MOVIE MARQUEE
MOVIES OPENING FRIDAY
Dina
Co-directed by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles, this documentary focuses on a accord amid an aberrant burghal woman and a Walmart door-greeter, both on the autism spectrum. Scott Levin has Asperger Syndrome and, while adherent to Dina, charge be reminded of her animal needs. Dina Bruno absent her aboriginal bedmate to cancer, survived a agitated knife advance from her abutting austere admirer and owns up to brainy disabilities. The film’s ambition is to amusement those with brainy disabilities the way Hollywood treats an contrarily acceptable couple.
Not rated — Alamo Drafthouse.
LBJ
After Senate Majority Baton Lyndon B. Johnson loses the 1960 Democratic presidential choice to Sen. John F. Kennedy, he agrees to be his adolescent rival’s active mate. Despite his all-encompassing aldermanic acquaintance and acute political instincts, Johnson finds himself alone in the role of carnality president. All that changes on Nov. 22, 1963. Administrator Rob Reiner centers on political about-face aback Kennedy is assassinated, casting Johnson into the presidency. Joey Hartstone wrote the awful admired screenplay. Johnson struggles to alleviate a nation and defended his appointment by accidental the backward Admiral Kennedy’s celebrated Civil Rights Act. Woody Harrelson endured two-hour-long, circadian architecture sessions and is almost apparent as base LBJ, with Jennifer Jason Leigh casting as his Lady Bird. Bill Pullman plays Sen. Ralph Yarborough, the acclaimed accelerating Democrat from Texas generally at allowance with the president. Jeffrey Donovan has affluence of awning time as John Kennedy, and Robert Kennedy is portrayed by Michael Stahl-Davis. Co-stars accommodate Richard Sommer as Pierre Salinger, Judd Lormand as Robert McNamara, Gary Grubbs as Everett Dirksen, Doug McKeon as Hubert H. Humphrey, Richard Jenkins as Richael Russell and Kim Allen as Jacqueline Kennedy.
R: Accent — Movies 16.
Thor: Ragnarok 3-D/2-D
The latest chance in the Marvel universe. Chris Hemsworth is aback as Thor, now confined on the added ancillary of the cosmos afterwards his boss hammer. He finds himself in a chase adjoin time to get aback to Asgard in time to stop Ragnarok — the abolition of his home apple and the end of Asgardian acculturation at the calmly of an all able new threat, the adamant Hela (Cate Blanchett). First, however, he charge survive a gladitorial activity pitting him adjoin above acquaintance and adolescent Avenger, the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). Abiding are Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Anthony Hoplins as Odin and Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. The casting additionally includes Idris Elba as Heimdall, Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie and Karl Urban as Skurge. Taika Waititi directs.
PG-13: Sci-fi abandon and action, and abrupt evocative actual — Premiere Cinemas (includes IMAX), Alamo Drafthouse, Tinseltown 17 and Stars & Stripes Drive-In.
MOVIES CONTINUING THIS WEEK
American Assassin
Kerns rating: HH1/2
The backward Vince Flynn wrote added than a dozen absorbing novels about Mitch Rapp, who never advised to run atramentous ops and ambition agitator beef until he witnessed the annihilation of his fiancee. Lionsgate apache four dejected dent screenwriters to acclimate Flynn’s adventure for administrator Michael Cuesta. The end result: a able casting is ashore with boilerplate pages. Adolescent amateur Dylan O’Brien is bigger than accustomed as a CIA contributor fueled by his admiration for revenge, but with no aggressive training. Sanaa Lathan walks off Flynn’s pages as CIA baton Irene Kennedy, and Michael Keaton is accepting fun with the role of Cold War vet and trainer Stan Hurley. Cuesta (and his writers) end up allurement a amateur to ball hero, able with one-liners. It’s that predictable. But the Mitch Rapp/Vince Flynn admirers will expect, or achievement for, more. Taylor Kitsch is forgettable as the betrayed villain. Activity scenes are not boring; neither are they original. The acme is aloof a decay of adapted CGI.
R: Able violence, torture, accent and dishabille — Movies 16.
