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MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

Farewell Amor

Website: IFC Films

Synopsis: After 17 years apart, Angolan immigrant Walter is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teen daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment, they struggle to overcome the emotional distance between them. Walter is trying to let go of a previous relationship while his wife Esther struggles with a new country, culture and a husband who seems distant. (Can religion help her cope?) Their daughter Sylvia is a dancer just like her father, and while she also finds her new life difficult, she bravely starts to explore the city and show herself through dance. (But what do her parents, especially her mother, think about that?) … The film is both a universal immigrant story and the unique perspective of three characters bound together by history and hope. It is an intimate and deeply personal look at an inter-generational tale that has defined America since its inception.

Release Date: In theaters and on demand December 11, 2020
Directed by: Ekwa Msangi
Screenplay by: Ekwa Msangi
Starring: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee, Marcus Scribner, and Nana Mensah
Distributor: IFC Films
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 1 hour 41 minutes
Not Rated

Wander Darkly 

Website: Lionsgate

Synopsis: In WANDER DARKLY, a traumatic accident leaves a couple, Adrienne (Sienna Miller) and Matteo (Diego Luna), in a surreal state of being that takes them on a disorienting journey through the duality of their shared moments. By reliving fond recollections from the beginning of their romance while also navigating the overwhelming truths of their present, they must rediscover the love that truly binds them together. Writer-director Tara Miele offers a profound new perspective on the delicate nature of relationships with this emotionally moving story about a couple who must reflect on their past in order to face their uncertain future.

Release Date: In select theaters and on demand December 11, 2020
Directed by: Tara Miele
Screenplay by: Tara Miele
Starring: Sienna Miller and Diego Luna
Distributor: Lionsgate
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 1 hour 37 minutes
Rated R

Ip Man: Kung Fu Master 

Website: Ip Man: Kung Fu Master

Synopsis: IP MAN: KUNG FU MASTER harks back to Ip’s early days before the Communist Revolution in 1949. Ip, portrayed by Dennis To for the third time as the martial artist who famously tutored Bruce Lee, was then a police captain who was framed for the murder of a ruthless but honorable mobster, and targeted for vengeance by his dangerous daughter. Forced to quit the force, Ip soon also has to contend with the arrival of the Japanese army in Guangzhou.

Release Date: In theaters and on demand December 11, 2020
Directed by: Liming Li
Screenplay by: Liming Li and Shi Qingshui
Starring: Dennis To, Yuan Li Ruoxin, Tong Xiaohu, Yue Dongfeng, Chang Qinyuan, Zhao Xioguang, Ren Yu, and Michael Wong
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing
Genre: Action
Running Time: 1 hour 24 minutes
Not Rated