Posted March 24, 2020in Film Previews
“Promising Young Woman” R | 113 minutes Director: Emerald Fennell Stars: Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Laverne Cox Suspiciously unambitious Cassie (Carey Mulligan) leads a quiet existence as a barista on the brink of 30 who lives in her parents’ (Jennifer Coolidge, Clancy Brown) house since dropping out of medical school.
Read More →“The Way Back” R | 108 minutes Director: Gavin O’Connor Stars: Ben Affleck, Janina Gavankar, Michaela Watkins Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) once had a life filled with promise. In high school, he was a star player on the basketball team with a full university scholarship. While his life looks to
Read More →“Birds of Prey” R | 109 min Director: Cathy Yan Stars: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ewan McGregor You heard the one about the cop, the songbird, the psycho and the mafia princess? Total Quinnsanity. “Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” is a
Read More →‘1917’ R | 118 minutes Director: Sam Mendes Stars: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Benedict Cumberbatch It’s April 1917 at the height of the First World War in the flatlands of France, and two young British soldiers — Schofield (George MacKay) and Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) — are roused from a rare
Read More →“Uncut Gems” R | 135 minutes Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie Stars: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett Fast-talking jewelry dealer Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler) is a man who spends his days frantically trying to make money while being followed by the men he owes money to — an exhausting
Read More →“Terminator: Dark Fate” R | 128 minutes Director: Tim Miller Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Edward Furlong More than two decades have passed since Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, changed the future, and re-wrote the fate of the human race. Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes) is living a simple life in
Read More →“Judy” PG-13 | 118 minutes Director: Rupert Goold Stars: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) arrives in swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. It’s been 30 years since she shot to global stardom
Read More →‘IT: Chapter Two’ R | 165 minutes Unlike Stephen King’s novel which took place in the late 1950s and then in the late 1980s, the first film in this series was set instead in 1989 — so this one will pick up in 2016, bringing the Losers Club back to
Read More →“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” PG-13 | 111 minutes Director: André Øvredal Stars: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush Change is blowing in the wind… but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where, for generations, the shadow
Read More →“Midsommar”R140 minutesDirector/Writer: Ari AsterStars: Florence Pugh, Will Poulter, Jack Reynor Described by its director as “a dark break-up movie that becomes a horror film” and “a ‘Wizard of Oz’ for perverts,” the sophomore follow-up to fan favorite “Hereditary” looks positively disquieting. Ari Aster presents a dread-soaked cinematic fairytale that looks
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