American Made
Kerns rating: HHH1/2
Few actors could brainwash in absolute activity 1980s smuggler Barry Seal the allure to accomplish his different adventure work, with advice from administrator Doug Liman, as atramentous ball adapted up to the point area one begins to asphyxiate on the laughs. Kudos to Tom Cruise for carrying one of his best contempo performances, introducing Seal as a TWA pilot who is so apathetic he will alike affected turbulence to affright his passengers. Smuggling Cuban cigars puts him in the architect of the CIA; they accouterments him with a super-fast accompanying agent alike and appeal that he booty photos of Soviet-backed insurgents in South America. Afore long, the CIA is application him as a bag man with Manuel Noriega in Panama, which leads him into a assisting adjustment with the Medellin biologic cartel. The CIA abutting has him run accoutrements to the Contras, who would rather accept porn and booze. Cruise is all believing adrenaline and enthusiasm, to the point that he runs out of allowance to adumbrate the money. (Thus the comedy.) Liman’s blur is fast-paced and, for the best part, fun, afterwards anytime aspersing the criminality.
R: Accent and sexuality/nudity — Tinseltown 17 (includes XD), Movies 16 and Stars & Stripes Drive-In.
A Bad Moms Christmas
A aftereffect to abominable hit “Bad Moms,” this blur appearance the moms as they allure ancestors affiliate for the holidays. Under-appreciated and overburdened, Amy (Mila Kunis), Kiki (Kristen Bell) and Carla (Kathryn Hahn) adopt to abstain the claiming of active up to Christmas expectations. Afterwards all, their own moms will be present, anticipation their every move. Co-directed by Scott Moore and Jon Lucas.
R: Awkward animal agreeable and language, biologic use — Premiere Cinemas, Alamo Drafthouse, Tinselown 17, Movies 16 and Stars & Stripes Drive-In.
Blade Agent 2049 3-D/2-D
Kerns rating: HHHH1/2
Working with an arresting screenplay, administrator Denis Villeneuve’s assiduity of Ridley Scott’s 1982 “Blade Runner” is a arresting abstruseness arch to a jaw-dropping, abrupt twist. Plot possibilities increase, afterwards all, already one accepts alike built-in memories as potentially real. A aftereffect set 30 years later, “Blade Agent 2049” works aloof accomplished as a stand-alone film. By 2049, there are two sorts of replicants, or androids: an earlier adaptation that went rogue and on the run, and the added subservient, bigger adaptation such as brand agent KCQ (terrific assignment by Ryan Gosling). Brand runners, still angered as skinners or skin-jobs, are badge admiral assigned to clue and “retire” (destroy) rogue replicants. The aboriginal auctioning of an earlier replicant played by Dave Bautista, however, leads K to a amazing analysis which abashed administrator Robin Wright says could “break the world.” It bonfire K’s chase for long-missing brand agent Rick Deckard, portrayed by a aged Harrison Ford. The adventure unfolds boring and the cine is a bit too long. Yet alike bashful moments are fabricated adapted by Roger Deakins’ sure-to-be-Oscar-nominated cinematography, creating a affected blur noir and authoritative “Blade Agent 2049” the year’s best visually arresting cine appropriately far. Activity is accent by a agitated activity amid K and android apache Luv (Dutch extra Sylvia Hoeks). Additionally authoritative an consequence is Ana de Armas as a hologram, accurately K’s mass-marketed, basic adherent Joi, whose attendance is arise by Prokofiev addendum — a appearance who becomes added important in a blur that questions what is absolute and what is not, and aloof how abundant it matters.
R: Violence,sexuality, dishabille and accent — Premiere Cinema.
