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STARRING
Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira, Judith Magre, Christian Berkel, Jonas Bloquet, Alice Isaaz, Vimala Pons
DIRECTOR
Paul Verhoeven
RELEASE DATE
12-23-2016
RUN TIME
131 min
MPAA RATING
(R), for violence involving sexual assault, disturbing sexual content, some grisly images, brief graphic nudity, and language
STARRING
Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson, Russell Hornsby, Stephen Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Saniyya Sydney
DIRECTOR
Denzel Washington
RELEASE DATE
12-25-2016
RUN TIME
139 min
MPAA RATING
(PG 13), for thematic elements, language and some suggestive references
STARRING
Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, David Wenham, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
DIRECTOR
Garth Davis
RELEASE DATE
12-25-2016
RUN TIME
120 min
MPAA RATING
(PG 13), for thematic material and some sensuality
STARRING
Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Khalid Abdalla, Michael K. Williams, Charlotte Rampling
DIRECTOR
Justin Kurzel
RELEASE DATE
12-21-2016
RUN TIME
115 min
MPAA RATING
(PG 13), for intense sequences of violence and action, thematic elements and brief strong language
STARRING
Scarlett Johansson, Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Taron Egerton, Nick Offerman, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Serafinowicz, John C. Reilly, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Jennifer Saunders
DIRECTOR
Garth Jennings
RELEASE DATE
12-21-2016
RUN TIME
108 min
MPAA RATING
(PG), for some rude humor and mild peril
STARRING
Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia
DIRECTOR
Morten Tyldum
RELEASE DATE
12-21-2016
RUN TIME
116 min
MPAA RATING
(PG 13), for sexuality, nudity and action/peril
STARRING
Clara Wong, Kika Magalhaes, Will Brill, Flora Diaz, Joey Curtis-Green
DIRECTOR
Nicolas Pesce
RELEASE DATE
12-16-2016
RUN TIME
76 min
MPAA RATING
(R), for disturbing violent content and behavior, and brief nudity
STARRING
Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Wittrock, Callie Hernandez, Sonoya Mizuno, Jessica Rothe, Tom Everett Scott, Josh Pence
DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle
RELEASE DATE
12-16-2016
RUN TIME
128 min
MPAA RATING
(PG 13), for some language
STARRING
Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed
DIRECTOR
Gareth Edwards
RELEASE DATE
12-16-2016
RUN TIME
133 min
MPAA RATING
(PG 13), for extended sequences of sci-fi violence and action
STARRING
Jennifer Aniston, Olivia Munn, Jamie Chung, Jason Bateman, Abbey Lee, T.J. Miller, Kate McKinnon, Courtney B. Vance, Jillian Bell, Randall Park, Vanessa Bayer, Rob Corddry
DIRECTORS
Josh Gordon, Will Speck
RELEASE DATE
12-9-2016
RUN TIME
105 min
MPAA RATING
(R), for crude sexual content and language throughout, drug use and graphic nudity
STARRING
Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, John Hurt, Billy Crudup
DIRECTOR
Pablo Larraín
RELEASE DATE
12-9-2016
RUN TIME
99 min
MPAA RATING
(R), for brief strong violence and some language
STARRING
Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, Sam Waterston, John Lithgow
DIRECTOR
John Madden
RELEASE DATE
12-9-2016
RUN TIME
132 min
MPAA RATING
(R), for language and some sexuality
