A nobleman, Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), is falsely accused of an assassination attempt by his childhood friend and adoptive brother Messala (Toby Kebbell). He survives years of slavery under the Romans and attempts to get revenge by challenging his adoptive brother in a grand chariot race while being forever changed after a series of encounters with Jesus of Nazareth.
Genres: Adventure | Drama | History Release Date: 19 August 2016 (USA) Director: Timur Bekmambetov Writers: Lew Wallace (based on the novel by), Keith R. Clarke (screenplay) Stars: Jack Huston, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer
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In the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, two sisters (Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood) must fight for survival after an apocalyptic blackout leaves them without gas, water, electricity or cellphones.
Genre: Drama | Sci-Fi Release: 29 July 2016 Directors: Patricia Rozema Stars: Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella
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What if it made perfect sense for ordinary people to kill each other for money? Better than slow grinding financial ruin and misery, and all done according to a strict code by consenting adults. This is Trading.
Genre: Thriller Release: 11 March 2016 Directors: Rachael Moriarty, Peter Murphy Stars: Killian Scott, John Bradley, Peter OMeara
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An adaptation of a short story by Franz Kafka, this film examines the enclosure and protection of Europe by a complex and growing system of walls, fences and systems of exclusion.
Release date: February 17, 2017 (USA) Director: Zhang Yimou Stars: Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, Pedro Pascal Music composed by: Ramin Djawadi Story by: Max Brooks, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz Production companies: Legendary Entertainment, China Film Group Corporation, Atlas Entertainment
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K-Shop is a gritty urban Sweeney Todd inspired horror set in a British Kebab Shop plagued by binge drinking culture. After his father is killed in an altercation with drunken thugs, Salah's fate is sealed in a fight with an angry customer. With a dead body on his hands the novice kebab shop owner turns vigilante disposing of the body in the one place he knows best...the kebabs. Salah watches gullible customers devour the new flesh kebabs and seizes the opportunity to seek revenge on abusive drunken binge drinkers, killing off those he deems punishable.
Genre: Thriller Release: 22 July 2016 Directors: Dan Pringle Stars: Ewen MacIntosh, Harry Reid, Reece Noi
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It's been 10 years since Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) walked away from the agency that trained him to become a deadly weapon. Hoping to draw him out of the shadows, CIA director Robert Dewey assigns hacker and counterinsurgency expert Heather Lee to find him. Lee suspects that former operative Nicky Parsons is also looking for him. As she begins tracking the duo, Bourne finds himself back in action battling a sinister network that utilizes terror and technology to maintain unchecked power.
Genre: Action | Thriller Release: 27 July 2016 Directors: Paul Greengrass Stars: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander
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A young free-spirited woman rescues a baby from an irresponsible mother and pretends the child is her own. Needing a place to stay, she seeks the help of her ex-boyfriend's estranged mother, telling her the baby is her granddaughter.
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance Release: 29 July 2016 Directors: Sian Heder Stars: Zachary Quinto, Uzo Aduba, Ellen Page
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