Now’s the time to stream or rent some of the best movies of 2019 that probably went under your radar!
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Action, Adventure, Family
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The kid who would be king (PG)
A band of kids embark on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace. The Kid Who Would Be King recalls classic all-ages adventures — and repurposes a timeless legend — for a thoroughly enjoyable new addition to the family movie canon.
Starring: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Denise Gough, Dean Chaumoo
Director: Joe Cornish
Comedy, Family
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Mary Poppins Returns (PG)
Michael Banks learns that his house will be repossessed in five days unless he can pay back a loan. His only hope is to find a missing certificate. Just as all seems lost, Michael and his sister receive the surprise of a lifetime when Mary Poppins arrives to save the day.
Starring: Emily Blunt, Ben Whishaw
Director: Rob Marshall
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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Dora and the lost city of gold (PG)
Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle, nothing could prepare Dora for her most dangerous adventure yet — high school. Accompanied by a ragtag group of teens and Boots the monkey, Dora embarks on a quest to save her parents while trying to solve the seemingly impossible mystery behind a lost Incan civilization.
Starring: Isabela Merced, Eugenio Derbez, Michael Peña
Director: James Bobin
Documentary, History
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Apollo 11 (PG)
Apollo 11, chronicles the 1969 U.S. moon landing, and was crafted from roughly 11,000 hours of audio recordings and previously unseen footage. Director Todd Douglas Miller creates a pulse-pounding, bracingly intimate look at this historic event and how it united a nation.
Starring: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin
Director: Todd Douglas Miller
Adventure, Drama, Mystery
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Ad Astra (PG-13)
Brad Pitt is a captivating leading man in James Gray’s elegiac space drama, about a mournful astronaut who travels to the outer reaches of the galaxy in search of his dad (Tommy Lee Jones), who went missing on a Neptune mission decades earlier. It’s a heartbreaking story about family, connection and the sacrifices of achieving greatness, made richer by stunning cinematography and jaw-dropping action sequences.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones
Director: James Gray
Action, Fantasy
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Aquaman (PG-13)
Atlantis is an underwater kingdom ruled by the power-hungry King Orm. With a vast army at his disposal, Orm plans to conquer the world. Standing in his way is Aquaman, Orm’s half-human, half-Atlantean brother and true heir to the throne.
Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard
Director: James Wan
Comedy, Drama
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The Upside (PG-13)
Phillip is a wealthy quadriplegic who needs a caretaker to help him with his day-to-day routine. He decides to hire Dell, a struggling parolee. Despite coming from two different worlds, an unlikely friendship starts to blossom.
Starring: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston
Director: Neil Burger
Drama, Mystery, Romance
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The Souvenir (R)
A young film student in the early ‘80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.
Starring: Neil Young, Tosin Cole, Jack McMullen
Director: Joanna Hogg
Drama, Music
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Her Smell (R)
Elisabeth Moss gives the best performance of her career in Alex Ross Perry’s feverish, relentless and ultimately affecting drama, in which the “Handmaid’s Tale” actress plays a self-destructive punk rocker struggling with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Director: Alex Ross Perry
Drama, Mystery, Horror
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Midsommar (R)
A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown’s fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren
Director: Ari Aster