Film Previews

‘The Woman King’
R | 144 minutes
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Stars: Viola Davis, John Boyega, Lashana Lynch

“The Woman King” is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, “The Woman King” follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca (Viola Davis) as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for.

‘Clerks III’
R | 115 minutes
Director/Writer: Kevin Smith
Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosario Dawson, Sarah Michelle Gellar

Following a massive heart attack, Randal came close to death and realized his life has meant nothing, there’s nobody to memorialize him, and he has no family. In the recovery — while under fentanyl, having almost died, having worked in a movie store his whole life and watched other people’s movies — he tells Dante (Brian O’Halloran), “I think we need to make a movie.” So Randal enlists Dante, Elias, Jay and Silent Bob to make a movie immortalizing his life at the convenience store that started it all.

‘Barbarian’
R | 102 minutes
Director/Writer: Zach Cregger
Stars: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long

Some stay for a night. Some stay for a week. Some never leave. In “Barbarian,” a young woman (Georgina Campbell) traveling to Detroit for a job interview books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers the house is double booked, and a strange man (Bill Skarsgård) is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to spend the evening but soon discovers that there’s a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest. ♦