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The battle over your wrist just got way more interesting. Late last week Fossil announced that it was selling $40 million worth of its smartwatch technology to Google, giving the Wear OS purveyor a serious stake in the wearable hardware game.
The deal may be a relatively small sum compared to the billions Google spent on Nest, but it could be just as important. For one, Fossil is one of the only companies consistently turning out new Wear OS watches that people actually want to buy. But even if this deal doesn’t result in a Pixel watch or Google-branded hardware at all, for the first time Google will have a wearable hardware team under its roof to help drive future design, navigation, and UI decisions.
And most importantly, it means that Google is committed to developing Wear OS into more than a one-size-fits-all platform that refuses to adapt to the hardware around it. And it could mean that the first legitimate Apple Watch competitor is finally on the horizon.
The last time Google announced such a sizable investment in someone else’s hardware was when it went all in on the Pixel phone. In January 2018, Google spent more than a billion dollars to secure a large portion of HTC’s smartphone design team, including thousands of engineers and a healthy chunk of intellectual property. While it’s likely that the impact of Google’s actual investment won’t be fully realized until the Pixel 4 later this year, you can see how HTC’s hardware team has already influenced the handset.
Christopher Hebert/IDGGoogle’s Pixel phones have shown how a hardware-focused mindet can influence software.
The Fossil partnership, while a pittance compared to the HTC deal, could be just as impactful. On the Pixel phone, features like Active Edge (a direct copy of Edge Sense on HTC’s U11 and U12 phones), and the addition of wireless charging and a second front camera have been clearly steered by HTC’s team, but the relationship goes much deeper than superficial hardware enhancements. More than any other Android phone, the Pixel is filled with details that marry the hardware and software in a way that creates a seamless, congruous experience that showcases Android’s best qualities.
You can see it in the new gesture navigation, the Pixel launcher, AI enhancements, and of course, the camera. Over the past few revisions, Google has designed Android with the Pixel in mind. But those interface improvements and features that have resulted in a new level of integration for Google’s operating system isn’t just limited to Google’s own phones. And that’s the hope for Wear OS now that Google has an in-house hardware team: a symbiosis the likes of which we haven’t seen from non-Apple watch.
When Android Wear launched in March 2014, there was no Apple Watch. The Galaxy Gear and Samsung’s Tizen OS was still in its infancy, and the Pebble platform was little more than a glorified pager. Android Wear was was the first wrist-sized OS that attempted to strike a balance between mechanical timepieces and data-delivering smartwatches.
Andrew Hayward/IDGGoogle hasnt done much to set Wear OS apart from its competitors.
What made the first few Android Wear watches (namely the Moto 360 and the Huawei Watch) so promising was their tight relationship with Android Wear. From the classic faces to the single-button navigation, the earliest Android Wear watches were natural extensions of their smartphone counterparts, and they represented a stark difference from the bland, uninspired designs from Samsung and LG. They looked good, they worked well, and they redefined our expectations.
When Apple Watch was unveiled some six months later, it only solidified Google’s vision. Where Apple’s timepiece was a piece of tech that happened to tell time, the Android Wear watches were far more traditional in both appearance and functionality, with a focus on dials and glances rather than advanced functionality. It’s why Fossil’s smartwatches have been able to thrive while the models made by smartphone OEMs havent: Android Wear/Wear OS watches appeal to people who want a smarter watch, not necessarily a smartwatch. Google could have bought any smartwatch team, but the chose Fossil for a simple reason: Google doesn’t want to fill Wear OS with apps and features no one uses. It wants Wear OS to be as simple and interaction-less as possible.
You’ve probably seen one of Fossil’s Wear OS watches in the wild without even realizing it. For one, they look like old-fashioned wristwatches from a distance, but what’s more is that they follow the design language of the brands they’re representing: Michael Kors, Kate Spade, Armani, Diesel, and of course, Fossil itself. Some are hybrids with mechanical arms and tiny screens, others are full smartwatches with always-on displays and endless customization.
Daniel MasaokaFossil’s wearables, such as the Michael Kors Sofie watch, put form before function.
What they all have in common, however, is that the smarts are mostly focused around the important feature of any watch: the face. Many Fossil watches eschew common features such as heart-rate sensors and NFC chips in favor of designs that are both familiar and fashionable. While plenty of Wear OS watches that try to cram as many sensors as possible into bigger and bigger frames, Fossil is less interested in do-it-all devices than it is in exploring the simpler watch aspects of the smartwatch. And Google could use that strategy to tighten and focus Wear OS in the key areas that matter: fitness, health, and, most of all, timekeeping.
