New on DVD and Blu-ray: AMERICAN ASSASSIN (2017)

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Product Description: AMERICAN ASSASSIN follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O'Brien), a CIA black-ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton). The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together, the three discover a pattern in the violence, leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on settling a personal and professional vendetta that could have cataclysmic results.

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Weekend Box-Office: KINGSMAN Sequel Dethrones IT; LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE Disappoints

The reign of "It" at the box-office has come to an end as "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" topped the charts over the weekend. The other new releases, "The LEGO Ninjago Movie" and "Friend Request" fell short of expectations.

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AMERICAN ASSASSIN Trailers, Clips, Featurettes, Images and Posters

Directed by Michael Cuesta ("Kill the Messenger"), the action thriller "American Assassin" is an adaptation of the 2010 novel of the same name written by Vince Flynn.

The book and movie follow the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O'Brien), a CIA black ops recruit who is tasked with combating foreign terrorist cells. Rapp is a character created in Flynn's 1999 novel "Transfer of Power", and has since appeared in 14 other books.

The film also stars Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, Taylor Kitsch, Scott Adkins, David Suchet and Charlotte Vega.

"American Assassin" opened in theaters on September 15th, 2017 and received mixed to negative reviews. It also scored a modest box-office debut, opening with $14.8 million against a production budget of $33 million.

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Weekend Box-Office: IT Floats Above AMERICAN ASSASSIN and MOTHER!

The Stephen King adaptation "It" dominated the box-office in its second weekend and scored another record. New releases "American Assassin" and "mother!" suffered heavy losses as a result.

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New Soundtracks: AMERICAN ASSASSIN (Steven Price)

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Composer:
Steven Price

Conducted by
Geoff Alexander

Total Time:
51:36

Label:
Varese Sarabande

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

Release Date
September 15, 2017

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In Theaters: AMERICAN ASSASSIN, MOTHER!, BRAD'S STATUS and FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER

This week in theaters we have two new wide releases, the spy thriller "American Assassin" starring Dylan O'Brien and Michael Keaton, and Darren Aronofsky's horror drama "Mother!" starring Jennifer Lawrence. In limited release you should definitely check out Ben Stiller's dramatic breakthrough role in "Brad's Status" and Angelina Jolie's Netflix biopic "First They Killed My Father".

Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.