Premium Rush

August 24th Genre: Thriller Director: David Koepp Writer: David Koepp, John Kamps

Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Michael Shannon Jamie Chung

Synopsis: Dodging speeding cars, crazed cabbies, open doors, and eight million cranky pedestrians is all in a day’s work for Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the best of New York’s agile and aggressive bicycle messengers. Wilee who is used to put his life on the line is about to get more than he is used to when a routine delivery turns into a life or death chase through the streets of Manhattan. When Wilee picks up his last envelope of the day on a premium rush run, he discovers this package is different. This time, someone is actually trying to kill him.

Lawless

August 29th Genre: Drama Director: John Hillcoat Writer: Nick Cave

Starring: Garry Oldman Shia LaBeouf Tom Hardy Jessica Chastain Guy Pearce Mia Wasikowska

Synopsis: “Lawless” is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic gangster tale, inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant’s family in his novel “The Wettest County in the World”, the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation’s most notorious crime wave.

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