By investing in Fossil, Google isn’t trying to replicate the Apple Watch’s success. Rather, it’s recognizing that smartwatches don’t need to be a sprint to the top of the features heap. There are plenty of people that are interested in smartwatches for simple functionality and smart integration rather than a pile of features, and that’s where Fossil can help. Google has already indicated that it’s more interested in developing Wear OS to work better with its partner brands than developing it’s own hardware, and a move away from the idea of a “one-size-fits-all watch.” The Fossil partnership solidifies that line of thinking and gives Wear OS a potential and future it hasn’t had in years.
With Fossil as a guide, the next phase of Wear OS should be less about taps and apps, and more about building a simpler software experience that requires less interaction. As it stands, Android Wear and Wear OS has always been an interface in search of the right hardware. The hope now is that Google can deliver a fully realized platform that can scale on demand and doesn’t try to be anything more than it has to be: a wearable people actually want to wear.
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Certificate: 17+
Comedy
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Drama
Director:
Neil Burger
Stars:
Kevin Hart,
Bryan Cranston,
Nicole Kidman
Certificate: 13+
Drama
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Sci-Fi
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Thriller
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Stars:
James McAvoy,
Bruce Willis,
Samuel L. Jackson
Certificate: 17+
Crime
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Drama
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Thriller
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Stars:
Bradley Cooper,
Clint Eastwood,
Manny Montana
Certificate: 17+
Crime
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Mystery
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Stars:
Keanu Reeves,
Alice Eve,
Emily Alyn Lind
Certificate: 13+
Action
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Adventure
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Travis Knight
Stars:
Hailee Steinfeld,
Jorge Lendeborg Jr.,
John Cena
Drama
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Mystery
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Sci-Fi
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Stars:
Bruce Willis,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Robin Wright
Six strangers are given mysterious black boxes with tickets to an immersive escape room for a chance to win tons of money. Being locked in several rooms with extreme conditions, they discover the secrets behind the escape room and must fight to survive and to find a way out.
Solve the Puzzle. Escape the Room. Find the clues or die.
11 January 2019 (Indonesia)
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Escape Room: Sin salida
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$9,000,000
(estimated)
$18,238,172,
6 January 2019, Wide Release
$35,425,948, 17 January 2019
$53,700,948, 20 January 2019
2.39 : 1
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Downtown
Written by Tony Hatch
Performed by Petula Clark
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A dog travels 400 miles in search of her owner.
From the Beloved Best Selling Author of A Dog’s Purpose
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11 January 2019 (USA)
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Jedan pas se vraća kući
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$18,000,000
(estimated)
$11,251,263,
13 January 2019, Wide Release
$14,168,496, 17 January 2019
$26,378,496, 20 January 2019
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The wolves in this film are really coywolves which are a wolf-coyote hybrid. Regular wolves that inhabit northwestern American states (including Alaska), northern portions of the Great Lakes region and Canada are gray/grey and white while coyotes have brown, tan, gray/grey and white fur. Both canid species are rarely black. Coyotes that are partially wolves inhabit northeastern American states and eastern Canada. See more »
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Certificate: SU
Animation
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Adventure
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Comedy
Directors:
Phil Johnston,
Rich Moore
Stars:
John C. Reilly,
Sarah Silverman,
Gal Gadot
Certificate: SU
Animation
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Action
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Adventure
Director:
Brad Bird
Stars:
Craig T. Nelson,
Holly Hunter,
Sarah Vowell
Certificate: SU
Comedy
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Family
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Fantasy
Director:
Rob Marshall
Stars:
Emily Blunt,
Lin-Manuel Miranda,
Ben Whishaw
Certificate: 13+
Adventure
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Family
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Fantasy
Director:
David Yates
Stars:
Eddie Redmayne,
Katherine Waterston,
Dan Fogler
Animation
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Action
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Adventure
Directors:
Don Hall,
Chris Williams
Stars:
Ryan Potter,
Scott Adsit,
Jamie Chung
Animation
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Adventure
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Family
Directors:
Hayao Miyazaki,
Kirk Wise
Stars:
Daveigh Chase,
Suzanne Pleshette,
Miyu Irino
Animation
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Action
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Adventure
Director:
Brad Bird
Stars:
Craig T. Nelson,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Holly Hunter
Miles Morales is a New York teen struggling with school, friends and, on top of that, being the new Spider-Man. When he comes across Peter Parker, the erstwhile saviour of New York, in the multiverse, Miles must train to become the new protector of his city.
