THE BOSS (2016)

 

Directed By: Ben Falcone Written By: Steve Mallory, Melissa McCarthy & Ben Falcone Cinematography: Julio Macat  Editor: Craig Alpert

Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Ella Anderson, Tyler Labine, Peter Dinklage, Kathy Bates, Cecily Strong, Kristen Schaal, Annie Mumolo, Dax Shepard, Ben Falcone, Margo Martindale, Michael McDonald, Cedric Yarbrough 

A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.

ARE WE NOT CATS (2016)

 

Written & Directed By: Xander Robin  Cinematography: Matt Clegg  Editor: Xander Robin & Dustin Waldman

Cast: Chelsea Lopez, Michael Godere, Michael Patrick Nicholson, Charles Gould, Adeline Thery, Alice Frank, Dean Haletermann 

After losing his job, girlfriend, and home in a single day, a desperate thirty-something accepts a delivery job in a remote upstate backwater. There he meets a beguiling and mysterious young woman with whom he shares a strange obsession.

LET ME MAKE YOU A MARTYR (2016)

 

Written & Directed By: Corey Asraf & John Swab 

Cinematography: Jeff Melanson 

Editor: Corey Asraf & Dylan Quirt 

Cast: Niko Nicotera, Sam Quartin, Mark Boone Junior, Marilyn Manson, William Lee Scott, Michael Potts, Gore Abrams, Megan Mattox, Danny Boy O’Connor, Michael Sheamus 

A cerebral revenge film about two adopted siblings who fall in love, and hatch a plan to kill their abusive father.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES (2016)

Written & Directed By: Burr Steers 
Based on the book by: Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith 
Cinematography By: Remi Adefsrasin 
Editor: Padraic McKinley 


Cast: Lily James, Sam Riley, Matt Smith, Jack Huston, Lena Headey, Douglas Booth, Suki Waterhouse, Bella Heathcote Charles Dance, Sally Phillips


 *Please note that some trivia and facts have been republished from imdb among other sources In this review

JEAN OF THE JONSES (2016)

 

Written & Directed By: Stella Meghie  Cinematography: Kris Belchevski Editor: Aren Hansen 

Cast: Taylour Paige, Sherri Shepherd, Gloria Reuben, Anna Hopkins, Erica Ash, Mamoudou Athie, Michelle Hurst, Demore Barnes, Cara Ricketts, Francois Arnaud 

 

Chaos ensues after the estranged patriarch of the Jones family dies on their doorstep. When the paramedic who answers their 911 call tried to win over acerbic Jean Jones, his attempts are disrupted by old conflicts that come to a boil at the funeral.

WAR DOGS (2016)

 

Directed By: Todd Phillips  Written By: Todd Phillips, Stephen Chin & Jason Smilovic  Based on the ROLLING STONE Article “Arms and The Dudes” By: Guy Lawson  Cinematography: Lawrence Sher Editor: Jeff Groth 

Cast: Miles Teller, Jonah Hill, Ana De Armas, Kevin Pollak, Bradley Cooper, Eddie Jemison, Wallace Langham 

Two friends in their early 20s living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military - a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government. Based on true events.

THE UNTAMED (2016)

 

Directed By: Amat Escalante  Written By: Amat Escalante & Gibran Portela  Cinematography: Manuel Alberto Claro Editor: Fernanda De La Peza & Jacob Secger Schulsinger 

Cast: Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesus Meza, Eden Villavicencio, Oscar Escalante, Bernarda Trueba 

GOING TO BRAZIL (2016)

Directed By: Patrick Mille Written By: Patrick Mille, Julien Lambroschini & Sabrina Amara Cinematography: Andre Szenkowski  Editor: Samuel Dansei 

Cast: Vanessa Guide, Alison Wheeler, Margot Bancilhon, Philippine Stindel, Patrick Mille, Christine Citti, Susana Pires, Chico Diaz, Joseph Makebra 

Four childhood friends reunite for a wedding in Rio, only to find themselves on the run through the Brazilian countryside after accidentally killing someone at a drug-fueled party.

BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN (2016)

 Written & Directed By: Tyler Perry Cinematography: Richard Vialet  Editor: Larry Sexton

Cast: Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis, Diamond White, Liza Koshy, Bella Thorne, Yousef Barker, Jimmy Tatro,  Lavell Crawford, Corey Holcomb, Adele Givens, Lexy Panterra, Patrice Lovely, Andre Hall, Tyga, Mike Tornabene, Angela Ray, Dominique Witten, 

Madea lands in the midst of mayhem when she spends a haunted Halloween fending off killers, paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies while keeping a watchful eye on her wild teenage great-niece.

