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DOCTOR SLEEP
THRILLER / HORROR
Release: November 8, 2019
Director: Mike Flanagan
Producer: Trevor Macy and Jon Berg
Following the events of Stephen King's – The Shining, Doctor Sleep follows an all-grown-up Danny Torrance whose attempt to live a peaceful life after the horrors from his youth, crumble when he meets a teenager named Abra. Like Danny, she's got the gift of the Shining, which she must use to stop an evil figure – Rose the Hat and her followers.
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STAR WARS: RISE OF THE SKYWALKER
SCIENCE FICTION
Release: December 20, 2019
Director: J.J. Abrams
Producer: Kathleen Kennedy, J. J. Abrams, and Michelle Rejwan
Ansel Elgort stars as Theo (Theodore Decker). The upcoming sequel in the Star Wars series takes place a year after The Last Jedi, with the remainder of the resistance facing off against the First Order once again. While the Resistance stands off against the First Order, the conflict between the Jedi and Sith reaches its gripping climax, bringing a definitive end to the Skywalker Saga.
FROZEN 2
ANIMATION
Release: November 22, 2019
Director: Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Producer: Peter Del Vecho
What would Christmas be without a little snow?
And what better way to bring it in than with a Disney Classic?
Following the events of the first movie, Frozen 2 is set 3 years after the original. Hearing a strange noise calling to her from the North, Elsa, Anna, Krisfott, Olaf and Sven, travel beyond Arendelle. Their quest is to find the origin of Elsa's magical powers, all the while trying to save their kingdom.
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PANIPAT
ACTION
Release: December 6, 2019
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Producer: Sunita Gowariker and Rohit Shelatkar
Ansel Elgort stars as Theo (Theodore Decker). Panipat is an Indian historical period drama based on the Third Battle of Panipat – a great war that took place in the mid-18th century.
JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL
COMEDY, ACTION, ADVENTURE
Release: December 13, 2019
Director: Jake Kasdan
Producer: Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Matt Tolmach and William Teitler
Following the events of the first movie, we find that Spencer kept the destroyed pieces of the Jumanji video game, repairing it one day in his grandfather’s basement. When his friends realize he’s missing and arrive at his home, they see the game running before re-entering Jumanji to save Spencer.
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LAST CHRISTMAS
ROMANTIC COMEDY
Release: November 8, 2019
Director: Paul Feig
Producer: Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson, David Livingstone, and Emma Thompson
The story follows a down-on-her-luck woman named Kate, who accepts a holiday job as a department store elf. But her life takes a change for the best when she meets Tom.
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THE MANDALORIAN
ACTION, ADVENTURE, SPACE OPERA, SPACE WESTERN
Release: November 12, 2019
Episodes: 8
Starring: Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Nick Nolte, Giancario Esposito, Emily Swallow, Carl Weathers, Omid Abtahi
Taking place five years after the events of Return of the Jedi, the Mandalorian follows the events of an independent Mandalorian bounty hunter in the far reaches of the galaxy, far away from the New Republic’s authority.
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
PERIOD COMEDY
Release: December 6, 2019
Episodes: 10
Starring: Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin Pollack
The series follows the vents of Miriam “Midge” Maisel, a 1950’s housewife in New York that discovers she has a talent in Stand-Up Comedy.
ROOKIE HISTORIAN GOO HAE-RYUNG
DRAMA, HISTORY, ROMANCE
Release: July 17, 2019
Episodes: 20
Starring: Shin Se-kyung, Cha Eun-woo, Gong Jung-hwan, Yang Jo-a, Lee Kwan-hoon
Going against the norm and status quo of the Joseon Dynasty, a noble young woman finds herself taking charge of her own life in a man’s world.
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