Octavia Spencer | 2017 Movie Releases

Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy – his spirited young niece Mary (Mckenna Grace) in a coastal town in Florida. Frank’s plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old’s mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank’s formidable mother Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan) whose plans for her granddaughter threaten to separate Frank and Mary. Octavia Spencer plays Roberta, Frank and Mary’s landlady and best friend. Jenny Slate is Mary’s teacher, Bonnie, a young woman whose concern for her student develops into a connection with her uncle as well.

Fox Searchlight Pictures

The Shape of Water (2017)

January 24, 2018July 7, 2019

In Baltimore, in the early 60’s, the lonely and mute Elisa Esposito is the janitor of a secret government laboratory where she works in the night-shift with her friend Zelda Fuller. She lives in an old apartment above a movie-theater and she usually watches television with her other friend, her next-door neighbor Giles, who is a gay artist.

Summit Entertainment

The Shack (2017)

December 26, 2016July 8, 2019

Mackenzie (“Mack”) Phillips suffered horrific abuse as a child at the hands of his drunken father. As an adult he has a bountiful life with his wife, Nan, and their three children, Kate, Josh and their youngest daughter Missy. Mack’s life is shattered, however, when Missy disappears during a camping trip while he is saving Kate and Josh from a canoeing accident. The police determine Missy is the victim of a serial killer after finding her torn dress and blood in a vacant cabin.

20th Century Fox

Hidden Figures (2017)

October 30, 2016July 8, 2019

As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in U.S. history.

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