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April
Death on the Nile

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a
glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a
murderer. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping desert
vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this tale features a
enough wicked twists and turns to leave audiences guessing
until the final shocking denouement.
Parallel Mothers

Two women, Janis (Penélope Cruz) and Ana (Milena Smit),
coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth.
Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis,
middle-aged, doesn't regret it and she is exultant. The other,
Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant and traumatized.
The Great: Season Two

Catherine finally takes the Russian throne for her own – but if
she thought coup-ing her husband was difficult, it’s nothing
compared to the realities of liberating a country that doesn’t
want to be. She’ll battle her court, her team, even her own
mother in a bid to bring the Enlightenment to Russia.
C'mon C'mon

Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) and his young nephew (Woody Norman)
forge a tenuous but transformational relationship when they are unexpectedly thrown together in this delicate and deeply moving
story about the connections between adults and children, the
past and the future, from writer-director Mike Mills.
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove"
Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary.
Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one
hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival
was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park).
The feature includes concert performances by Stevie Wonder,
Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the
Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension and more.
Moonfall

A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth
and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.

Blu-ray also available
Endeavour: the complete seventh season

DC Endeavour Morse and DI Fred Thursday investigate a series
of murders and other mysteries in 1960s Oxford, England.
The complete seventh season.
Nightmare Alley

From visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes this noir-style psychological thriller starring Bradley Cooper and Cate Blanchett.
When a manipulative carnival man (Cooper) teams with an equally deceptive psychiatrist (Blanchett) to grift the wealthy in 1940s
New York society, he learns that his new partner in crime might
be his most formidable opponent yet. 
Benjamin Franklin by Ken Burns 

 Benjamin Franklin's 84 years (1706-1790) spanned an epoch
of momentous change in science, technology, literature, politics,
and government―fields he himself advanced through lifelong commitments to societal and self-improvement.
Cyrano

Cyrano de Bergerac (Peter Dinklage) dazzles with both ferocious wordplay and brilliant swordplay, but is convinced that his appearance makes him unworthy of the love of his devoted friend, Roxanne (Haley Bennett), who has fallen in love at first sight with Christian (Kelvin Harrison Jr.).
Julia

Julia brings to life the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food,
television, and even about women. Using never-before-seen
archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and
cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography.
The King's Daughter

Known as The Sun King, Louis XIV (Pierce Brosnan) is the most powerful and influential monarch on the planet. Obsessed with his
own mortality and the future of France, Louis turns to his spiritual
advisor, Père La Chaise (William Hurt), and the royal physician to
help him obtain the key to immortality.
Scream (2022)

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the
quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface
mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets
from the town’s deadly past.
The Handmaid's Tale: Season Four

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a
concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Spider-Man: No Way Home

For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our
friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to
separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super
Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes
become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it
truly means to be Spider-Man.

Blu-ray also available
Marry Me

Music superstars Kat Valdez and Bastian are getting married
before a global audience of fans. But when Kat learns, seconds
before her vows, that Bastian has been unfaithful, she decides to
marry Charlie, a stranger in the crowd, instead.

Blu-ray also available.
March
West Side Story

An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores
forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks,
two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
355

A team of four female spies go on a mission to retrieve a top
secret weapon from a mercenary, while trying to stay ahead of a mysterious woman who is tracking their every move.
Matrix resurrections

A successful video game developer, the creator of "The Matrix" game series, starts to suspect that the stories and characters of his games
are not fiction.

