Ocean’s Eight
Synopsis: An ex-con recruits a team of women to help her pull off a jewelry heist. Are you ready for a summertime caper at the movies? A nice break from … Continue Reading Ocean’s Eight
A Quiet Place
Synopsis: An isolated family struggles to survive a plague of predatory creatures who hunt using their super-acute hearing. Silent vigilance is their only protection. Hallelujah! A movie option that isn’t … Continue Reading A Quiet Place
Avengers: Infinity War
Synopsis: The Avengers fight to save the universe from Thanos who is seeking the six infinity stones that will allow him to control the universe. Avengers: Infinity War feels like … Continue Reading Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Killmonger and T’Challa face off over who will open Wakanda Fashion Week Synopsis: T’Challa begins his reign as King of Wakanda. He faces a coup and outsiders stealing … Continue Reading Black Panther
The Shape of Water
Unable to read, well-intentioned creature soon devours greeting card Synopsis: Woman finds love with man-fish The Shape of Water is my choice for best movie title of the year; it is … Continue Reading The Shape of Water
Call Me By Your Name
Synopsis: Teen finds love one summer in Italy Call Me By Your Name is a romantic idyll that follows seventeen year old Elio’s summer romance with his professor father’s research … Continue Reading Call Me By Your Name
I, Tonya
Issuing citations for cheesy mustache and tacky skating outfit Synopsis: An Olympic figure skater’s misfortunes and misdeeds Thanks to writer Steve Rogers, director Craig Gillespie, and actor-producer Margot Robbie’s absurdist … Continue Reading I, Tonya
Lady Bird
Synopsis: A high school student lurches through her senior year, experiencing heart-break and triumphs Lady Bird: Brat or Heroine? That’s the essay question you have to respond to after seeing … Continue Reading Lady Bird
The Greatest Showman
Synopsis: A musical very loosely based on nineteenth century promoter and circus owner, PT Barnum. The Greatest Showman is a musical tribute to self-acceptance, inclusion and dreams coming true. Oddly … Continue Reading The Greatest Showman
Blade Runner 2049
Synopsis: A cop in a dystopian near-future encounters mystery and danger while hunting down replicants. Blade Runner 2049 is a big movie, like…so big that it can barely be contained onscreen. … Continue Reading Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Regretting that they were too cheap to pay for a stag weekend in Ibiza Synopsis: Dramatization of the 1940, World War II evacuation of Dunkirk, France. Over 300,000 United Kingdom … Continue Reading Dunkirk
Spider-Man: Homecoming
“Do I get free cheesy bread with the deluxe pizza order?” Synopsis: Peter Parker navigates high school while looking for adventure as Spidey. A villain, the Vulture, emerges to test … Continue Reading Spider-Man: Homecoming
War for the Planet of the Apes
Synopsis: Apes, led by the chimp Caesar, must survive soldiers’ attacks while fleeing to a safe land. All Caesar wanted to do was provide a peaceable and free existence for … Continue Reading War for the Planet of the Apes
Wonder Woman
“Did you just say, ‘Calm down, missy’?” Synopsis: Wonder Woman leaves her island home for the first time and fights for the Allies in World War I. Finally, a woman … Continue Reading Wonder Woman
Born in China
Synopsis: The documentary follows wild animal families in China over the course of a year: a panda & her cub, a snow leopard & her two cubs and a … Continue Reading Born in China
Beauty and the Beast
Synopsis: A rude prince is cursed to live as a cool looking beast. He imprisons a young woman in his castle because her father took a rose from his … Continue Reading Beauty and the Beast
