Artsies:
Miles Ahead (R) 1 HR 40 MIN – 3 Stars
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqq63ZJ5q3w&w=560&h=315]
MILES AHEAD is not just about the music. It’s about what we all face at one time or another in our lives; questions about who we really are, what we have to say and how will we say it. How will we ultimately be defined and who gets to say so?
Director: Don Cheadle
Starring: Don Cheadle, Emayatzy E. Corinealdi, Ewan McGregor
Everybody Wants Some!! (R) 1 HR 56 MIN – 3.5 Stars
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6raUs0CiCQ&w=560&h=315]
On the heels of his success with the groundbreaking drama Boyhood, director Richard Linklater shifts gears to sports for this comedy about a successful college baseball team that plays hard both on and off the diamond.
Director: Richard Linkletter
Starring: Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechin, Wyatt Russell, Ryan Guzman, Zoey Dutch, Will Brittain, Glen Powell
Fartsies:
Elvis & Nixon (R) 1 HR 26 MIN
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9x3Z6b0Z1g&w=560&h=315]
On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock ‘n Roll showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Nixon. The untold true story behind this revealing, yet humorous moment in the Oval Office forever immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.
Director: Liza Johnson
Starring: Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey
A Hologram for the King (R) 1 HR 30 MIN
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW4OE1egbHs&w=560&h=315]
Cultures collide when an American businessman (Tom Hanks) is sent to Saudi Arabia to close what he hopes will be the deal of a lifetime. Baffled by local customs and stymied by an opaque bureaucracy, he eventually finds his footing with the help of a wise-cracking taxi driver (Alexander Black) and a beautiful Saudi doctor (Sarita Choudhury).
Director: Tom Tykwer
Starring: Tom Hanks, David Menkin
The Huntsman: Winter’s War (PG-13) 2 HR 13 MIN
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAvCgVR0gIM&w=560&h=315]
Freya the Ice Queen (Emily Blunt) brings her sister Ravenna (Charlize Theron) back to life, and the powerful evil siblings plan to conquer the Enchanted Forest. Only the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) and his secret lover Sara (Jessica Chastain) can stop them in this sequel continuing the inventive twist on the Snow White fable.
Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Starring: Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain
Next Week:
-April and the Extraordinary World
-The First Monday in May
-Green World
-Keanu
-Mother’s Day
-Ratchet and Clank