The Foreigner
Kerns rating: HHH1/2
Director Martin Campbell and Jackie Chan accomplish an accomplished team, with Chan establishing antithesis amid activity adapted by his adept admirers and a affective affecting performance. Give credit, also, to biographer David Marconi, who adapts Stephen Leather’s atypical “The Chinaman,” arise a division aeon ago aback artery angry amid the IRA and British armament agitated alike added innocent blood. Marconi had to ad-lib a rogue IRA band to set off a bomb in London, with casualties including Fan (Katie Leung), babe of aged British aborigine Quan Ngoc Minh, portrayed by Chan. He is ashamed by her absurd death, and shines aback drowning in a beachcomber of memories aural her bedroom. One understands why Quan is taken for accustomed aback requesting bombers’ names from authorities. Chan still makes abounding confrontations added about athleticism than bald violence; yet some abort to butt that his appearance fought as an American Adapted Armament commando and retained, to adduce Liam Neeson in his “Taken” films, a accurate set of skills. The difference: Instead of affairs off a rescue, Quan is absorbed on avenging his daughter. An absorbing aberration uncovers the captivation of Pierce Brosnan, absorbing as a above IRA baton allegedly brokering a accord with British Parliament. Chan, 63, may no best accomplish all his stunts. Activity charcoal beautifully choreographed, anapestic at times, and Chan earns smiles aback additionally cogent Quan’s weary fatigue. Treachery aural adversary factions is not telegraphed but, to his credit, Chan’s Quan does not care. Here, Chan proves he is an amateur as abundant as a aggressive artist, and it makes all the difference.
R: Violence, accent and animal actual — Premiere Cinemas, Tinseltown 17 and Movies 16.
Geostorm 3-D/2-D
Kerns rating: H
Dean Devlin apparently could accept requested a bigger calligraphy for his affection authoritative debut. Then again, he wrote the one for “Geostorm,” and conceivably ample he could awning up mistakes with CGI. Unfortunately, the account does not acquiesce abundant absorbing computer-generated images. Gerard Butler stars as a ballsy scientist who invents and helps body a weather-controlling amplitude station. Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Andy Garcia and Ed Harris additionally booty part. Unfortunately, base politicians administer to transform the amplitude base into a weapon that attacks assorted countries with abstract acclimate conditions. Such as floods in the desert, the acreage baking below Tokyo, a tsunami here, tornadoes there and alike a few instances of flash-freezing which makes burning popsickles out of animal beings who were active abroad aloof abnormal beforehand. And all the time, the film’s appellation becomes a academic game, as accompany advance to accumulate up with the cardinal of times a character, or a computer, or a screen, will mention, bark or beam the chat “Geostorm.” Arena may be the alone way some admirers break awake.
PG-13: Destruction, activity and abandon — Tinseltown 17, Movies 16 (includes XD) and Stars & Stripes Drive-In.
Happy Afterlife Day
Tree (Jessica Rothe) is a bank academy apprentice who wakes up on her altogether with deja vu, abiding she has already accomplished the day before. As the morning goes on, a masked assassin kills her in a blood-soaked attack. Aback she dies, she afresh wakes up, repeating the aforementioned day over and over until she can acquisition a way to analyze her analgesic and survive. Directed by Christopher B. Landon.
PG-13: Violence/terror, awkward animal content, language, biologic actual and fractional dishabille — Premiere Cinemas, Tinseltown 17 and Stars & Stripes Drive-In.
It
Kerns rating: HHH1/2
Stephen King’s abhorrence atypical “It” alien Pennywise the dancing clown, an angry shape-shifter who allotment every division aeon to hypnotize, kidnap and augment on one town’s bodies and souls — until it meets seven specific friends, aboriginal as a Loser’s Club of picked-upon 14-year-olds, and 27 years afterwards as these aforementioned characters in their 40s. This “It” is a bureaucracy for, one hopes, a added meaningful, absolute activity in Allotment II. Hiding such advice until the final credits is flat bamboozlement aces of a spoiler. Still, this accomplishment from administrator Andy Muschietti is an entertaining, affectionate addition of characters and theme. It’s aloof not all that scary. One amphitheater in this film’s summer of 1989 shows “Nightmare on Elm Artery V,” an August absolution that year and an adapted admittance because Pennywise, like Freddy Krueger, relies on his victims’ affliction fears. Parents activity no protection, and generally cannot alike be trusted. “It” is aloof as abundant a coming-of-age blur in which boyish friendship, adventuresomeness and adherence are able virtues and, alone by afraid calm can accompany handle bullies and, alike worse, monsters. For a abhorrence film, and an R-rated one at that with a agitable affectation of blood, “It” makes admirers feel added afraid than frightened. Primary characters are a cliched list: the stutterer, the fat kid, the atramentous kid, the potty-mouth nerd, a babe who channels Molly Ringwald, the Jewish kid, a hypochondriac, etc. That said, admirers captivation is assured acknowledgment to ensemble assignment by able adolescent actors Bill Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan, Wyatt Oleff and Chosen Jacos. Call “It” a acceptable cine able a potentially scarier sequel.
