Film Previews

“Sovereign”

• R | 100 minutes
• Director/Writer: Christian Swegal
• Stars: Nick Offerman, Jacob Tremblay, Dennis Quaid

Inspired by true events, “Sovereign” is a tense and provocative true crime thriller about a father and his teenage son — Jerry (Nick Offerman) and Joseph Kane (Jacob Tremblay) — who follow the Sovereign Citizen belief system, a deeply anti-establishment worldview rooted in distrust of government authority. Their journey brings them into conflict with Police Chief Jim Bouchart (Dennis Quaid), setting off a tragic chain of events that forces a reckoning with power, principle and the limits of freedom. 

“F1: The Movie”

• PG-13 | 155 minutes
• Director: Joseph Kosinski
• Writers: Joseph Kosinski, Ehren Kruger
• Stars: Brad Pitt, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem

Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was FORMULA 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he is a nomadic racer-for-hire when he is approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to FORMULA 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He will drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team’s hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in FORMULA 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition — and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.

“40 ACRES”

• R | 113 minutes
• Director: R.T. Thorne
• Writers: R.T. Thorne, Glenn Taylor, Lora Campbell
• Stars: Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Greyeyes, Kataem O’Connor

After a series of plagues and wars leaves society in ruins, the Freemans are surviving — even thriving — on a farm in the middle of nowhere… so long as they repel the occasional raiding party. Former soldier Hailey (Danielle Deadwyler) and her partner Galen (Michael Greyeyes) fled the collapse along with their children, training them to fight (and, yes, kill). But now Hailey’s eldest Emanuel (Kataem O’Connor) is a young man, and when he meets a young woman (Milcania Diaz-Rojas) in the forest beyond the fence, his need for human contact could place the whole family in jeopardy. n