Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller) is a neurosurgeon, physicist, rock star, and hero. With his team, The Hong Kong Cavaliers, he’s ready to save the world. After testing a device that lets him travel through solid matter, he accidentally unleashes alien enemies from the 8th Dimension. Featuring John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, and Christopher Lloyd, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai is a wild, cult classic from the 80s.
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Bedford Playhouse welcomes back musician and historian Ben Model providing live piano accompaniment to the classic silent comedy Safety Last! featuring the legendary Harold Lloyd. This feature-length film contains some of the most iconic scenes in silent film comedy history, all done without the aid of visual effects. Recommended for ages 3 to 93.
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A touching portrait of family and friendship, EZRA follows Max Bernal (Bobby Cannavale), a stand-up comedian living with his father (Robert De Niro), while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra (introducing William Fitzgerald) with his ex-wife (Rose Byrne). When forced to confront difficult decisions about their son’s future, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both their lives. Directed by Tony Goldwyn, who also appears in the film alongside additional cast members Vera Farmiga, Rainn Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg, Ezra is an endearing and often funny exploration of a family determined to find their way through life’s complexities with humor, compassion, and heart.
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Belfast schoolteacher JJ crosses paths with Naoise and Liam Og, self-proclaimed ‘low life scum,’ sparking a unique hip-hop act. Rapping in Irish, KNEECAP becomes the unexpected face of a Civil Rights movement to save their native language. Battling police, paramilitaries, and politicians, they fight to be heard while their anarchic lifestyle often complicates their mission. Playing themselves, KNEECAP delivers a fiercely original biopic that’s a global rallying cry for the defense of native cultures. Presented in English and Irish with English subtitles.
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When melancholic construction worker Dan finds himself drifting from his wife and daughter, he discovers community and purpose in a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet. As the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life, he and his family are forced to confront a personal loss.
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The feature directorial debut of Josh Margolin, THELMA is a poignant action-comedy that gives veteran Oscar nominee June Squibb her first leading role and features the final performance of trailblazing actor Richard Roundtree. Squibb, who did most of her own stunts in the film, plays Thelma Post, a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson and sets out on a treacherous quest across Los Angeles, accompanied by an aging friend and his motorized scooter, to reclaim what was taken from her.
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Dog lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of ’80s NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
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BABES follows inseparable childhood best friends Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau), having grown up together in NYC, now firmly in different phases of adulthood. When carefree and single Eden decides to have a baby on her own after a one-night stand, their friendship faces its greatest challenge. BABES delves into the complexities of female friendship with a blend of laughter, tears, and labor pains.
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Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine delivers the ultimate team-up throwdown on July 26.
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The world’s favorite supervillain-turned-Anti-Villain League agent returns for an exciting, bold new era of Minions mayhem in Illumination’s Despicable Me 4. Just as Gru, Lucy and their girls welcome new baby Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad, they face a new nemesis and are forced to go on the run. Fresh new characters join the iconic returning cast as the biggest animated franchise in history begins a new chapter, packed with non-stop action and filled with Illumination’s signature subversive humor.
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