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Neelsie Cinema
March 16, 2025

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The Descendants

2015 | TV-G | 1h 52m | Family, Teen Fantasy, Comedy

Director: Kenny Ortega

Stars: Dove Cameron, Cameron Boyce, Booboo Stewart

The teenage son of the king and queen of Auradon offers the trouble-making children of villains a chance to attend prep school in the kingdom.

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Moana 2

2024 | PG | 1h 40m | Adventure, Animation, Family

Director: David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand, Dana Ledoux Miller

Stars: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Hualalai Chung

After receiving an unexpected call from her way finding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.

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One Child Nation

2019 | R | 1h 23m | Documentary, History

Director: Nanfu Wang, Jialing Zhang

Stars: Nanfu Wang, Zaodi Wang, Zhimei Wang

After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.

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White Bird

2023 | PG-13 | 2h 1m | Family, Drama, War

Director: Marc Forster

Stars: Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Gillian Anderson

Struggling to fit in at his new school after being expelled for his treatment of Auggie Pullman, Julian is visited by his grandmother and is transformed by the story of her attempts to escape Nazi-occupied France during World War II.

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Lee

2023 | R | 1h 57m | War, Drama, History

Director: Ellen Kuras

Stars: Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgard

The story of American photographer Lee Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

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Hammer

2023 | PG | 1h 24m | Dance

Director: Tommy Pascal

Stars: Mikael Karlsson, Alexander Ekman, Göteborgoperans Danskompani

An evening to remember at the Gothenburg Opera- the night where a gigantic black and white photograph was brought to life! A dancer dressed head to toe in beige approaches what seems to be a floating box surrounded by a dark chasm of emptiness. He then shows the audience what he is holding: a large orange hammer.

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Chappie

Picked by Neill Blomkamp
2015 | R | 2h | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Stars: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman

In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself.

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Sew the Winter to My Skin

2018 | 2h 12m | Action, Adventure

Director: Jahmil X.T Qubeka

Stars: Ezra Mabengeza, Peter Kurth, Kandyse McClure

In a racially-charged and violent 1950's rural South Africa, a liberal journalist recounts the epic chase, edge-of-your-seat capture and intriguing trial of a flamboyant, native "Robin Hood". His captivating re-imagining, paints a portrait of a divisive outlaw - hunted by the government, elusive even to his loved ones, all whilst remaining a champion of the disenchanted.

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Action Comandante

2016 | 1h 30m | Biography, Documentary

Director: Nadine Cloete

Stars: Ashley Kriel

South African freedom fighter Ashley Kriel grew up in a working class family and came to be recognized as the icon of South Africa's 1980's youth resistance. The film is an intimate portrayal of this son, brother and revolutionary.

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