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21st Century Stone Age
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Local geologist Steve Maynard is the man behind this in-development documentary series taking viewers on a journey of "adventure and discovery" to learn "the fascinating story of human ingenuity and the rocks that we transform into civilization." In this episode, Maynard heads to a quarry where rock is extracted to examine its geologic origins. He also looks at polished stone and its uses in construction as well as modern processes for fabrication and their roots in ancient techniques. Maynard is on hand to participate in a post-film Q&A and to hand out doorprizes from Mama's Minerals. This special screening is a fundraiser to help launch the continuing "21st Century Stone Age" TV series. 75 minutes Unrated. (Opens Saturday 12/15)Anna and the Apocalypse
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In this self-proclaimed "zombie Christmas musical," an undead apocalypse is threatening the sleepy town of Little Haven. And to add insult to injury, it's Christmas time. This forces high schooler Anna (Ella Hunt) and her friends to fight, slash and (yes) sing their way to survival. If a sprightly mixture of High School Musical and Shaun of the Dead sounds amusing, then this Scottish-made mash-up is for you. 93 minutes R. (Opens Friday 12/14)
The Favourite
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In early 19th-century England, sickly Queen Anne (Olivia Colman from "The Crown" and "Peepshow") is expertly manipulated by her BFF, Lady Sarah (Rachel Wiesz). Things change, however, when Sarah's impoverished cousin (Emma Stone) shows up and makes a play for the Queen's affections. This three-way power struggle plays out like a nastier (and, as it happens, far funnier) version of Dangerous Liaisons. Director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) offers up his most accessible, least surreal film to date with this delightfully wicked costume dramedy. FULL REVIEW: Mean and nasty historical drama makes ambition a courtly enterprise by Devin D. O’Leary (12/13/2018). 119 minutes R. (Opens Friday 12/14)High Ridge
High Desert Screening
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This second annual assemblage of trailers, shorts and music videos from local New Mexico filmmakers features 15 offerings running the gamut from martial arts Westerns to sci-fi dramas to biographical documentaries. 140 minutes Unrated. (Opens Sunday 12/16)Liyana
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In this unique, hybrid documentary, five young children in Swaziland—orphans of the AIDS epidemic—turn their past trauma into creative fuel for an original, collective fairy tale. Basically, the kids are learning to spin their own oral folk tales at the Likhaya Lemphilo Lensha orphanage where they live. Mixed among images of the kids' authentic daily life is this bright and evolving folk tale, which sends a young girl on a dangerous quest and is visually rendered in a mixture of 2D and 3D animation. 77 minutes Unrated. (Opens Friday 12/14)Mary Poppins Returns
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Nearly 55 years after Walt Disney made a live-action/animated adaptation of P.L. Travers beloved children's novels, comes this imaginative sequel. Rob Marshall (Chicago, Into the Woods) directs. Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) stars as our "practically perfect" nanny, who returns to London, decades later, to look after the now-grown Banks siblings' young children. The cast includes Emily Watson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Colin Firth, Ben Whishaw, Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury, Julie Walters, David Warner and Dick Van Dyke. 130 minutes PG. (Opens Wednesday 12/19)Century 14 Downtown
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Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.