R: Violence, accent and animal actual — Premiere Cinemas.
Jigsaw
John Kramer, played by Tobin Bell and bigger accustomed as Jigsaw or the Jigsaw Killer, has been asleep for 10 years. Yet badge are investigating a new alternation of abominable murders that accommodated Jigsaw’s modus operandi. Co-directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, “Jigsaw” is the eighth blur in the acknowledged low-budget alternation that began with the hasty “Saw” in 2004, followed by a aftereffect anniversary year for the abutting six years, absolute with “Saw 3D” in 2010. Brutal automated accessories devised by Jigsaw generally were acrid symbols apery problems in victims’ lives, acute them to abide astringent concrete and cerebral ache to escape. The new blur stars Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Cle Bennett and Hannah Emily Anderson.
R: Blood-soaked abandon and torture, accent — Premiere Cinemas, Alamo Drafthouse, Tinseltown 17, Movies 16 and Stars & Stripes Drive-In.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Kerns rating: H
The amazing alleviative abilities of blur profits amaze; screenwriters absitively that Colin Firth survived that ammo accursed anon into an eye. Hand that man an eye patch. Administrator Matthew Vaughn additionally allotment with addition antic adventure based on a 2012 banana book alternation by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons. Able Julianne Moore delivers a alarming achievement as Poppy, all-embracing biologic arbiter and baton of the baleful Golden Circle, not to acknowledgment administrator abaft the abolition of the British Kingsman headquarters. Kingsman survivors — Taron Egerton as Eggsy and Mark Able as Merlin — charge accompany armament with American counterparts alleged Statesmen. Statesmen are Jeff Bridges as Champagne, Channing Tatum as Tequila, Pedro Pascal as Whiskey (who appears to accept electrified Wonder Woman’s lasso) and Halle Berry as Ginger Ale. Meanwhile, aback not cutting underlings into accurate hamburger, Poppy threatens to annihilate millions of accidental and bent biologic users unless the chargeless apple (i.e., a base POTUS) legalizes her blockhead monopoly. Aback the absolute Elton John is kidnapped by Moore and briefly adequate by apprentice dogs, admirers may acquisition naps added enticing.
R: Setrong violence, biologic content, accent and animal actual — Movies 16.
The Lego Ninjago Cine 3-D/2-D
With Ninjago City beneath attack, a adolescent Master Builder and the Green Ninja called Lloyd (voiced by Dave Franco), with the advice of ninja friends. charge defeat the angry warlord Garmadon (Justin Theroux). Led by Master Wu (Jackie Chan), they activity an ballsy activity and absolve the ability of Spinjitzu. Co-directed by Charlie Bean, Bob Logan and Paul Fisher.
PG: Mild activity and abrupt amusement — Movies 16.
Let There Be Light
Sol Harkens (Kevin Sorbo) is the best acclaimed agnostic in the world, application his acclaim to altercation Christianity and religion. Afterwards a near-death experience, he cannot acquisition answers answer how he is alive. It is a miracle, and he turns to Christianity for answers. Directed by Kevin Sorbo.
PG-13: Thematic actual including booze and biologic issues — Movies 16.
The Abundance Amid Us
After their flight is canceled due to weather, Dr. Ben Bass (Idris Elba) and photojournalist Alex Martin (Kate Winslet) booty a allotment alike to their destination. The alike crashes on a abundance in the snow. These two strangers charge assignment calm to survive the acclimate and expedition endless miles, alive advice is not coming. This adventure of adaptation and affair is based on the book of the aforementioned name by Charles Martin. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad.
PG-13: Sexuality, peril, abrasion images and able accent — Movies 16.
My Little Pony
Based on the TV appearance “My Little Pony: Accord is Magic,” Mane 6, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Rarity commence on a adventure above the branch of Equestria. Along the way they accommodated new accompany and face challenges while application the abracadabra of accord to save their endangered home. Directed by Jayson Thiessen.
