our country’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness. Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: The First Purge. To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

Sorry to Bother You

In Theatres July 6, 2018

Starring: LaKieth Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Danny Golver, Omari Hardwick

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success - which propels him into a macabre universe.

Whitney 

In Theatres July 6, 2018

Starring: Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Cissy Houston

Genre: Documentary

Whitney Houston broke more music industry records than any other female singer in history. With over 200 million album sales worldwide, she was the only artist to chart seven consecutive U.S. No. 1 singles. She also starred in several blockbuster movies before her brilliant career gave way to erratic behavior, scandals and death at age 48. The documentary feature Whitney is an intimate, unflinching portrait of Houston and her family that probes beyond familiar tabloid headlines and sheds new light on the spellbinding trajectory of Houston’s life. Using never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive demo recordings, rare performances, audio archives and original interviews with the people who knew her best, Oscar®-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald unravels the mystery behind “The Voice,” who thrilled millions even as she struggled to make peace with her own troubled past.

The Equalizer 2

In Theatres July 20, 2018

Starring: Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Bill Pullman

Genre: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Thriller

Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?

The Darkest Minds

In Theatres August 3, 2018

Starring: Amandla Stenburg, Skylan Brooks, Mandy Moore

Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantas

When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. Sixteen-year-old Ruby, one of the most powerful young people anyone has encountered, escapes her camp and joins a group of runaway teens seeking safe haven. Soon this newfound family realizes that, in a world in which the adults in power have betrayed them, running is not enough and they must wage a resistance, using their collective power to take back control of their future.

Blackkklannsman

In Theatres August 10, 2018

Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace

Genre: Drama

From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It’s the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The young detective soon recruits a more seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), into the undercover investigation of a lifetime. Together, they team up to take down the extremist hate group as the organization aims to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream. Produced by the team behind the Academy-Award® winning Get Out.

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