16 December
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JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL Director: Jake KasdanStarring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Awkwafina, Nick Jonas Spencer, Fridge, Bethany, and Martha have gone their separate ways after high school but are now reunited back home for Christmas break. Spencer has drifted from the group and has broken up with Martha. When Spencer doesn’t show up for a group breakfast his friends get concerned and head back to his house. Spencer is nowhere to be found but the Jumanji game is out and they realize, he must have gone back in. The game is busted and when they arrive, theyRead More →

12 December
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THE TWO POPES Director: Fernando Meirelles Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín The Two Popes is an unconventional biopic for Cardinal Jorge Bergolio (Pryce) who would go on to become Pope Francis. The story is structured as a conversation between Bergolio as he shares his life story to Pope Benedict XVI (Hopkins) Bergolio is looking to retire but Pope Benedict is questioning his motives. Both are thought of to be men of God, yet come at their ministry in the Catholic Church from two very different ways. It’s becomes fascinating conversation from the ultra-conservative Pope Benedict and the liberal Cardinal Bergolio. It opens inRead More →

11 December
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RICHARD JEWELL Director: Clint EastwoodStarring: Paul Walter Hauser, Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde Paul Walter Hauser stars as Richard Jewell who had a friendly personality and was always looking out for others. He took his job working security seriously only to be mocked and teased by fellow police officers and security detail. Yet despite his dedication, he becomes the number one suspect in the bombing of the Centennial Park village in Atlanta during the Olympics. It also stars Sam Rockwell as his lawyer, Kathy Bates as his mother. Going against him are Olivia Wilde as the hot-shot reporter and Jon Hamm asRead More →

02 December
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PARASITE Director: Bong Joon HoStarring: Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo, Woo-sik Choi, So-dam Park, Jeong-eun Lee, Hye-jin Jang The Kim family is struggling to make ends meet. They’re practically living in squalor folding pizza boxes for money. Ki-woo, the son of the family, manipulates his way into being a tutor for the wealthy Park family. His way in was almost too easy and proceeds to get his sister and parents jobs working for the Parks. This is all done on lies and forgery in an attempt at a better life. Here’s my reviewRead More →

02 December
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JUDY Director: Rupert GooldStarring: Renée Zellweger, Rufus Sewell, Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley, Michael Gambon We may remember Judy Garland (Zellweger) as the talented young star of The Wizard of Oz but her life and career spiraled into a life of drugs and alcohol. She was only 47 and was going broke unable to pay for housing for two of her children. She’s forced to take on a concert series at the Talk of the Town in London. She needs the money, yet the years of substance abuse and self-doubt have taken their toll on her mental state as we see her work her way throughRead More →

01 December
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WAVES Writer/Director: Trey Edward ShultsStarring: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell, Lucas Hedges, Sterling K. Brown, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Alexa Demie Tyler (Harrison) is all-star high school wrestler who seems to everything going for him until one life-altering event follows the next which becomes too much for him to handle. Despite having determined and engaged parents (Brown & Goldsberry), his actions have dire consequences that shape the future for his family. It also stars Taylor Russell and Lucas Hedges and is written and directed by Trey Edward Shults. Shults continues to cement himself as a gifted storyteller with this film and his previous films Krisha andRead More →

26 November
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MARRIAGE STORY Writer/Director: Noah BaumbachStarring: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Julie Hagerty Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson star as Charlie and Nicole, who at first seem like a couple madly in love, but the reality is that their marriage is falling apart. Charlie’s a theater director and Nicole’s an actress, but their careers and lifestyles are not as compatible as they once were. Stuck in the middle of their divorce is their 8-year old son. It also stars Laura Dern (her lawyer), Alan Alda (his lawyer) and Julie Hagerty plays as her mother who doesn’t want to say goodbye toRead More →

26 November
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KNIVES OUT Writer/Director: Rian JohnsonStarring: Christopher Plummer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Ana de Armas, Michael Shannon, LaKeith Stanfield Christopher Plummer heads the cast as patriarch Harlan Thrombey who is described one of the best selling mystery writers of all time. He’s massively rich living a gorgeous palatial estate. His large family gathers to celebrate his 85th birthday, but the next morning Harlan is found dead in his study. Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc is suspicious and believes this was a murder. But who did it? Someone in his family, his caregiver, or what was it suicide? Here’s myRead More →

21 November
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FROZEN II Directors: Chris Buck, Jennifer LeeStarring: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Sterling K. Brown, Evan Rachel Wood, Jason Ritter All may be well between sisters Anna (Bell) and Queen Elsa (Menzel), but Queen Elsa keeps hearing a mystical voice coming from somewhere beyond the castle. She believes it may be coming from the magical forest she and Anna once heard about from their father. When their parents were younger, a dark mist had covered the enchanted forest locking out anyone who would enter. Elsa continues to be intrigued and can’t let this voice go. She, along with Anna, Olaf, Kristoff, and SvenRead More →

21 November
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A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Director: Marielle HellerStarring: Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Maryann Plunkett, Enrico Colantoni, Wendy Makkena, Tammy Blanchard Matthew Rhys (The Americans) stars as Lloyd Vogel, a writer for Esquire Magazine tasked with writing a brief piece about Fred Rogers, played by 2-Time Oscar winner Tom Hanks. He scoffs at the idea, but Fred’s mission in life is the lesson Lloyd needs to hear to soften his jaded outlook on life. Here’s my reviewRead More →