12 January
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ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI Director: Regina KingStarring: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Leslie Odom Jr, Aldis Hodge, Lance Reddick, Michael Imperioli, Beau Bridges Regina King went from a child star on 227 to a 4-time Emmy winner and Oscar winner. She’s now making her feature film directorial debut with One Night in Miami which has been adapted from the stage play by Kemp Powers. Powers also wrote the film’s screenplay. He’s having a strong 2020 after co-writing and co-directing Pixar’s Soul. Powers imagines a meeting between four legendary figures: football player Jim Brown, activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke, and boxer Mohammad Ali. It’s February 25,Read More →

27 February
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THE INVISIBLE MAN Director: Leigh WhannellStarring: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid Horror director Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious) has given a modern update to the classic 1933 Universal Pictures monster flick, The Invisible Man. Elisabeth Moss leads the remake as Cecilia who barely escapes the clutches of her abusive boyfriend. Two weeks later he is found dead of an apparent suicide, but the nightmares don’t stop for Cecilia who believes he is still haunting her.   Here’s my reviewRead More →

07 February
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WHAT MEN WANT Director: Adam ShankmanStarring: Taraji P. Henson, Tracy Morgan, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Aldis Hodge, Phoebe Robinson, Max Greenfield, Kellan Lutz, Erykah Badu Ali Davis (Henson) is the sole female sports agent at her agency. She’s worked hard to get where she’s at and has a tough-as-nails attitude along the way to compete with the chauvinist men around her in the office. Ali believes she’s a shoe-in to get a promotion to partner. She doesn’t get the promotion and is given the excuse that she doesn’t know how to connect with men. That all changes after attending her best friend’s bachelorette party. She has aRead More →

05 January
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HIDDEN FIGURES Director: Theodore Melfi Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Jim Parson, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell Names like John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Jim Lovell, and Buzz Aldrin are household names thanks to their bravery and willingness to go into space. What about all of those behind the scenes unsung heroes that made it all possible? That’s the idea behind Hidden Figures as it looks at three African-American women who were pioneers at NASA, and yet, no one knows their story. In an aptly used flashback moment that opens the movie, we’re told that even at aRead More →

20 October
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JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK Director: Edward Zwick Starring: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Danika Yarosh, Aldis Hodge, Robert Knepper Tom Cruise is back for the second time playing Jack Reacher after we were first introduced to this literary character in 2012. We’re now seeing him going rogue. He is quick to tell anyone that he is an ex-major in the army. He’s a simple civilian now but knows he cannot fully separate ties with the military. He had been working with Major Susan Turner (Smulders) only to find out that she’s been arrested for espionage. He’s leery of the charges and fights to get herRead More →