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Drawing on a decades-long cache of never-before-seen personal footage, documentary filmmaker Stephen Loveridge creates and intimate portrait of Maya Arulpragasam (aka M.I.A.), the London-born Sri Lankan artist and rap star who continues to shatter conventions in pop music. 96 minutes Unrated. (Opens Friday 12/14)Mortal Engines
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Based on Philip Reeve's steampunk-ish YA novels, this sci-fi fantasy takes us to post-apocalyptic Europe, devastated by a catastrophic world war. Long-destroyed cities have been rebuilt at sea and in the air. But on land, the biggest cities have been reconstructed as towering, tank-like monstrosities crawling their way across the landscape and waging war on smaller, slower towns. In the mobile metropolis of London, two young people (Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan) meet and try to stop a conspiracy involving an ancient weapon of incalculable power. 128 minutes PG-13. (Opens Thursday 12/13)Century 14 Downtown
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Mortal Engines 3D
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The Mule
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Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this "inspired by a true story" drama about a 90-year-old horticulturist who gets caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Michigan for a Mexican drug cartel. Bradley Cooper, Michael Peña, Andy Garcia, Laurence Fishburne, Taissa Farmiga and Dianne Wiest costar. 116 minutes R. (Opens Friday 12/14)Century 14 Downtown
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Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
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Japanese master animator Hayao Miyazaki (Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle) is the subject of this documentary. It profiles his life and work, up to his retirement (sort of) in 2013. In Japanese with English subtitles. 70 minutes PG. (Opens Thursday 12/13)Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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In this original-looking animated film (employing a gritty, cell-shaded 3D style), young Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his reality after he crosses paths with super-powered spider folk from all sorts of Marvel Comics universes. We get Jake Johnson ("New Girl") as plain old Peter Parker, Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) as Spider-Gwen, Nicolas Cage as Spider-Man Noir and John Mulaney ("Saturday Night Live") as Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham. This is some deep-dive Marvel Comics mythology, but screenwriter Phil Lord (The Lego Movie) keeps things energetic and fun. 117 minutes PG. (Opens Thursday 12/13)Century 14 Downtown
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3D
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They Shall Not Grow Old
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Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings series) directs this humble historical documentary about World War I, featuring never-before-seen footage, to commemorate the centennial of the conflict's end. 99 minutes R. (Opens Monday 12/17)Century 14 Downtown
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Vox Lux
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Following a tragic school shooting, two sisters pen a tribute song and become musical superstars because of it. Years later, one of them (now played by Natalie Portman) is still trying to do the pop diva thing. But a fading career, a troubled daughter and a second, eerily familiar school shooting threaten to derail her career. Portman grounds writer-director Brady Corbet's second film with her riveting, give-it-all-you've-got performance. And Corbet certainly knows how to set an over-the-top electropop spectacle. But the plot (two of them, really) is a jagged puzzle-box assembly. 110 minutes R. (Opens Friday 12/14)High Ridge
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Christmas Evil (1980)
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This seedy but psychologically minded 1980 slasher flick set the groundwork for a lot of seasonal horror flicks. A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child thanks to some Santa-based trauma, suffers a nervous breakdown. Naturally, this causes him to dress up in a beard and red suit and start "punishing" various naughty people. Mostly by killing them. John Waters says it's his favorite Christmas movie. 100 minutes R.Elf (2003)
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Will Ferrell scored a perennial favorite with this seasonal comedy about a human adopted by Santa's elves who is sent to America to search for his biological roots. Occasionally absurd and often a bit too Hollywood sweet, the film is kept afloat by Ferrell's energetic performance. Plus, it's the film's 15th anniversary! 95 minutes PG.It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
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The holiday classic starring James Stewart and Donna Reed returns to the big screen. You've probably seen it at least a dozen times on TV. But it's the perfect movie about suicide to get you in the holiday mood. 130 minutes Unrated.National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
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The Griswold clan ends up hosting redneck Cousin Eddie for Christmas in this holiday favorite. Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, Randy Quaid and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star. 97 minutes PG-13.Icon Cinemas Albuquerque
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The Polar Express (2004)
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Chris Van Allsburg's gorgeous, award-winning children's book comes to life in a computer-animated fantasy directed by Robert Zemeckis (Cast Away, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future). The simple story has a skeptical kid boarding a magical train to the North Pole and meeting Santa Claus. The "photo-realistic" CGI was faintly impressive from a technical perspective back in 2004, but is still flat-out creepy to watch. 100 minutes G.Wild Strawberries (1957)
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If you aren't familiar with the works of Swedish cinema legend Ingmar Bergman, then this emotional 1957 masterpiece is a good place to start. If you are familiar with the man's work, then you know exactly what I'm talking about. The film relates, in flashback, the life of an elderly professor as he travels across country to receive an honorary degree. 90 minutesSTILL PLAYING^ back to top
At Eternity's Gate
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Painter-turned-director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat, Before Night Falls, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) directs this highly artistic biopic starring Willem Dafoe as Vincent van Gogh. Shot on handheld cameras in the south of France, the film captures the last days of van Gogh as he battles mental illness to produce some of his most iconic paintings. Elemental and unapologetically romantic, the film revels in the glimmering sunlight and glowing wheat fields of van Gogh's world. 110 minutes Unrated.Bohemian Rhapsody
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Rami Malek ("Mr. Robot") takes on the task of embodying theatrical rock icon Freddie Mercury in this entertaining but uncomplicated musical biopic chronicling the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid concert. Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men) directs. 134 minutes PG-13.Century Rio
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Boy Erased
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Aussie actor Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom, The Great Gatsby) writes and directs this drama based on Garrard Conley's painful memoir. Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman are the devoutly religious parents of a teenage boy (Lucas Hedges) forced to participate in a church-sponsored gay conversion program. 114 minutes R.