Blu-ray also available.
Journal for Jordan

The story of Charles Monroe King, a sergeant who, prior to being
killed in action in Baghdad, authored a journal for his son telling
him how to live a decent life despite growing up without a father.
Yellowstone: season 4

A ranching family in Montana must fight off others who are trying to
take over their land.
King Richard

Tells the story of Richard Williams, father of legendary tennis
players Venus and Serena Williams, whose dedication and
perseverance helped his daughters achieve their tremendous success.
King's man

Set during World War I, the independent intelligence agency
Kingsman is formed to try to stop a group of tyrants and criminal masterminds who are plotting a war.
Belfast

Follows the story of a boy growing up in the late 1960s in
Belfast whose family must decide whether to stay or leave amid
the social tumult.
Four good days

After leaving a detox clinic, a young addict must stay clean while spending the next four days with her mother.
Blithe spirit

When a novelist suffering from writer's block and his wife, in hopes
of inspiration, invite an eccentric medium to their house, the séance brings back the novelist's deceased first wife who is ready to pick up
her life right where she left off.
Eyes of Tammy Faye

An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption
of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
Coming 2 America

Shortly before his father's death, Prince Akeem learns that he sired
an illegitimate son during his last stay in the United States and now
he has to return to Queens to retrieve him to ensure a male
successor to the throne.
All creatures great & small: season 2

Follows the adventures of the staff at a veterinarian practice in
early twentieth century Yorkshire.
House Of Gucci

House of Gucci is inspired by the family empire behind the Italian
fashion house of Gucci. When Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga), an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family,
her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and
triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately...murder.

Blu-ray also available.
North water

After joining an Arctic whaling trip in 1859 aboard the Volunteer,
Patrick Sumner, a disgraced, former army surgeon and the ship's
medic, becomes involved in a confrontation with the brutal harpooner, Henry Drax.
Eternals

Follows a group of superpowered immortals living secretly on
Earth for thousands of years and protecting the human race, who
face the mission of stopping a cataclysmic event that will result in
Earth's destruction.

Blu-ray also available.
Monday

Two Americans living in Athens have a weekend fling one
summer and decide to see if their relationship can last.
American underdog

Dramatized story about the journey of NFL quarterback Kurt
Warner who was undrafted after college but went on to become
an NFL MVP, Super Bowl MVP, and Hall of Fame quarterback.
February
Wolf

A boy who believes he is a wolf trapped in a human body is sent
to a clinic where he receives increasingly extreme forms of therapy
and develops a friendship with Wildcat that leads to infatuation.
Ghostbusters: afterlife

When a single mother and her two kids move to a small town, they discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters.

Blu-ray also available.
American veteran

Explores the experiences of American veterans from throughout American history, including living veterans who served from
World War II to recent tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Resident evil: welcom to raccoon city

Tells the origin story of the Resident evil franchise, where a group
of people try to survive in Raccoon City, once a home of
pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, during a zombie outbreak.
Vienna blood

Set in early 1900s Vienna, Max Liebermann, a student of Sigmund Freud, assists Detective Oskar Reinhardt in a series of murder investigations.
Last night in Soho

When a woman interested in fashion design somehow travels back to 1960s London and meets her idol, she discovers that dark secrets are threatening both of their lives.

Blu-Ray also available.
Yellowstone: season 2

A ranching family in Montana must fight off others who are trying
to take over their land.
Yellowstone: season 3

A ranching family in Montana must fight off others who are trying
to take over their land.
January
Succession

Scottish media magnate Logan Roy (Brian Cox) spent his adult life building his global broadcast and publishing juggernaut... and even as a lion in winter, cadging the slightest margin of control over the empire from him proves a full-time job for ambitious scions Connor (Alan Ruck), Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Siobhan (Sarah Snook).
Dune

Paul Atreides, son of Duke Leto, along with the native inhabitants of the planet Arrakis, struggle to overthrow the terrible Baron Harkonnen and his family to control the mind-altering spice produced by giant sand worms of Arrakis.

