Movies Coming Out This Week – March 20th

Us – R – Thriller
Accompanied by her husband, son and daughter, Adelaide Wilson returns to the beachfront home where she grew up as a child. Haunted by a traumatic experience from the past, Adelaide grows increasingly concerned that something bad is going to happen to her family. Her worst fears soon become a reality when four masked strangers descend upon the house, forcing the Wilsons into a fight for survival. When the masks come off, each stranger takes the appearance of a different family member.

Jordan Peele, Elisabeth Moss, Shahadi Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Tim Heidecker, Duke Nicholson, Joseph Evan

Hotel Mumbai – NR – Drama. Thriller, Historical
Recounts the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India. Among the dedicated hotel staff is the renowned chef Hemant Oberoi (Anupam Kher) and a waiter (Dev Patel) who choose to risk their lives to protect their guests. As the world watches on, a desperate couple (Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi) is forced to make unthinkable sacrifices to protect their newborn child.

Kunal Nayyar, Armie Hammer, Dev Patel, Anthony Maras, Basil Iwanyk, Mike Gabrawy, Andrew Ogilvie, Teresa Palmer

The Beach Bum – NR – Comedy
Follows the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious and lovable rogue who lives life large.

Nicolas Lhermitte, Harmony Korine, John Lesher, Steve Golin, Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Mourad Belkeddar, Matthew McConaughey, Isla Fisher

Cruel Intentions – R – Drama, Romance, Teen
Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Sebastian (Ryan Phillippe), two wealthy, manipulative teenage step-siblings from Manhattan’s upper-crust, conspire in Cruel Intentions, a wickedly entertaining tale of seduction and betrayal. The stakes are high when the duo agrees upon a deliciously diabolical wager of sexual conquest without consequences. The pawns? The naïve Cecile Caldwell (Selma Blair) and the virginal Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon).

It’s summer break, and Kathryn has been dumped by her beau, Court Reynolds, for the innocent Cecile. Desperate to get even, Kathryn challenges Sebastian to ruin Cecile by deflowering her and turning her into a tramp-thus humiliating Court by delivering Cecile to him as damaged goods. Sebastian has pretty much ‘had’ all of the girls in New York City up to this point, and he’s gotten a bit bored of it all. Though this is too easy a conquest for him, he obliges. He sets his sights on a greater challenge-the new headmaster’s daughter, Annette, who recently wrote an article in a magazine about how she intends to stay pure until she marries her boyfriend. Sebastian bets Kathryn that he can seduce the chaste and pristine Annette before school begins in the fall. Kathryn thinks this feat impossible and quickly agrees to the wager. The stakes: if Sebastian succeeds, Kathryn must give him a night of unbridled biblical pleasure, something he’s wanted since their parents got married. If he fails, he must forfeit his priceless 1956 Jaguar to Kathryn and suffer the shame of defeat.

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, Neal H. Moritz, Roger Kumble, Ryan Phillippe, Selma Blair

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