"The Edge of Seventeen" (2017) Drama/Comedy Running Time: 104 minutes Written/Directed by: Kelly Fremon Craig Featuring: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner Nadine: “There are two types of people in this world. The kind that naturally excel at life, and the people that wish those people would get blown up in an explosion”. There …
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"Loving" (2016) Drama Running Time: 123 minutes Director: Jeff Nichols Featuring: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Nick Kroll, Michael Shannon and Marton Csokas Virginia Judge: “Richard Perry Loving being a white person, and Mildred Jeter being a colored person did unlawfully cohabitate as man and wife.” Isn’t life hard enough without having people and governments telling …
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" (2016) Fantasy Running Time: 133 minutes Director: David Yates Featuring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo and Colin Farrell Percival Graves: “You're an interesting man, Mr. Scamander. Just like your suitcase, I think there's more to you than …
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“The Founder ” (2016) Drama/Biopic Running Time: 120 minutes Director: John Lee Hancock Featuring: Michael Keaton , Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Patrick Wilson, Ric Reitz, and Wilbur Fitzgerald Ray Kroc: “I know what you’re thinking, how the heck does a fifty-two year-old, over the hill, milkshake machine salesman build a fast food empire with sixteen …
“Hell or High Water ” (2016) Thriller Running Time: 120 minutes Director: David Mackenzie Featuring: Ben Foster, Chris Pine and Jeff Bridges T-Bone Waitress: “I've been working here for 44 years. Ain't nobody ever ordered nothing but a T-Bone steak and baked potato. Except one time, this asshole from New York ordered a trout, back in …
"Arrival" (2016) Drama/Science Fiction Running Time: 116 minutes Director: Denis Villeneuve Featuring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whittaker and Michael Stuhlbarg Dr. Louise Banks: "We need to make sure that they understand the difference between a weapon and a tool. Language is messy and sometimes one can be both." Denis Villeneuve’s latest film “Arrival” is much …
"Doctor Strange" (2016) Wong: Heroes like the Avengers protect the world from physical dangers. We safeguard it against more mystical threats. Running Time: 115 minutes Director: Scott Derrickson Featuring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong, Benjamin Bratt, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen Wong: Heroes like the Avengers protect the world from physical dangers. We …
"Jack Reacher: Never go Back" (2016) Action/Thriller Directed by: Edward Zwick Featuring: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders Jack Reacher: [to the bad guy] “You think you’re above the law, but I’m not the law so you should start running because I’m going to start hunting, and when I find you I’m going to kill you all.” …
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"Louis Theroux’s My Scientology Movie" (2016) Documentary Running Time: 109 minutes Presented by: Louis Theroux Featuring: Louis Theroux, Tom Cruise, Rob Alter, Paz de la Huerta, Tom De Vocht Jefferson Hawkins, Marc Headley, Steven Mango, Marty Rathbun “When you don’t have access to a subject and all you have is ex-members and critics, there is …
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“Sully” (2016) Drama, Based on Real Events Running Time: 119 minutes Director: Clint Eastwood Featuring: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney Chelsey “Sully” Sullenberger: “Everything is unprecedented until it happens for the first time.” On the surface this film may seem like an odd choice for a film – I mean how can you build …
“Blair Witch” (2016) Horror/Found Footage Running Time: 99 minutes Director: Adam Wingard Featuring: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Corbin Reid, Brandon Scott, Wes Robinson, Valorie Curry “There’s something evil hiding in the woods.” Were we really waiting for another Blair Witch sequel? On the evidence presented it turns out we were – and it lives …
“Nerve” (2016) Running Time: 96 minutes Director: Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman Featuring: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Juliette Lewis “Are you a watcher? Or are you a player?” This week see the release of the thriller “Nerve” featuring Emma Roberts and Dave Franco headlining a movie aimed at audience that has been spoilt …
“Bad Moms ” (2016) Running Time: 100 minutes Director: Jon Lucas and Scott Moore Featuring: Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate, Jada Pinkett Smith, Annie Momolo Amy: "We all work too damn hard trying to make our kids' lives amazing and magical. Their lives already are amazing and magical. Let's be bad moms!" …
“War Dogs” (2016) Running Time: 114 minutes Director: Todd Phillips Featuring: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Kevin Pollak, Bradley Cooper David Packouz: [voice over] “My name is David Packouz. I’m twenty-two years old and I’m an international arms dealer. Six months ago I was a massage therapist in Miami Beach, and now here I was with …
“The Purge: Election Year” (2016) Running Time: 105 minutes Director: James DeMonaco Featuring: Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, Terry Serpico, Kyle Secor PSA: "Blessed be our New Founding Fathers for letting us Purge and cleanse our souls. Blessed be America, a nation reborn." This film could not have been timed more appropriately with the …
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“Suicide Squad” (2016) Running Time: 130 minutes Director: David Ayer Featuring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Common, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman Rick Flagg: “Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you people.” Harley Quinn: “I can be known to be quite vexing.” After what seems like an eternity “Suicide Squad” (2016) is …
“Jason Bourne” (2016) Running Time: 117 minutes Director: Paul Greengrass Featuring: Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed CIA Director Robert Dewey: “Why would he come back now?” Good question! And the answer is believable – kind of… After nine years Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon finally reteam for …
“Lights Out” (2016) Running Time: 81 minutes Director: David F. Sandberg Featuring: Teresa Palmer, Maria Bello, Gabriel Bateman, Billy Burke, Alexander DiPersia Martin: "I’ve been sleeping with the lights on. Every time I turn them off there’s this woman, she doesn’t like the light." Its refreshing going to the movies and seeing a horror film that …
“Star Trek Beyond” (2016) Running Time: 122 minutes Featuring: Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Sofia Boutella Bones: “You spent all this time trying to be your father, and now you're wondering just what it means to be you.” Depending on which way you count …
“Sing Street” (2016) Running Time: 106 minutes Director: John Carney Featuring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aiden Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton Brendan: No girl can ever truly love a man who listens to Phil Collins. Inspired by semi-autobiographical experiences of the director John Carney “Sing Street” is possibly his best and most ambitious film …
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