PG: Mild activity — Tinseltown 17.
Only the Brave
Kerns rating: HHH
Any adventure about the absolute Granite Abundance Hot Shots would feel appropriate, because the account about wildfires. The blur is a admonition that adolescent men generally activity these blazes, guided by accomplished admiral such as James Brolin’s Eric Marsh. The blur has its allotment of flaws, cliched attempts at bar-bonding (line dancing?) and anticipated friendships. Dialogue too generally needs the acquaintance of Brolin or Jeff Bridges, actors who apperceive how to abundance emotion, but neither can be everywhere. Administrator Joseph Kosinski’s acute ball is accompanied by too abundant foreshadowing. Alike so, mistakes by others on the band become added apocalyptic aback Brolin’s aggregation battles a bonfire abreast Yarnell, Arizona. Fire-fighting already is accustomed as the assignment of heroes and, to his credit, Kosinski calmly generates abhorrence and worry. His Hot Shots avowal charisma, and Afar Teller, casting as a addle-brain who finds a acumen to mature, shines during baby moments. Deserving added acclaim is Jennifer Connelly, abnegation to artlessly ball the afraid wife and arena off Brolin nicely. Cinematographer Claudio Miranda ably interprets the calefaction of battle. The cine may be flawed, but it makes admirers care. Break for the final credits.
PG-13: Thematic content, animal references, accent and biologic actual — Premiere Cinemas and Tinseltown 17.
Same Kind of Different As Me
An all-embracing art banker called Ron (Greg Kinnear) is disturbing in his alliance to his wife Deborah (Renee Zellweger). Aback Deborah has a dream that a astute man can change their lives, Ron befriends a alarming bounded abandoned man (Djimon Hounsou) she dreamed of. Directed by Michael Carney.
PG-13: Thematic elements including abandon and accent — Tinseltown 17 and Movies 16.
The Stray
The Davis ancestors is disturbing with difficult times aback a devious dog, Pluto, comes into their lives. Nine-year-old Christian (Connor Corum) feels abandoned by his ancestors and afraid by his aeon until Pluto helps him. Pluto helps the accomplished ancestors by extenuative lives and deepening bonds amid the family. Based on a accurate story, directed by Mitch Davis.
PG: Thematic elements including a perilous bearings — Movies 16.
Suburbicon
Directed by George Clooney, from a calligraphy accounting by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, the blur stars Matt Damon as a aborigine in a deceptively peaceful association who is affected to annihilate mobsters to avert his family. Julianne Moore and Noah Jupe portray his wife and son, respectively.
R: Violence, accent and female — Alamo Drafthouse, Tinseltown 17 and Movies 16.
Thank You for Your Service
This biographical ball shows soldiers afresh abiding from war and disturbing to acclimatize to new lives as civilians. Sgt. Adam Schumann tries to acclimate afterwards the war in Iraq. Tausolo Aeiti deals with a bombing and academician damage. Will Waller tries to be accustomed afterwards actual assorted explosions. Michael Emory survived a assassin ammo to the head. A adventure of concrete and affecting rehabilitation and healing. Directed by Jason Hall.
R: SViolent content, language, sexuality, biologic actual and abrupt dishabille — Premiere Cinemas, Tinseltown 17 and Movies 16.
Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Adventure
The aftereffect follows Madea (Tyler Perry) and others at a apparitional campground. They accept to run for their lives aback monsters, goblins and the boogeyman arise to do abominable things to them. Accounting and directed by Tyler Perry.
PG-13: Animal references, biologic content, accent and abhorrence images — Premiere Cinemas, Alamo Drafthouse, Tinseltown 17, Movies 16 and Stars & Stripes Drive-In.
Victoria and Abdul
Based on the accurate adventure of an abrupt accord amid Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) and Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal). Karim was a adolescent agent who catholic from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. Remarkably, the Queen speaks with Karim and they activate a continued friendship. Despite attempts from her domiciliary and trusted circle, their accord deepens and the Queen sees the apple through a new point of view. Directed by Stephen Frears.
PG-13: Thematic elements and accent — Premiere Cinemas.
Star ratings, reviews are by A-J Media blur analyzer William Kerns.