Blu-ray also available.
MLK / FBI 

Explores the FBI's surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther
King, Jr., based on declassified documents and incorporating
archival footage.
Antlers

A middle-school teacher and her brother, a sheriff, become
entangled in the life of one of her students, a mysterious boy
whose secrets lead them to encounters with a terrifying
legendary creature.
Spencer

A fictionalized account of Princess Diana's decision to end her
marriage to Prince Charles, and separate from the royal family.
The Bee Gees

Profiles the popular music group, the Bee Gees, featuring footage
from concerts, recording sessions, home videos, television
appearances, and contributions from other musicians.
Halloween kills

Laurie Strode prepares to once again defend herself against
Michael Myers after he breaks free from the burning cage where
she had left him.
Yellowstone

A ranching family in Montana must fight off others who are trying
to take over their land.
December
My life is murder

Follows retired detective, Alexa Crowe, as she helps her former colleague solve crimes with the help of a young police data analyst.
Kevin can f**k himself

The housewife of an unambitious, self-centered, and immature
man decides to take control of her life.
Grantchester: season six

A clergyman investigates a series of crimes in the small village of Grantchester.
Saint Maud

A hospice nurse and recently converted catholic becomes
obsessed with saving the soul of one of her patients.
Malignant

When a woman starts to have disturbing visions of murders,
she slowly discovers that the visions are real.
November
Muhammad Ali

A biography of world champion boxer and political activist
Muhammad Ali.
Pig

A truffle hunter returns home to Portland, Oregon to find his
beloved foraging pig who has been kidnapped.
Respect

Offers a look into the life of Aretha Franklin: from her childhood traumatized by the loss of her mother through her difficult rise to international fame in the sixties, when she was also struggling
with an abusive marriage and alcohol problems.
Catherine the Great

Dramatizes the life and reign of eighteenth-century Russian
empress Catherine the Great, from two years after her ascension through the end of her life, and follows her relationship with military leader Grigory Potemkin.
Candyman

In present day, gentrified Chicago, an artist explores the legend of
the hook handed killer known as Candyman, unaware that his
curiosity opens the door to a complex past which causes him to
lose his sanity.
Crown

The story of Queen Elizabeth II's reign of the United Kingdom, and
how it helped to shaped the latter part of the twentieth century.
Joe Bell

Based on a true story, a working-class father sets out on a solo
walk across the U.S., on an anti-bullying crusade after his son was
tormented in school for being gay.
Stillwater

An American oil-rig worker goes to Marseilles, France, to save
his daughter, who is imprisoned for a murder she claims she
did not commit.

Blu-ray also available.
Suicide Squad

Federal agent Amanda Waller recruits a group of incarcerated
super-villains for a dangerous mission of finding and destroying
the Nazi-era laboratory Jötunheim on the remote island of
Corto Maltese.

Blu-ray also available.
October
Old

A family's tropical beach vacation turns sinister when they discover
that they all seem to be aging rapidly.

Blu-ray also available.
Protégé

Rescued as a child by an assassin, a girl grows up to become the best contract killer, and when the man who rescued her and taught her everything she knows is murdered, she sets off to avenge his death.

Blu-ray also available.
Roadrunner

A documentary about Anthony Bourdain, a celebrity chef, author,
and cultural icon.
Escape room

When several people find themselves stuck in a series of deadly
escape rooms, they learn they've all played the game before and
team up with other survivors to make it out alive.
Green Knight /

The Green Knight, a mysteriously powerful creature, tests the
honor and courage of King Arthur's nephew, Sir Gawain.
Black Widow

A dangerous conspiracy causes Natasha Romanoff to confront her darker past.
Queen bees

After a house fire, an independent senior woman moves into a
retirement community where she has to deal with a mean-spirited
clique of senior women called the Queen Bees and develops a
romantic relationship with another resident of the community.
Grantchester: Season Four

A clergyman investigates a series of crimes in the small village of Grantchester.
Grantchester: Season Five

A clergyman investigates a series of crimes in the small village of Grantchester.
Ms. Fisher's modern murder mysteries

Set in 1960s Melbourne, Phryne Fisher's niece, Peregrine,
investigates murders with the help of Detective James Steed
and the women in the Adventuresses' Club.
Six Minutes To Midnight

In the summer of 1939, influential families in Nazi Germany have
sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town
to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
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