Opening 9/29/17

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American Made R 1 hr. 55 min.Action drama Watch Prevue Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, E. Roger Mitchell, Jesse Plemons, Lola Kirke, Alejandro Edda, Benito Martinez, Caleb Landry Jones, Jayma Mays. Plot: a hustler and pilot is recruited by the CIA to run one of the biggest covert operations in U.S. history. Theatres/Times

Battle Of The Sexes PG-13 2 hrs. 1 min. Sports Biography Watch Prevue Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Elisabeth Shue, Sarah Silverman, Alan Cumming, Andrea Riseborough, Eric Christian Olsen, Natalie Morales, Austin Stowell, Wallace Langham, Jessica McNamee, Mickey Sumner, Bill Pullman. Plot: about the electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell). Theatres/Times

Flatliners PG-13 1 hr. 44 min. Thriller Watch Prevue Cast: Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton, Kiersey Clemens, Kiefer Sutherland. Plot: five medical students, obsessed by the mystery of what lies after death, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods of time. Theatres/Times

Judwaa 2 NR 2 hrs. 30 min. Comedy/Musical Watch Prevue Cast: Salman Khan, Anupam Kher, Jacqueline Fernandez. Plot: twin brothers, separated at birth, are uniquely connected to each other via their reflexes. They reunite as adults and set out to take down the underground smuggling world.  A Hindi film with English subtitles. Theatres/Times

A Question Of Faith PG 1 hr. 44 min. Religious drama Watch Prevue Cast: Richard T. Jones, Kim Fields, C. Thomas Howell. Plot: three families find themselves at a crossroads, questioning their faith and the higher power that guides their lives. Theatres/Times

'Till Death Do Us Part PG-13 1 hr. 41 min. Thriller Watch Prevue Cast: Taye Diggs, Annie Ilonzeh, Malik Yoba. Plot: a woman leaves her controlling husband. After finding love again, the husband finds her and recreates the nightmare she once lived all over again. Theatres/Times

Review Roundup 9/22/17

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Brad's Status (71)
Friend Request (33)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (46) 
The LEGO Ninjago Movie (55)
Stronger (76)

Opening 9/22/17

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Brad's Status R 1 hr. 41 min. Comedy Watch Prevue Cast: Ben Stiller, Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson, Jemaine Clement, Jenna Fischer, Austin Abrams. Plot: when Brad Sloan (Ben Stiller) accompanies his college bound son to the East Coast he connects with old college friends and begins to question whether he has failed compared to them or is, in some ways at least, the most successful of them all. Theatres/Times

Friend Request R 1 hr. 32. min Thriller Watch Prevue Cast: Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo. Plot: when her real-life friends start dying mysterious, cruel deaths after she unfriends someone, a college student must figure out how to break the deadly curse before it’s too late.  Theatres/Times

Kingsman: The Golden Circle R 2 hrs. 21. min Action Watch Prevue Cast: Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Halle Berry, Sir Elton John, Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges. Plot: the Kingsman discover an allied spy organization in the US called Statesman and band with them to defeat a ruthless common enemy. Theatres/Times

The LEGO Ninjago Movie PG 1 hr. 41. min Action Watch Prevue Cast: Dave Franco, Justin Theroux, Fred Armisen, Abbi Jacobson, Olivia Munn, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Pena, Zach Woods, Jackie Chan. Plot: an undisciplined team of modern-day ninjas must learn to check their egos and pull together to unleash their inner power of Spinjitzu. Theatres/Times

Stronger R 1 hr. 56. min. Biography Watch Prevue Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Clancy Brown. Plot: a working-class Boston man at the city's marathon to try and win back his ex-girlfriend (Tatiana Maslany), loses both his legs in the bomb blast. Theatres/Times

Opening 9/15/17

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American Assassin R 1 hr. 51 min. Thriller Watch Prevue Cast: Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Shiva Negar, Scott Adkins, Taylor Kitsch. Plot: a pair of CIA ops  (Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton) join a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on starting a World War in the Middle East. Theatres/Times

Mother! R 1 hr. 21 min. Horror Watch Prevue Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Domhnall Gleeson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ed Harris, Brian Gleeson. Plot: a couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence. Theatres/Times

Review Roundup 9/8/17

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9/11(tbd) has received no reviews. Looking at that cast of has-beens and the fact there are no reviews indicates you should avoid this one. Rated R for language. IMDB Parent's Guide.

Home Again (43) has received mixed or average reviews. I'm guessing the average patron in the mood for a romantic comedy will like this just fine. Rated PG-13 for some thematic and sexual material. IMDB Parent's Guide.
      Home Again has a certain charm and polish. It’s hard not to like people who are so … likable. But it’s also hard not to feel a constant sense of disconnect from these characters and their so-called “crises.” Read full review. Chicago Sun-Times—Richard Roeper Sep 7, 2017

It (71) has received generally favorable reviews. Hollywood would really appreciate it if you'd pay your money and see this one. In an otherwise dismal late summer this is one of their expected bright spots. You wouldn't want to disappoint them, would you? Rated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language. IMDB Parent's Guide.
     IT...carried me along from the opening frame, rarely missing a beat. Read full review. Chicago Sun-Times—Richard Roeper Sep 5, 2017 

Opening 9/8/17

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9/11 R 1 hr. 30 min. Drama Watch Prevue Cast: Billy Malone, Bruce Davison, Charlie Sheen, Faune A. Chambers, Gina Gershon, Jacqueline Bisset, Luis Guzmán, Olga Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Wood Harris. Plot: 5 people find themselves trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center's North Tower on 9/11. Theatres/Times

Home Again PG-13 1 hr. 37 min. Romantic Comedy Watch Prevue Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Pico Alexander, Nat Wolff, Jon Rudnitsky, Michael Sheen, Candice Bergen, Lake Bell. Plot: a story of love, friendship, and the families we create. And one very big life lesson: Starting over is not for beginners. Theatres/Times

It R 2 hrs. 15 min. Horror Film Watch Prevue Cast: Jaeden Lieberher, Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Chosen Jacobs, Nicholas Hamilton, Bill Skarsgård. Plot: when children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids are faced with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for centuries. Based on the Stephen King novel. Theatres/Times

Review Roundup 9/1/17

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It (tbd) has received no reviews yet. This is on the release schedule for next week so either the distributor saw a gap to fill this week or they decided to open before the critics got a chance to weigh in on the film. Rated R for violence/horror, bloody images, and for language. IMDB Parent's Guide.

Hazlo Como Hombre (Do It Like An Hombre) (tbd) has received no reviews yet. All I can tell you is it's a Spanish language comedy. Rated R for sexual content throughout. 

Patti Cake$  (67) has received generally favorable reviews. This doesn't look like a film I'd pay to see but the critics seem generally impressed. May be your best option in an otherwise lackluster week. Rated R for language throughout, crude sexual references, some drug use and a brief nude image. IMDB Parent's Guide.
     Macdonald is an absolute force as the twentysomething Patricia Dombrowski, who wakes up every morning determined and upbeat, even though her life path already looks to be a series of dead ends. Read full review. Chicago Sun-Times—Richard Roeper Aug 14, 2017

Tulip Fever (38) has received generally unfavorable reviews. This has been on the shelf for awhile so you know the distributor has no faith in its performance. If you like this type of period drama you'll probably be happier if you wait for it to stream. Rated R for sexual content and nudity.
    As Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom) piles on the coincidences and misdirections, the movie finally collapses under its own schematic weight, and wilts to the ground. Read full review.  Entertainment Weekly—Leah Greenblatt Sep 1, 2017