21 January
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TROOP ZERO Director: Bert and BirdieStarring: McKenna Grace, Charlie Shotwell, Milan Ray, Viola Davis, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan, Johanna Colón, Mike Epps, Bella Higginbotham It’s 1977 in Wiggley, Georgia and a young girl named Christmas Flint, played by McKenna Grace, gathers together a group of outcast kids and forms a troop of Birdie Scouts. The rag tag team hopes to win their spot on the NASA’s golden record and have their voices sent into outer space. It also stars Viola Davis as their troop mother, Jim Gaffigan as Christmas’ dad, and Allison Janney as a competing troop leader. Here’s my reviewRead More →

16 January
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BAD BOYS FOR LIFE Director: Adil and BilallStarring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Joe Pantoliano, Vanessa Hudgens, Charles Melton, Paola Nuñez, Alexander Ludwig, Kate del Castillo Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back to prove they are bad boys for life. It’s been 17 years since Bad Boys II and Mike (Smith) and Marcus (Lawrence) have been through everything together in their dangerous line of work as Miami police officers. They’ve gotten older and with Marcus becoming a grandfather he feels it is time to retire. Mike feels differently and sees no sign of slowing down. It gets a bit more complicated and personal after theRead More →

09 January
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LIKE A BOSS Director: Miguel ArtetaStarring: Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, Salma Hayek, Jennifer Coolidge, Billy Porter, Ryan Hansen, Jimmy O. Yang Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne star as Mia and Mel who have been friends since middle school. They’ve been through thick and thin and own a business together selling their makeup line at a boutique store. Claire Luna (Hayek) runs a high-end cosmetics company looking to buy out smaller start-ups and has her eyes set on Mia and Mel’s company. This may be what they need to keep their business afloat, but what they don’t realize is that Claire is actually trying to breakRead More →

08 January
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JUST MERCY Director: Destin Daniel CrettonStarring: Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, O’Shea Jackson Jr. Just Mercy takes us back to Monroe County Alabama in 1987. Michael B. Jordan plays Bryan Stevenson a recent Harvard Law graduate who partners with Eva Ansley (Larson) to provide legal services for death row inmates. One of his new clients is Walter McMillian, played by Jamie Foxx, who was wrongfully sentenced for the murder of an 18 year old woman. The film is based on a true story adapted from Bryan Stevenson’s memoir. Here’s my reviewRead More →

26 December
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1917 Writer/Director: Sam MendesStarring: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Andrew Scott, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden It’s April 6, 1917 in Northern France, Blake and Scofield are two British soldiers played by George McKay and Dean-Charles Chapman who are tasked with a deadly mission to head into enemy territory to deliver an urgent message to Blake’s brother’s squadron. The hope is to stop a them before they walk into a trap killing hundreds of soldiers.  Oscar winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty and Skyfall) directed the film and co-wrote it with Krysty Wilson-Cairns. He has dedicated the film to his grandfather Alfred H. Mendes whoRead More →

23 December
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LITTLE WOMEN Writer/Director: Greta GerwigStarring: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep  Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel Little Women is back on the big screen in a new adaptation from Greta Gerwig. If you’ve never read it, it’s the story of the four March sisters, Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy as they grow up, fall in love, and find their own voice in the Civil War era. Playing the March sisters are Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlan, and Florence Pugh. Laura Dern plays their mother Marmee. Timothee Chalamet has the coveted role of neighbor boy Laurie, andRead More →

23 December
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UNCUT GEMS Director: Josh and Benny SafdieStarring: Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Julia Fox, LaKeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett, Judd Hirsch, Eric Bogosian Adam Sandler gives one of his best performances in Uncut Gems. He plays Howard Ratner, a New York City gems dealer who gets his hands on a rare, highly expensive black opal from Ethiopia. His business dealings are dangerous and ruthless to say the least given his high-end clientele. The black opal could be his bargaining chip in hopes of making lots of money now that famed basketball player Kevin Garnett wants his hands on it. Here’s my reviewRead More →

19 December
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BOMBSHELL Director: Jay RoachStarring: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Mark Duplass, Malcolm McDowell, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon The women at Fox News had their own to story to tell. Their story was about their boss, Roger Ailes (Lithgow), and the history of sexual misconduct under him and fellow anchors at Fox. As Megyn Kelly (Theron) is battling presidential candidate Donald Trump about his rhetoric toward women, Gretchen Carlson (Kidman) is debating about suing Fox and/or Ailes. She’s warned about going up against someone as powerful as him, but she pulls the trigger. After she’s let go, word spreads as moreRead More →

19 December
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CATS Director: Tom HooperStarring: Francesca Hayward, Jason DeRulo, Rebel Wilson, James Corden, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, and Jennifer Hudson Some musicals should never be adapted into a movie as they are meant for the stage. Thus is the case for Cats. Victoria, a young white cat is left abandoned in the streets. It’s there where she meets a variety of alley cats all vying to be chosen for the Jellicle Ball. It stars Francesca Hayward, Jason DeRulo, Rebel Wilson, James Corden, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, and Jennifer Hudson as Grizabella, the glamour cat. Here’s my reviewRead More →

18 December
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STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Director: J.J. AbramsStarring: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Lupita Nyong’o, Billy Dee Williams, Ian McDiarmid, Kelly Marie Tran, Carrie Fisher How do you end a saga after three trilogies? Director J.J. Abrams does just that with a satisfying conclusion in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Adam Driver is out for blood as Kylo Ren. His rage is stronger than ever before. He’s massively greedy and with the return of Emperor Palpatine, he knows he can potentially rule the galaxy. Rey (Ridley) is continuing on in her Jedi training. The force is massively strong within her,Read More →