Written by
Tom Daly
What makes you different is what makes you Spider-Man.
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14 December 2018 (Indonesia)
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Spider-Man: Un nuevo universo
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$90,000,000
(estimated)
$35,363,376,
16 December 2018, Wide Release
$151,001,385, 17 January 2019
$322,856,385, 20 January 2019
2.39 : 1
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According to John Mulaney, the producers encouraged him to “have fun” with his role as Spider-Ham, so he added cuss words to his dialogue. He eventually asked what the rating of the film was; which was PG. See more »
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[first lines]
Peter Parker:
[narrating]
Alright, let’s do this one last time. My name is Peter Parker. I was bitten by a radioactive spider and for ten years I’ve been the one and only Spider-Man. I’m pretty sure you know the rest. I saved a bunch of people, fell in love, saved the city, and then I saved the city again and again and again… And, uh… I did this.
[shot of Spidey doing the emo dance from “Spider-Man 3”]
Peter Parker:
We don’t really talk about this. Look, I’m a comic book, I’m a cereal, did a Christmas album…
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There is a dedication in the closing credits to “Spider-Man” creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, who passed away in 2018.
It is an image of Stan Lee’s glasses with a quote: “That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt, a real superhero. Thanks to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, for showing us we’re not the only ones.” See more »
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Chemical Calisthenics
Written by Cut Chemist (as Lucas MacFadden) and Gift of Gab (as Timothy Parker)
Performed by Blackalicious featuring Cut Chemist
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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4 nominations.
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Certificate: 13+
Action
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Adventure
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Travis Knight
Stars:
Hailee Steinfeld,
Jorge Lendeborg Jr.,
John Cena
Certificate: 13+
Action
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Adventure
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Fantasy
Directors:
Anthony Russo,
Joe Russo
Stars:
Robert Downey Jr.,
Chris Hemsworth,
Mark Ruffalo
Certificate: 13+
Action
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Ruben Fleischer
Stars:
Tom Hardy,
Michelle Williams,
Riz Ahmed
Certificate: 17+
Action
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Adventure
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Ryan Coogler
Stars:
Chadwick Boseman,
Michael B. Jordan,
Lupita Nyong’o
Certificate: 13+
Action
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Adventure
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Fantasy
Director:
Zack Snyder
Stars:
Ben Affleck,
Gal Gadot,
Jason Momoa
Certificate: 13+
Action
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Adventure
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Fantasy
Director:
Patty Jenkins
Stars:
Gal Gadot,
Chris Pine,
Robin Wright
Certificate: 13+
Action
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Adventure
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Comedy
Director:
Taika Waititi
Stars:
Chris Hemsworth,
Tom Hiddleston,
Cate Blanchett
Certificate: 17+
Action
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Adventure
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Comedy
Director:
David Leitch
Stars:
Ryan Reynolds,
Josh Brolin,
Morena Baccarin
Certificate: 13+
Action
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Adventure
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Comedy
Director:
Peyton Reed
Stars:
Paul Rudd,
Evangeline Lilly,
Michael Peña
Certificate: 13+
Action
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Adventure
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Jon Watts
Stars:
Tom Holland,
Michael Keaton,
Robert Downey Jr.
Arthur Curry, half human half from Atlantis, goes on a trip of a lifetime. Not only does this adventure compel him to come to terms with his real identity, but it also forces him to discover whether he is entirely worthy of fulfilling his own destiny: becoming a king.
Written by
Domingo Alvarez
He’s not from around here.
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12 December 2018 (Indonesia)
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$160,000,000
(estimated)
$72,573,522,
23 December 2018, Wide Release
$294,006,848, 17 January 2019
$1,063,436,848, 20 January 2019
2.39 : 1
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When the Russian submarine is hijacked the pirates craft moors itself near the bow, presumable over or very close to the forward escape trunk. The majority of the submarine crew block themselves into the torpedo room, which is directly under the forward escape trunk. The pirates would have needed to go through the torpedo room to reach the command center. See more »
Arthur Curry:
I don’t even know your name.
