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Thursday, April 30, 2026

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Cruella: Bossypants

I’ll admit I was skeptical when I heard Emma Stone was going to play Cruella de Vil for Disney. Surely she was too young...

Quiet Place II: Beyond the Sea

I learned some things while watching A Quiet Place Part II: The farm that the Abbott family lives on is in the Appalachian Ridge...

Film Shorts // May 19-25, 2021

OPENING   Counter Column (PG-13) This Christian drama is about a drug dealer (Chris Gonzales) who tries to escape his life by joining the army. Also...

Dream: One Horse Town

First comes the documentary with a remarkable inspirational story, then comes the inferior fiction version of it headlined by A-list stars. James Marsh’s Oscar-winning...

Riders of Justice: Mads for Revenge

With his drooping eyelids and aquiline nose, Mads Mikkelsen is often typecast by Hollywood as villains — surely you remember him hitting James Bond’s...

Film Shorts // May 12-18, 2021

OPENING   Army of the Dead (R) The latest film by Zack Snyder is about a group of mercenaries who decide to rob a Las Vegas...

Spiral: Sign of the Pig

The original Saw series is a relic of the post-9/11 time when we wanted to watch bastards pay for whatever in the slowest and...

Film Shorts // May 5, 2021

OPENING   Above Suspicion (R) This thriller based on the first American conviction for the murder of a federal agent stars Jack Huston as an FBI...

Wrath of Man: H Is for Heat

Sometimes in life, you just want to see Jason Statham shooting people. My last few movie reviews have required me to be quite serious...

Film Shorts // April 28-May 4, 2021

OPENING   Cliff Walkers (NR) This Chinese spy thriller by Zhang Yimou (Hero) is about a group of agents (Qin Hailu, Yu Hewei, Zhang Yi, and...