03 June
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SPIRIT UNTAMED Director: Elaine Bogan, Ennio TorresanStarring: Isabela Merced, Jake Gyllenhaal, Julianne Moore, Mckenna Grace, Marsai Martin, Andre Braugher, Walton Goggins You may remember the 2002 animated film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. There’s a new adventure for Spirit with Spirit Untamed. Isabela Merced voices Lucky Prescott, the heroine of this story. When she was young girl, her mother tragically died in a horse-riding show. She was sent to live with her Aunt Cora, voiced by Julianne Moore, and has grown up with the free-spirited, adventurous qualities of her mother. Aunt Cora decides it’s time for Lucky to head back to her roots to liveRead More →

20 August
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WORDS ON BATHROOM WALLS Director: Thor FreudenthalStarring: Charlie Plummer, Taylor Russell, Andy Garcia, Beth Grant, Molly Parker, Walton Goggins  Charlie Plummer proves he is a young star on the rise for greatness in Words on Bathroom Walls. Plummer stars as Adam, a high school student who battles schizophrenia. The voices in his head continue to mount, so he who is moved to a Catholic school as part of his treatment plan on top of an experimental prescription drug program. There he meets his new tutor Mia, played by Taylor Russell. Mia is a force just like him and is that person he needs to challengeRead More →

04 July
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ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Director: Peyton Reed Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Hannah John-Kamen, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, David Dastmalchian, T.I., Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer If you’re up to date on your Marvel Cinematic Universe, you may remember the topical and powerful nature of Black Panther and the serious, and somewhat depressing, nature of Avengers: Infinity War. We still don’t know who lived and died in that film. Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige has lightened things up for their third film in 2018. One of the notable heroes missing from Infinity War was Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man. We last saw him inRead More →

22 March
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TOMB RAIDER Director: Roar Uthaug Starring: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi, Hannah John-Kamen I should preface this review by stating that I am not a gamer. I’ve never played the “Tomb Raider” video games, but like many, I’m familiar with the character of Lara Croft given the two previous movies. The video game got a reboot in 2013, which apparently means that a movie reboot was the natural next step. This iteration finds Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) as Croft. We learn that at a young age, her father (West) left his family toRead More →