Mera:
It’s Xebella-Mera-Challa. You may call me Mera.
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Trench Sequence
Composed by Joseph Bishara
Courtesy of Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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Animation
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Action
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Adventure
Director:
Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Stars:
Masako Nozawa,
Ryô Horikawa,
Hiromi Tsuru
Animation
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Action
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Comedy
Director:
Masahiro Hosoda
Stars:
Masako Nozawa,
Hiromi Tsuru,
Ryô Horikawa
Animation
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Action
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Stars:
Masako Nozawa,
Ryô Horikawa,
Takeshi Kusao
Animation
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Action
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Stars:
Bin Shimada,
Masako Nozawa,
Ryô Horikawa
Animation
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Action
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Mitsuo Hashimoto
Stars:
Masako Nozawa,
Takeshi Kusao,
Mayumi Tanaka
Goku and Vegeta encounter Broly, a Saiyan warrior unlike any fighter they’ve faced before.
A new adventure to become the strongest begins.
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Rated PG for prolonged frenetic sequences of action and violence, and for language
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14 December 2018 (Japan)
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Dragon Ball Super: Broly
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$8,500,000
(estimated)
JPY 1,046,856,280
(Japan),
16 December 2018, Limited Release
$10,391,039, 17 January 2019
$85,354,981, 20 January 2019
1.78 : 1
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2 wins.
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Certificate: 13+
Drama
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Sci-Fi
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Thriller
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Stars:
James McAvoy,
Bruce Willis,
Samuel L. Jackson
Certificate: 17+
Drama
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Mystery
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Adam Robitel
Stars:
Taylor Russell,
Logan Miller,
Jay Ellis
Biography
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Comedy
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Drama
Director:
Jon S. Baird
Stars:
John C. Reilly,
Steve Coogan,
Shirley Henderson
Certificate: 17+
Crime
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Drama
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Thriller
Director:
Clint Eastwood
Stars:
Bradley Cooper,
Clint Eastwood,
Manny Montana
Certificate: 17+
Crime
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Mystery
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Stars:
Alice Eve,
Keanu Reeves,
Emily Alyn Lind
Philip is a disabled white billionaire, who feels that life is not worth living. To help him in his day to day routine, he hires Del, an African American parolee, trying to reconnect with his estranged wife. What begins as a professional relationship develops into a friendship as Del shows his grouchy charge that life is worth living.
Written by
Tom Daly
Based on a true story.
11 January 2019 (USA)
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The Untouchables
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$37,500,000
(estimated)
$20,355,000,
13 January 2019, Wide Release
$28,313,439, 17 January 2019
$48,083,439, 20 January 2019
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Puccini: Nessun dorma! [Turandot / Act 3]
Written by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Adami, Renato Simoni
Performed by Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Arena di Verona, Armando Gatto
Published by Universal Music – MGB SONGS on behalf of Casa Ricordi S.R.L. / Universal Music – Careers
Courtesy of Decca Music Group Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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1 nomination.
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Drama
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Mystery
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Sci-Fi
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Stars:
Bruce Willis,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Robin Wright
Horror
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Thriller
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Stars:
James McAvoy,
Anya Taylor-Joy,
Haley Lu Richardson
Certificate: 17+
Comedy
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Drama
Director:
Neil Burger
Stars:
Kevin Hart,
Bryan Cranston,
Nicole Kidman
Drama
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Mystery
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Sci-Fi
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Stars:
Mel Gibson,
Joaquin Phoenix,
Rory Culkin
Certificate: 17+
Drama
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Mystery
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Sci-Fi
Director:
Adam Robitel
Stars:
Taylor Russell,
Logan Miller,
Jay Ellis
Drama
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Mystery
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Thriller
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Stars:
Sigourney Weaver,
William Hurt,
Joaquin Phoenix
Drama
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Mystery
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Thriller
Director:
M. Night Shyamalan
Stars:
Bruce Willis,
Haley Joel Osment,
Toni Collette
Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities.
Real villains are among us. Real heroes are within us.
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16 January 2019 (Indonesia)
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Bô Ba Quái Nhân
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$20,000,000
(estimated)
$89,086,000, 20 January 2019
2.39 : 1
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Glass composer West Dylan Thordson uses several Unbreakable themes which where written by composer James Newton Howard. See more »
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