Film Previews

“Trap” 

PG-13 | 105 minutes
Director/Writer: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Hayley Mills, Alison Pill

“Trap” starts off as simply as it possibly could, with a father (Josh Hartnett) taking his daughter (Ariel Donoghue) to see a concert with her favorite musician, Lady Raven (Saleka Shyamalan). On the outside, they look like a father-daughter duo that could not be more normal. Things are going smoothly until the father starts to notice an unusually large police presence outside the venue. He learns from a vendor that the police are putting a trap together to find and arrest the serial killer called “The Butcher,” who they believe to be attending the event. This is bad news for our main character, as we soon learn that he currently has a potential victim trapped in his very own basement.

“Sing Sing”

R | 105 minutes
Director: Greg Kwedar
Writers: John H. Richardson, Brent Buell, Clint Bentley
Stars: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San Jose

Divine G (Colman Domingo), imprisoned at Sing Sing for a crime he didn’t commit, finds purpose, something to look forward to, and improves himself as a human being by acting in a theatre group alongside other incarcerated men, including wary newcomer (Clarence Maclin).  “Sing Sing” doesn’t move or feel like any other prison movie, or movie about theater students, seen before, and its commitment to the truth of its characters — and of life itself — is rare and precious in this stirring true story of resilience, humanity and the transformative power of art, starring an unforgettable ensemble cast of formerly incarcerated actors.

“Harold and the Purple Crayon” 

PG | 92 minutes
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writers: David Guion, Michael Handelman, Crockett Johnson
Stars: Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery, Benjamin Bottani

Inside of his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life — and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible. When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own.