LADY MACBETH (2016)

Directed by: William Oldroyd Written By: Alice Birch Based on the book “ LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK” by Nikolai Leskov  Cinematography: Ari Wegner Editor: Nick Emerson

Cast: Florence Pugh, Cosmo Jarvis, Paul Hilton, Naomi Ackie, Christopher Fairbank, Golda Roseuval, Anton Palmer, Bill Fellows 

Rural England, 1865. Katherine is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, whose family are cold and unforgiving. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband's estate, a force is unleashed inside her, so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

LAKE BODOM (2016)

Directed by: Taneli Mustonen Written by: Taneli Mustonen & Aleski Hyvarinen Cinematography: Mheiajn Brooks, Daniel Lindholm, Callie Mcgregor & Dakota Saliwi  Editor: Alexis Raij 

Cast: Nelly-Hirst-Gee, Mimosa Williamo, Mikael Gabriel, Santeri Helinheimo mantyu 

Every camper's worst nightmare came true at Lake Bodom in 1960 when four teenagers were stabbed to death while sleeping in their tent.

THE ASSIGNMENT (2016)

Directed by: Walter Hill 
Written by: Walter Hill & Dennis Hamill 
Cinematography: James Liston 
Editor: Phil Norden 

Cast: Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shaloub, Anthony LaPaglia, Ken Kirzinger, Caitlin Gerard, Zak Santiago, Anthony Griffith 

After waking up and discovering that he has undergone gender reassignment surgery, an assassin seeks to find the doctor responsible.

THE NIGHT OF THE VIRGIN (2016)

Directed By: Robert San Sebastian 
Written By: Guillermo Guerrero 
Cinematography: Adrian Hernandez 
Editor: Ibon Belandia 

Cast: Javier Bodalo, Miriam Martin, Victor Amilibia 

In this horror-comedy, at a New Year's Eve party, Nico, a naive twenty year old, sets out ready to lose his virginity at all costs that same night. In the middle of the party, his gaze crosses Medea, a cunning and attractive mature woman.

LA LA LAND (2016)

Written & Directed By: Damien Chazelle 
Cinematography: Linus Sandgren 
Editor: Tom Cross 
Music By: Justin Hurwitz 

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock, Callie Hernandez, Jessica Rothe, Sonoya Mizuno, Valarie Rae Miller, Tom Everett Scott 

Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

THE CLEANSE (2016)

Written & Directed By: Bobby Miller 
Cinematography: Michael Fimognari 
Editor: Josh Crockett 


Cast: Johnny Gaelecki, Anna Friel, Angelica Huston, Oliver Platt, Kyle Gallner, Diana Bang, Kevin J O’Connor, Loretta Walsh 


A heartbroken man attends a spiritual retreat to cleanse himself and fix his broken life. There he meets a fellow lost soul, and together they discover that "the cleanse" releases more than everyday toxins...a lot more.

CREEPY (2016)

Directed By: Kiyoshi Kurosawa 
Written By: Kiyoshi Kurosawa & Chihiro Ikeda 
Based on the Novel By: Yutaka Maekawa 
Cinematography: Akikio Ashizawa 
Editor: Koichi Takahashi 


Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, Ryoko Fujino, Masahiro Higashide, Teruyuki Kagawa 

Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred 6 years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is the only surviving family member from the case. Meanwhile, Takakura and his wife Yasuko recently moved into a new home. Their neighbor, Nishino, has a sick wife and a young teen daughter. One day, the daughter, Mio, tells him that the man is not her father and she doesn't know him at all.

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONSES (2016)

Directed By: Greg Mottola 
Written By: Michael Lasieur 
Cinematography: Andrew Dunn 
Editor: David Rennie 

Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Isla Fisher, Gal Gadot, Patton Oswalt, Ming Zhao, Matt Walsh, Kevin Dunn, Bobby Lee, Ari Shaffir 


A suburban couple becomes embroiled in an international espionage plot when they discover that their seemingly perfect new neighbors are government spies.

THE INFILTRATOR (2016)

Directed By: Brad Furman 
Written By: Ellen Brown Furman 
Based On The Book By/on: Robert Mazur 
Cinematography By: Joshua Rais 
Editor: Luis Carballer, Jeff McEvoy & David Rosenbloom 


Cast: Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger, Benjamin Bratt, Amy Ryan, Jason Issacs, Olympia Dukakis, Jospeh Gilgun, Juliet Aubrey, Yul Vasquez, Art Malik, Michael Pare, Said Taghmaoui, Elena Anaya, Carsten Hayes 

 A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.

THE LOVE WITCH (2016)

Written, Edited, Music & Directed By: Anna Biller 
Cinematography By: M. David Mullen 

Cast: Samantha Robinson, Gian Keys, Laura Waddell, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Robert Seeley, Jennifer Ingrum, Randy Evans, April Showers 


Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. With a visual style that pays tribute to Technicolor thrillers of the 1970s, THE LOVE WITCH explores female fantasy and the repercussions of pathological narcissism.

BLEED FOR THIS (2016)

Written & Directed By: Ben Younger 
Story By: Ben Younger, Pippa Bianco & Angelo Pizzo 
Cinematography By: Larkin Sieple 
Editor: Zachary Stuart-Pontier 


Cast: Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Segal, Cirian Hinds, Jordan Gelber, Ted Levine, Amanda Clayton 


The inspirational story of World Champion Boxer Vinny Pazienza who, after a near fatal car crash which left him not knowing if he'd ever walk again, made one of sport's most incredible comebacks.