Rating: NR
Runtime: 97 minutes
Director: Shaunak Sen (Cities of Sleep)
Cast: Salik Rehman, Mohammad Saud, Nadeem Shehzad
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In Limited Release/VOD: Toni Erdmann
Comedy Drama Foreign In Limited Release On Demand Oscar Nominees
Rating: R
Runtime: 162 minutes
Director: Maren Ade (Everyone Else, The Forest for the Trees)
Cast: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller
Theatrical Release: December 25, 2016 (limited)
On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin faces off with a dad and daughter in the Oscar-nominated German dramedy Toni Erdmann.
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In Limited Release: 20th Century Women
Comedy Drama In Limited Release Oscar NomineesRating: R
Runtime: 118 minutes
Director: Denzel Washington (Beginners, Thumbsucker)
Cast: Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning, Lucas Jade Zumann, Billy Crudup
Theatrical Release: December 28, 2016 (limited)
On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin follows three women who are trying to get it right in 1970s California in Mike Mills’s 20th Century Women.
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Now in Theaters: Hidden Figures
At Your Local Theater Biography Drama Oscar Nominees
Rating: PG
Runtime: 127 minutes
Director: Theodore Melfi (St. Vincent)
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell
Theatrical Release: December 25, 2016 (limited)
On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin joins in the space race with the women of Hidden Figures.
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Now in Theaters: Fences
At Your Local Theater Drama Oscar Nominees
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 138 minutes
Director: Denzel Washington (The Great Debaters, Antwone Fisher)
Cast: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Jovan Adepo, Stephen Henderson, Russell Hornsby
Theatrical Release: December 25, 2016
On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin listens in on the lives and loves of a ‘50s family in Fences.
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Now in Theaters: Passengers
At Your Local Theater Drama Oscar Nominees Romance Sci-fi
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 116 minutes
Director: Morten Tyldum (Headhunters, The Imitation Game)
Cast: Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen
Theatrical Release: December 21, 2016
On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin gets lost in space with Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers.
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In Limited Release: La La Land
Drama In Limited Release Musical Oscar Nominees Romance
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 128 minutes
Director: Damien Chazelle (Whiplash)
Cast: Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling
Theatrical Release: December 9, 2016 (limited)
On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin falls in love in Los Angeles with La La Land.
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Lion
Biography Drama On Blu-ray / DVD Oscar Nominees
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 120 minutes
Director: Garth Davis (P.I.N.S.)
Cast: Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Abhishek Bharate
Theatrical Release: November 25, 2016 (limited)
Blu-ray Release: April 11, 2017
On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin goes on the run with a lost boy in Lion.
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In Limited Release: Jackie
Biography Drama In Limited Release Oscar NomineesRating: R
Runtime: 99 minutes
Director: Pablo Larraín (Neruda, No)
Cast: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup
Theatrical Release: December 2, 2016 (limited)
On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin goes behind the scenes with an American legend in Jackie.
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In Limited Release: Nocturnal Animals
Action / Thriller At Your Local Theater Drama Oscar Nominees
Rating: R
Runtime: 116 minutes
Director: Tom Ford (A Single Man)
Cast: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Armie Hammer, Isla Fisher, Ellie Bamber, Laura Linney
Theatrical Release: November 18, 2016 (limited)
On this episode of Reel Discovery, Kristin gets caught up in the web of Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals.
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