Film Previews

“No Hard Feelings”

R | 103 minutes
Director: Gene Stupnitsky
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti

Director Gene Stupnitsky invites audiences to delve into the hilarious and heartfelt world of “No Hard Feelings.” Maddie (Jennifer Lawrence), a 32-year-old woman working as an Uber driver and bartender in Montauk, New York, is facing bankruptcy after her car is repossessed trying to pay property taxes on a home she inherited from her dead mother. Desperate to avoid losing the home, she accepts an unusual Craigslist posting in which her new employers, a pair of helicopter parents, ask her to “date” their 19-year-old son Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman) in exchange for a car. 

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”

PG-13 | 154 minutes
Director: James Mangold
Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Phoebe Waller-Bridge

As the director seat is passed from Steven Spielberg to James Mangold, the beloved archaeologist and adventurer returns for another thrilling chapter in the Indiana Jones saga. In “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” we find our iconic hero, played once again by the perpetually haggard Harrison Ford, embarking on a globetrotting quest that promises to be his most perilous yet. Set during the backdrop of the space race in 1969, the film is imbued with the spirit of the era, blending historical events, ancient mysteries and high-stakes action. Finding himself in a new era, approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. 

“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1” 

NR (at the time of this writing) | 163 minutes
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Stars: Rebecca Ferguson, Tom Cruise, Pom Klementieff

“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1” takes the highly skilled and daring IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) on his most treacherous and high-stakes mission yet: Track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. As the first installment of a thrilling two-part storyline, the film kicks off with pulse-pounding action and intense suspense. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. ♦