19 April
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UNICORN STORE Director: Brie LarsonStarring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Mamoudou Athie, Joan Cusack, Bradley Whitford Kit (Larson) is in the transition period of her life where she’s having a hard time growing up. She’s a painter who expresses her opinions in a variety of creative ways but she’s going nowhere with it and failing out of school. She spends far too much time sulking around her parents’ house. They’re losing faith in her ability to grow up, but she wants to prove them wrong by getting a temp job in a corporate setting. As you can imagine, Kit doesn’t feel like she really fitsRead More →

11 April
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LITTLE Director: Tina GordonStarring: Regina Hall, Marsai Martin, Issa Rae, Mikey Day, Justin Hartley As a kid, Jordan Sanders (Martin) was the girl in class who was wicked smart, but bullied and teased due to her love of learning. She told herself that one day she would grow up and be the boss so she could bully others around. That very thing happened, and now as an adult (Hall), she runs her own tech company and is the diva boss hated by her employees. Jordan’s assistant, April (Rae), is at a loss as to how to work with her any longer. She has big projectsRead More →

04 April
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PET SEMATARY Director: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis WidmyerStarring: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jeté Laurence, Hugo Lavoie, Lucas Lavoie Louis Creed (Clarke) and his wife Rachel (Seimetz) move their family from Boston to Ludlow, Maine when he gets a new job as a physician. Their new home causes Rachel some PTSD regarding the death of her sister. Their daughter, Ellie (Laurence), discovers an animal burial ground located on their property line. It’s used by the local kids who named it “Pet Sematary,” hence the misspelling. Jud Crandall (Lithgow), the Creed’s lone neighbor, is a bit grizzly and knows all about the town’s history regarding this cemetery.Read More →

04 April
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THE BEST OF ENEMIES Director: Robin BissellStarring: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Wes Bentley, Anne Heche, John Gallagher Jr, Bruce McGill In 1971 North Carolina, the town of Durham became the subject of a heated discussion over school segregation. A fire broke out at a local elementary school for black students. It’s a bit unclear who started it but signs point to the local chapter of the KKK. There are two options at hand. One is for the students to finish the school year trading off time in the remaining rooms unaffected or integrate at the school used predominately by white students. When the cityRead More →

04 April
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SHAZAM! Director: David F. SandbergStarring: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Mark Strong, Djimon Hounsou The wizard council is destined to find one soul worthy of becoming the next grand high wizard to save the planet from destruction against the seven deadly sins. Decades pass before they find a young kid who’s pure in heart and soul. That just happens to be fourteen-year-old Billy Batson (Angel). He’s led a complicated life running from one foster home to the next in search of his birth mom. Just as he arrives at the home of a new foster family, he finds himself transported to another worldRead More →

28 March
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DUMBO Director: Tim BurtonStarring: Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton, Eva Green, Nico Parker, Finley Hobbins, Alan Arkin The Medici Brothers Circus is struggling to bring in a crowd and make a profit. World War I vet Holt Farrier (Farrell) returns home to join his kids under the big top but learns his act is in limbo as his prized horses have been sold off. A new baby elephant with unusually large ears is at first mocked and teased by ringmaster Max Medici (DeVito) but turns to Holt and Holt’s two kids to train him. Holt’s daughter loves science experiments and learns by accident thatRead More →

21 March
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US Writer/Director: Jordan PeeleStarring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex Jordan Peele surprised audiences with his film Get Out. For a comedy actor, he proved he had the knack for directing horror while adding a social commentary not often found in the genre. He cements his voice in the genre with his new film Us. Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke, both of whom starred in Black Panther, play a married couple who take their kids on a summer vacation to a beach home in Santa Cruz. As a kid Adelaide, suffered severe PTSD after an incident in aRead More →

18 March
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GLORIA BELL Directors: Sebastián LelioFeaturing: Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Michael Cera, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Brad Garrett, Holland Taylor, Alanna Ubach Julianne Moore is one of the greatest actresses working today. She’s proven with films like Boogie Nights, Magnolia, The Hours, and Still Alice that she can tackle emotionally rich and complex women. She stars as the title character in Gloria Bell. It’s written and directed by Sebastián Lelio and is an American remake of his 2013 Chilean film, Gloria. Gloria Bell is a middle-aged divorced woman navigating a new chapter of her life. Her children are all grown up starting families of their own, and sheRead More →

12 March
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FIVE FEET APART Directors: Justin BaldoniFeaturing: Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Moises Arias, Claire Forlani, Kimberly Hebert Gregory In seems like every year we get a teen romance that tugs at the heartstrings as they fight all odds to stay together. Stella (Richardson) has lived with Cystic Fibrosis since childhood and is going through an extended stay at the local hospital as she receives treatments. She’s documenting her journey through her YouTube channel while trying to living a normal life with her friends. She’s intrigued by Will (Sprouse), another patient her age at the hospital. He’s going through a new experimental treatment but is aRead More →

07 March
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CAPTAIN MARVEL Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan FleckFeaturing: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, Annette Bening, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Djimon Jounsou, Lee Pace In Marvel’s latest film, Captain Marvel, Brie Larson suits up as Vers, a fighter living on the planet Hala who’s harnessing her powers for the Kree community. She’s part of the StarForce unit and crash lands on Planet C53 (Earth) in hopes of finding the Skrulls. They’re shapeshifters bent on finding Dr. Lawson (Bening) whose secret project involves light speed. Vers’ special powers catch the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D agents Colson (Gregg) and Nick Fury (Jackson) who wantRead More →