Category: Upcoming Films

Captive

CaptiveRelease Date:  9/18/15 (In Theaters)
Genre:  Drama/Thriller
Rating:  PG-13
Running Time:  93 mins.
Studio(s):  BN Films, 1019 Entertainment, Brightside Entertainment, Itaca Films, Yoruba Saxon Productions, Distributors Paramount Pictures.
Director:  Jerry Jameson

Cast:  David Oyelowo (Brian Nichols), Kate Mara (Ashley Smith), Michael Kenneth Williams (Detective John Chestnut), Mimi Rogers (Kim Rogers), Leonor Varela (Detective Sanchez), E. Roger Mitchell (Sergeant Teasley).

Story:  Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, a thrilling drama about the spiritual collision of two broken lives. When Brian Nichols – on the run as the subject of a city wide manhunt and desperate to make contact with his newborn son – takes recovering meth addict Ashley Smith hostage in her own apartment, she turns for guidance to Rick Warren’s best-selling inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life. While reading aloud, Ashley and her would-be killer each face crossroads where despair and death intersect hope. Source(s): captivethemovie.com, IMDB.

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Unsullied

a/k/a Prey

Unsullied

Release Date:  (8/28/15; In Theaters) (3/14/14; Sun Valley Film Festival)
Genre:  Action/Thriller
Rating:  R
Running Time:  93 mins.
Studio:  Dreamline Pictures LLC
Director:  Simeon Rice
Cast:  Murray Gray (Reagan Farrow), Rusty Joiner (Noah Evans), James Gaudioso (Mason Hicks), Erin Boyes (Zoe Case), Cindy Karr (Claudine Willfellow), Nicole Paris Williams (Kim Farrow), Ward G. Smith (Sheriff).

Story:  Inspired by true events, Unsullied is the story of Reagan Farrow, a track star, who is kidnapped by a pair of sociopaths after her car breaks down on a deserted road.  Sources: IMDB, Dreamline Pictures.

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Central Intelligence

Central Intelligence posterRelease Date:  6/17/2016 (In Theaters)
Genre:  Comedy
Rating:  Unknown
Running Time:  Unknown
Studio(s):  New Line Cinema, Bluegrass Films, Principato-Young Entertainment,  Warner Bros.
Director:  Rawson Marshall Thurber

Cast:  Dwayne Johnson (Bob), Kevin Hart, Aaron Paul, Brett Azar (Agent Wally), Danielle Nicolet, Amy Ryan, Bobby Brown (Gooch Coochie).

Story:  Central Intelligence stars Dwayne Johnson as a former high school loser turned CIA operative who returns home for his class reunion, where he enlists the help of a former high school sports star — in a classified CIA mission.

Kevin Hart plays an accountant who was a big deal in high school. As the class reunion approaches, he’s contacted by a former classmate, Bob (Johnson), who was picked on back in the day. The former “loser” is now a CIA contract killer, and he gets Hart’s character involved in a plan to stop a sale of classified military secrets. Source(s): Slashfilm; IMDB.

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Mouthpiece

MouthpieceRelease Date:  8/21/15 (TBA)
Genre:  Comedy/Romance
Rating: NR
Running Time:  85 mins.
Studio:  King David Films
Director:  David Merritt, II
Writer:  David Merritt, II
Cast:  Lamonica Garrett (Jason Spikes-Big Country), Sean Poolman (Dominik David-3D), Josh Pertler (Matt-Choir Boy), James Costas (Cochise), Jackson McQueen (Lincoln-Five Feet of Hell), Randa Walker (Jada), Reggie Watkins (Rico).

Story:  Matt, a young black filmmaker comes to L.A. to document his cousin, 3D’s, hot, new book on dating, The Laws. The Laws is a step-by-step guide that teaches any man to get what he wants: money, power and sex. You have to know how to sell it. Matt puts the laws to the test. And quickly joins the fast, raunchy, sexy, intoxicating nightlife of Hollywood. Armed with The Laws, and the Half naked Crew, (3D, Big Country, Cochise and Five Feet of Hell), Matt swims in the most bizarre, dysfunctional dating pool in America. Los Angeles. In a world of madness and illusion, can he find true love? Matt learns that in order to make it in Hollywood, you have to have game, you have to know the laws, you have to have a “Mouthpiece.” Source(s): Official Facebook Page, IMDB.

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Addiction By Subtraction

Addiction By SubtractionRelease Date:  12/3/19; DVD (2016 – Original Release)
Genre:  Thriller
Rating:  NR
Running Time:  91 mins.
Studio:  Way-Younge, LLC
Director: Greg Galloway

Cast:  Wardell Richardson (Jacob James), Leigh Jones (Kerry Angel), Tihirah Taliaferro (Kara Nunez), Melanie Richardson (Candice O’Donnely), Cameron Miller (Simon De La Rosa) and Tommy Ford (Mr. James).

Story: Though quiet and reserved by day, scientist and professor, Jacob James explores the darker nature of humanity. He discovers a way to unlock his own dark side by creating a key, a chemical akin to ecstasy.

Though nurturing a sweet and innocent romance with a colleague named Kerry, James, unleashed by the drug, enters into a sadistic relationship with a wealthy executive named Candice. The interaction releases years of pent up aggression.

Candice, enticed by Jacob’s wild side in the bedroom, becomes infatuated with the rough sex. As Jacob becomes dependent upon this deviant release Candice becomes more obsessed with Jacob. Ignoring warnings from Simon, his close friend and Kara, a friend of Candice, Jacob continues to use the drug to unchain his wild side and sleep with Candice to satisfy his aggression. Jacob even feels empowered enough to confront pain from his past; his estranged father Mr. James. Everything is going according to plan.

Eventually Jacob’s plan is interrupted when Candice becomes pregnant with his child. He approaches her about “handling the situation” and conflict erupts when Candice expresses her intention to keep the child. Jacob finds his role reversed, now the victim of Candice’s sadism. Jacob finds his rage harder to control, as it grows and eventually without the assistance of the drug. Added to his problems with Candice, the interaction with his father begins spiraling out of control as he feels destined to repeat the same shortcomings. The very drug he uses to satisfy his desires now threatens everything in his life; even his pure love for Kerry.

Will Jacob find a way to cope with his destructive desires and live a happy life? Will Jacob find peace or will he become Addicted to the Subtraction of his soul?  Source:  Official Facebook Page; IMDB.

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Creed

Creed Poster 2a/k/a Rocky 7

Release Date:  11/25/15 (In Theaters)
Genre:  Drama/Sports
Rating:  Unknown
Running Time:  95 mins.
Studio(s):  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), New Line Cinema, Warner Bros.
Director:  Ryan Coogler
Writers:  Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington
Cast:  Michael B. Jordan (Adonis Johnson), Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa), Tessa Thompson (Bianca), Graham McTavish (Tommy Holiday), Phylicia Rashad (Mary Anne Creed), Anthony Bellew (‘Pretty’ Ricky Conlan), Wood Harris.

Story:  Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed’s legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa.

Once in the City of Brotherly Love, Adonis tracks Rocky down and asks him to be his trainer. Despite his insistence that he is out of the fight game for good, Rocky sees in Adonis the strength and determination he had known in Apollo – the fierce rival who became his closest friend. Agreeing to take him on, Rocky trains the young fighter, even as the former champ is battling an opponent more deadly than any he faced in the ring.

With Rocky in his corner, it isn’t long before Adonis gets his own shot at the title…but can he develop not only the drive but also the heart of a true fighter, in time to get into the ring? Source: Creedthemovie.com.

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