NEW THIS WEEK
One of the year’s most acclaimed films, Dunkirk tells the thrilling true story of the military
evacuation of the eponymous French beach in the middle of the second World War.
Writer/Director Christopher Nolan’s signature intensity effectively seats you
on the frontlines, watching the battle play out from three diferent
perspectives. Brutal and breathtaking, Dunkirk will leave you speechless.
We Said: “Dunkirk respects
the history while providing maximum blockbuster entertainment, a nearly heroic
feat for any filmmaker, even one of Nolan's considerable talent. ” Rating: 4 out of 5
From the twisted mind of Darren Aronofsky (Black
Swan, Requiem for a Dream), mother! stars Jennifer Lawrence as
the patient wife of a mysterious and tempermental writer (Javier Bardem). When
unexpected guests arrive at the couple’s newly renovated house, a nightmarish
chaos evolves and destroys the peace the couple once had. Filled with surreal,
haunting imagery and enigmatic metaphors from strat to finish, mother!
is a film unlike any other.
We Said: “mother! defies easy
description, and with every incendiary moment it takes viewers on a wildly
unpredictable, terrifying, darkly comic ride of Biblical proportions that is
guaranteed to be divisive for everything that Aronofsky piles on.” Rating: 4 out of 5
The latest installment of the LEGO movie universe, Ninjago
focuses on Lloyd, a young Master builder/ ninja in training who’s team
of warriors are constantly at odds with his estranged father, the evil Lord
Garmadon. With Garmadon’s latest plan posing a serious threat to the city of
Ninjago, the team is forced to reconsider their own flaws that allowed this
evil to rise, and ultimately unite, accepting each other as friends and
teammates in order to save the day.
We Said: “You can make anything you want with LEGO blocks, but the LEGO
franchise has now made three versions of the same film. The LEGO Ninjago Movie is a
derivative spin on the same sort of story already told in The LEGO Movie and The LEGO Batman Movie, and arriving in
theaters only half a year after the latter, feels very familiar indeed.” Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Also Available: Stronger, Victoria & Abdul, Leatherface, Blood Money, 4 Days in France, Stressed to Kill, and Suspiria (1977): Remastered
