New Movies In Theaters
The LEGO Ninjago Movie
PG
Overall: B
Lego animation brings to life Ninjas in training: Lloyd, Jay, Kai, Cole, Zane and Nya (voices of Dave Franco, Kumail Nanjiani, Michael Peña, Fred Armisen, Zach Woods and Abbi Jacobson). These 5 teens are trying to save the city of Ninjago from destruction by the evil Garmadon (voice of Justin Theroux) -- who also happens to be Lloyd's father.
In this second film, the Kingsman headquarters is attacked. Now Eggsy (Taron Egerton) and Merlin (Mark Strong) must join forces with the elite American Statesman agency if they hope to stop the culprits.
Stronger R
Based on a true story, Stronger follows the life of Jeff Bauman (played by Jake Gyllenhaal), who was a victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Yet with help from friends and family, he finds reason to hope in the face of great tragedy.
Victoria & Abdul PG-13
In her later years, Queen Victoria (played by Judi Dench) became very friendly and motherly with Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young man sent from India to serve in the royal household. This movie dramatizes their relationship and the kerffuffle caused by the monarch's preferential treatment of the dark-skinned foreigner.
Battle of the Sexes PG-13
In 1973, the former male tennis star Bobby Riggs challenged the number one female tennis champion Billie Jean King to a match, to prove which gender was the best. This well-publicized game is dramatized in this movie, with Steve Carell playing Riggs, and Emma Stone in the role of King.
The simple act of denying a friend request from a little-known classmate makes Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey) the enemy of this casual acquaintance with murderous intentions.
Brad Sloan (Ben Stiller) takes his son (Austin Abrams) on a tour of colleges the 18-year-old could possibly attend next year. The trip causes the father to reflect on his own life, questioning his past choices and regretting his present status. Although he is supposed to be thinking about the boy's future, he can't help also pondering his own.
mother! R
A couple, who are only know as Him and mother (Javier Bardem and Jennifer Lawrence), find their sense of peace and safety shaken after the arrival of some unexpected company at their country home.
New Movies on DVD
Wonder Woman
PG-13
Overall: B+
Leaving her sheltered home in the Amazon, Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) discovers a wider world in need of a hero -- and that is when Wonder Woman is born.
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
PG
Overall: B
After Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) experiences a strange, close encounter (of a third kind) with an UFO, he is left with an oddly burned face and an unexplainable obsession for a peculiar shape.
Cultural expectations and differences are a big problem for Kumail (Kumail Nanjiani), a Muslim man born in Pakistan, and Emily (Zoe Kazan), a Caucasian, American woman. Their affair remains a secret until Emily becomes seriously sick and Kumail meets her parents (Ray Romano, Holly Hunter) in the hospital waiting room.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
PG
Overall: B
If you can't say anything nice about your school principal (voice of Ed Helms) -- hypnotize him! Or at least that is what two creative kids do (voiced by Kevin Hart and Thomas Middleditch). Then they turn him into a comedic superhero, and call him Captain Underpants.
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