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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Comedienne Melissa McCarthy sheds her bright persona to play frumpy, downbeat author Lee Israel in this tragicomic biopic. Around 1990, Lee found her brand of high-tone biographies out of style. Broke, bitter and frequently drunk, she took to forging witty letters from dead literary figures. Oddly enough, this gave her great satisfaction as a writer (as well as a way to pay the rent). Nicole Holofcenter (Lovely & Amazing, Enough Said) contributes the alternately tough and tender screenplay, which adds some heavy psychological depth to Lee's petty-outrageous tale of forgery. But it's McCarthy prickly performance that rings true. FULL REVIEW: F is for Fraudulence by Devin D. O’Leary (11/8/2018). 106 minutes R.Creed II
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Writer-director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan's savvy reboot of the Rocky series (focusing on the son of Rocky Balboa's old rival) returns with the next, logical follow-up. Seems that young Adonis Creed (Jordan) is back in the ring and battling the son of Rocky's other major opponent, Russian monster Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren—who, like Sylvester Stallone, is also hanging out for a bit). 130 minutes PG-13.Century 14 Downtown
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Dr. Seuss' The Grinch
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I mean, we already had the TV version narrated by Boris Karloff (1966) and the live-action version with Jim Carrey (2000). So why not a 3D CGI-animated version? Here, Brit Benedict Cumberbatch voices our hairy party pooper, stealing Christmas from all the Whos down in Whoville. Angela Lansbury voices the Mayor of Whoville. Pharrell Williams narrates. It's from the studio that gave us the Despicable Me franchise and The Secret Life of Pets. FULL REVIEW: You’re a mediocre one, Mr. Grinch by Devin D. O’Leary (11/15/2018). 90 minutes PG.Century 14 Downtown
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
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The first Harry Potter spinoff movie ended with intriguing villain Colin Farrell transforming into Johnny Depp in a crazy wig, makeup and contact lenses. Frankly, the world didn't need another over-the-top Johnny Depp character. But we've got it anyway. Seems that wizarding bigwig Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) has sent shy magical zoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) off on a quest to find a missing magic-user before evil Gellert Grindlewald (Depp) does … eh, I don't know. This convoluted tale is all set-up and exposition, feeling exactly like what it is: chapter two of an already overly long five-part story. 134 minutes PG-13.Century Rio
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Green Book
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A working-class, Italian-American bouncer (Viggo Mortenesen) from New York City finds himself acting as chauffeur for a wealthy black concert pianist (Mahershala Ali) as he goes on a tour of the segregated Jim Crow South in 1962. This family friendly tale of discrimination clearly flips the script on the Driving Miss Daisy formula. But director Peter Farrelly (who, along with his brother, gave us Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary) directs with compassion and humor. 130 minutes PG-13.Cottonwood Stadium 16
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Instant Family
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Writer-director Sean Anders (Daddy's Home, Daddy's Home Two) reunites with Mark Wahlberg for more heartwarming ha-has. A couple (Wahlberg, Rose Byrne) adopts three orphaned kids. Hijinks ensue. 119 minutes PG-13.Century 14 Downtown
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Jim Henson's Holiday Special
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For the first time ever, two newly restored holiday specials from Muppet king Jim Henson hit theaters in a joyous double-feature. First up is the beloved 1977 TV special "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas," based on the children's book by Russell Hoban. Next, is the 1985 TV episode "The Bells of Fraggle Rock," in which fun-loving Fraggle Gobo grows disenchanted with the annual Festival of the Bells holiday. 90 minutes G.Winrock Stadium 16 IMAX & RPX
