13 April
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CRISIS Writer/Director: Nicholas JareckiStarring: Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lily-Rose Depp, Greg Kinnear, Kid Cudi, Michelle Rodriguez Writer/director Nicholas Jarecki tackles the opioid epidemic in his new film Crisis. He explores three different stories of how the opioid crisis has a damaging effect on those caught in its web of destruction.  Gary Oldman plays a university professor who is testing the outcomes of an experimental non-addictive pain killer on lab rats. The results have been disastrous, a far cry from what the pharmaceutical team would like to see as they want it pushed out on the market as fast as possible. We also haveRead More →

09 April
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THUNDER FORCE Writer/Director: Ben FalconeStarring: Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Bobby Cannavale, Jason Bateman, Melissa Leo, Pom Klementieff, Taylor Mosby The pairing of real-life besties Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer should be a superhero dream team, yet their new film Thunder Force is a full-fledge super mess. We learn through some opening narration and comic book style graphics that interstellar cosmic waves struck Earth in 1983 giving certain people superpowers. They were named Miscreants as they used their powers for evil. As a young girl Emily vowed to become a scientist and give people powers to fight off the miscreants. She was best friends with LydiaRead More →

08 April
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VOYAGERS Writer/Director: Neil BurgerStarring: Tye Sheridan, Fionn Whitehead, Lily-Rose Depp, Colin Farrell, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Quintessa Swindell Imagine living your whole life on a space station knowing your grandchildren will inhabit a new planet. That’s the premise behind the new film Voyagers. The year is 2063 and scientists have found a new planet to support human life after Earth becomes inhabitable. There’s no going back for the astronauts on board. The mission is to raise children and their future grandchildren in confinement to educate and train them to be scientists. There’s a group of twenty-somethings on board under the leadership of Richard, played by ColinRead More →

08 April
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CONCRETE COWBOY Director: Ricky StaubStarring: Caleb McLaughlin, Idris Elba, Lorraine Toussaint, Method Man, Jharrel Jerome In Concrete Cowboy, Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin plays troubled high school kid named Cole who has been expelled from his school for the last time. His mother sends him off to live with his dad, Harp, played by Idris Elba. Harp doesn’t have the best living environment. There’s no food in the fridge, it’s messy, and there’s a horse living in his tiny apartment. It’s a rude awakening for Cole as his new life in Philadelphia is a far cry from his days in Detroit. His dad’s close friendsRead More →

01 April
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FRENCH EXIT Director: Azazel JacobsStarring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Danielle McDonald, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Imogen Poots, Susan Coyne Michelle Pfeiffer received a Golden Globe nomination for her new film French Exit. It’s perfect casting as Pfeiffer channels the life of a New York socialite. She stars as Frances Price, a widow who is about to lose everything. Every piece of artwork, every penny, and every part of the only life she knows. Her big plan is to escape to Paris with what little money she has left. Coming along for the adventure is her son, Malcolm, played by Lucas Hedges. Malcolm was set toRead More →

30 March
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GODZILLA VS. KONG Director: Adam WingardStarring: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Bryan Tyree Henry, Julian Dennison, Demián Bichir, Kaylee Hottle, Kyle Chandler The new MonsterVerse kicked off with a reboot of Godzilla in 2014 and has since been teasing the epic showdown of these iconic monsters. That battle is finally here with Godzilla vs Kong. Kong is kept restrained in a large containment center on Skull Island under the care of Rebecca Hall’s Ilene Andrews. He’s being kept safe from Godzilla who was thought to have laid dormant under the ocean. That is until he resurfaces in Pensacola, Florida after three years in hiding. He’sRead More →

25 March
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NOBODY Director: Ilya NaishullerStarring: Bob Odenkirk, Christopher Lloyd, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, RZA, Gage Munroe, Paisley Cadorath When you think about the great character actors working today, Bob Odenkirk should come to mind. He stars as Hutch Mansell. We see him going about a very repetitive day to day routine with exercise, taking the Metro to work, and being with his family. You get the impression he’s a nobody in other people’s minds. His home is broken into in the middle of the night sending Hutch down a rabbit hole of revenge. This escalates into a fantastic fight scene on a bus and a RussianRead More →

18 March
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THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER Director: Kari SkoglandStarring: Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Daniel Bruhl, Emily VanCamp, Adepero Ouye, Wyatt Russell Marvel wowed audience with WandaVision, their first foray into streaming television series. Up next is The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, which starts its six-episode run on Disney+ March 19. We first met our titles heroes, played respectively by Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan back in The Captain America movies. They’ve been a staple in the Avengers franchise since then, but we haven’t really gotten to known them on a deeper level until now. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier picks up following theRead More →

18 March
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THE COURIER Director: Dominic CookeStarring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Merab Ninidze, Jessie Buckley The Courier is inspired by the true events surrounding Greville Wynne, played here by Benedict Cumberbatch. It’s the 1960s and the Russians and Americans now have nuclear weapons. Greville Wynne is a husband, father, and a simple businessman trying to provide for his family. That all gets upended when a CIA agent played by Rachel Brosnahan and a team from MI6 approach him to be a spy against the Russians. The plan is for him to work alongside Oleg Penkovsky known as Ironbark to infiltrate the Russian nuclear program. A simple manRead More →

15 March
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ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE Director: Zack SnyderStarring: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, Jason Mamoa, Ezra Miller, Henry Cavill, Jeremy Irons, Ciarán Hinds, Joe Manganiello, Willem Dafoe, J.K. Simmons, Jared Leto, Amber Heard, Joe Morton, Kiersey Clemons Director Zack Snyder kicked off the new DC Extended Universe with Man of Steel in 2013. His third film in the franchise Justice League came out in 2017 and left fans bewildered and confused. It didn’t feel like the Zack Snyder tone we’d seen so far given the rewrites and reshoots at the hands of director Joss Whedon who came in after Snyder left production due to aRead More →