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Us
An American psychological horror thriller film written and directed by Jordan Peele. The film follows a family who are confronted by a group of doppelgängers. Husband and wife Gabe (Winston Duke) and Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o) take their children (Evan, Alex, and Shahadi Wright Joseph) to their beach house, hoping to spend time with friends (Tim Heidecker and Elisabeth Moss). Their serenity soon turns to tension and chaos when a group of evil strangers (referred to as The Tethered), who look exactly like them, arrive.

On DVD

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Miles Morales is the new Spider-Man but must also walk the balance between his personal high school & family life and his life as a superhero. While being Spider-Man, he becomes familiar with the Spider-Verse, where there are endless variations on Spider-Man. One of the Spider-Man variations living inside the Spider-Verse is Spider-Man, Peter Parker, who guides Miles in his journey as the new Spider-Man and introduces him to the multitude of other Spider-Men, including Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Ham. All of the various Spider-Men will have to band together when villains threaten the safety of the Spider-Verse and of the world itself.
 

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