Maria By Callas
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First-time documentary director Tom Volf uses Maria Callas' own words (interviews, archival footage and her letters and diaries, read by French actress Fanny Ardant) to explain the famed opera diva's "tempestuous" life and career. The film is constructed by a fan for fans. Callas' viewpoint is unchallenged, and she was always notoriously tightlipped about her personal life (including her lifelong affair with Aristotle Onassis). But the frequent interludes, featuring Callas' most famous arias, are a haunting reminder/introduction to her fierce talent. FULL REVIEW: “Temperamental” diva defends her controversial life in deeply personal documentary by Devin D. O’Leary (12/6/2018). 113 minutes PG.The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
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No one who has ever sat through a performance of The Nutcracker has done so for the slim-to-nonexistent story (something about a little girl opening Christmas presents, a dancing nutcracker who's really a prince, a bunch of evil mice and a Sugar Plum Fairy). Here, Disney tries to amp up the fantasy to Oz The Great and Powerful levels. This involves lots and lots and lots of computer animation. Mackenzie Foy (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) stars. Helen Mirren, Kiera Knightley and Morgan Freeman are in there somewhere too, wearing crazy wigs. 99 minutes PG.Cottonwood Stadium 16
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Once Upon a Deadpool
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The snarky (and very R-rated) superhero sequel Deadpool 2 returns to theaters in a "family friendly" PG-13 cut. Also, it's surrounded by a new wraparound sequence in which Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Fred Savage re-enact 1987's The Princess Bride (because, why not). 119 minutes PG-13.Century 14 Downtown
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The Possession of Hannah Grace
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The movie industry really can't go a month without at least one cheap exorcism thiller. This one takes the standard-issue story a step further. Following a deadly exorcism, the corpse of a possessed young woman is taken to the city morgue where a cop fresh out of rehab (Stana Katic from "Castle") is working the night shift. Naturally, she's now forced to deal with a string of bizarre and violent supernatural incidents. 85 minutes R.Century Rio
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Ralph Breaks the Internet
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Wreck-It Ralph (2012) was a nostalgic, surprisingly sweet flashback about video game characters come to life. For this animated sequel, computerized heavy-turned-hero Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) sets out on a spoof-filled journey to the internet with pal Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman). 112 minutes PG.Century 14 Downtown
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Robin Hood
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Does the world need another snarky, pseudo-modernist retelling of the Robin Hood story? Probably not. But here come Taron Edgerton (Robin Hood), Jamie Foxx (Little John) and Jamie Dornan (Will Scarlet) to do just that. Don't worry; there's lots and lots and lots of frantic, explosive, video game-inspired action. 116 minutes PG-13.Century 14 Downtown
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Searching For Ingmar Bergman
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On the 100th anniversary of his birth, internationally renowned director Margarethe von Trotta (Hannah Arendt) examines Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's life and legacy in the film industry. She talks with some of his closest collaborators as well as a new generation of filmmakers living in his long shadow. In German, Swedish, French and Spanish with English subtitles. 99 minutes Unrated.
A Star Is Born
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Bradley Cooper (the Hangover films) turns writer-director-star in this remake of the remake of the remake of the remake of A Star Is Born. Cooper plays the burned-out stadium rock star who discovers a golden-voiced ingénue (Lady Gaga) whom he mentors to stardom. (Only to find himself eclipsed and drowning his sorrows in booze.) Lady Gaga is a revelation as both a natural actress and as a stripped-down singer. Unfortunately, the film's first half (featuring lots of romance, concert footage and dreams coming true) is better than the second half (all bad behavior, melodrama and weeping). FULL REVIEW: A star is rebooted in familiar musical melodrama by Devin D. O’Leary (10/4/2018). 135 minutes R.Century Rio
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Widows
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Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) co-writes and directs this crime thriller based on the novel by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects). After three women (Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriquez, Elizabeth Debicki) are left widowed by their husbands' botched criminal careers, a nasty crime boss leans on the ladies to make up for their spouses' two million dollar screw-up. With no other recourse, the ladies transform themselves into a criminal crew and plot out a multimillion-dollar heist. 129 minutes R.Century Rio
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The Front Runner
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Hugh Jackman stars as presidential candidate Gary Hart, whose self-emolation during the 1988 campaign is the stuff of legends. Director Jason Reitman (Thanks You For Smoking, Juno, Up In The Air) plays this biopic mostly straight and narrow but raises more questions than it can answer about Hart's downfall. 113 minutes R.The Hate U Give
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Suddenly ubiquitous "YA-book-turned-teen-movie" star Amandla Stenberg (The Hunger Games; Everything, Everything; The Darkest Minds) headlines this dramatic adaptation of Angie Thomas' novel about a young girl who witnesses the fatal shooting of her best friend at the hands of police. Facing pressure from all sides, she must find her voice and stand up for what's right. 133 minutes PG-13.The House With a Clock in Its Walls
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This family-oriented, '50s-set fantasy (based on the book by John Bellairs) finds a young orphan (Owen Vaccaro, Daddy's Home) moving in with his warlock of an uncle (Jack Black) and helping him on his quest through a magical mansion to locate a supernatural clock that could bring about the Apocalypse. Frantic and fast-paced, this junior-grade funhouse ride looks good but lacks much in the way of a script. 104 minutes PG.Night School
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A grown-up loser (Kevin Hart) goes back to night school in hopes of earning his GED. But he falls in love with the teacher (Tiffany Haddish) instead. Like ya do. 111 minutes PG-13.Nobody's Fool
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The now ubiquitous Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip, Uncle Drew, Night School, The Oath, "The Last O.G.") stars in this comedy-drama for director/name brand Tyler Perry. The story involves a women who is released from jail and reunites with her sister. She soon discovers, however, that her sister is in an online relationship with a man who may not be what he seems—so she uses her criminal background to catch the cad. 110 minutes R.
The Old Man and The Gun
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Robert Redford's (allegedly) final film is this extremely low-key crime flick about a seventysomething dude who breaks out of prison and goes on a bank robbery spree. Based (loosely) on a true story, it sounds sprightly and exciting. But writer-director David Lowery (Ain't Them Bodies Saints, A Ghost Story) wants to keep this as minimalist a cinematic exercise as possible. The film trades well on Redford's charisma, and he gets some nice scenes with romantic interest Sissy Spacek.At the end of the day, though, the film is much more about quiet conversations in small diners than gunfights and car chases. FULL REVIEW: Real life bank heist flick gets a senior discount by Devin D. O’Leary (10/11/2018). 93 minutes PG-13.Overlord
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During World War II, a group of American soldiers (including Kurt Russell's offspring Wyatt) is shot down over Nazi-occupied France, but must complete its mission or the invasion of Normandy can't happen. The assignment? Defeat an army of nasty zombies created by Nazi scientists. The elements of this action-horror outing may be familiar, but at least the director (Australian up-and-comer Julius Avery) treats it seriously, eschewing camp for intense B-movie thrills. 109 minutes R.Smallfoot
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A community of mountain-dwelling Yeti are unconvinced when one of their members (voiced by Channing Tatum) spots a mythical "Smallfoot" (a human being). Naturally, our hero goes on a quest to find the elusive creatures and ends up with more than he bargained for. James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Danny DeVito and Gina Rodriquez provided the voices for this computer-animated comedy from Warner Animation Group (makers of The Lego Movie). 96 minutes PG.Smallfoot 3D
Movies 8Unbroken: Path to Redemption
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Producer-director Angelina Jolie's well-meaning, Oscar-nominated 2014 biopic gets a belated follow-up with this unofficial, "faith-based" sequel. The original Unbroken followed the story of USA Olympian and American Army officer Louis Zamperini, who survived 47 days in a raft when his bomber crashed into the ocean during World War II. After that he spent time in a series of Asian Prisoner of War camps. What Jolie's film left out—and this sequel makes abundantly clear—is that, following his return to America after the war, Zamperini converted to evangelical Christianity while attending one of Billy Graham's church revivals. None of the original cast returns, but evangelist preacher Will Graham does play his own grandfather. So there's that. 98 minutes PG-13.See our Calendar page for special film events and screenings.
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