New Movie Releases
The Last Mercenary
TV-MA
Overall: C-
Netflix: In this French action comedy, Jean-Claude Van Damme plays an aging mercenary who finds his son and sets off to save the world.
Stillwater
R
Overall: C-
In Theaters: Allison Baker was in Marseilles for a year of study abroad, but has since found herself arrested for a murder she did not commit. Her only hope is her father, Bill, who has come to France to find a way, any way, to exonerate her.
The Green Knight
R
Overall: C
In Theaters: A great green giant arrives in Arthur's court at Christmas for a challenge: He will let any of Arthur's knights strike him a mortal blow if, in one years time, that knight submits to the giant's own stroke. When Gawain takes the challenge, he is launched on a quest that will force him to confront not only terrible dangers, but himself and his chivalric worthiness.
Jungle Cruise
PG-13
Overall: B
Disney+ and Theaters: Intrepid British explorer Lily Houghton travels to the Amazon in search of a fabled tree with healing powers. Working with ship's captain Frank Wolff, she braves the dangers of the jungle and a determined German submariner.
Smelliville
PG
Overall: C
Digital on Demand: The people of Smelliville want to pave over the stinky local dump but a new family of garbage-eating creatures have just moved in.
Resort to Love
TV-14
Overall: B
Netflix: Devastated by her break up and struggling with her career, Erica begins working as a musician on an island resort. Then her ex appears with his fiancee, and Erica's has to sing at their wedding.
Blood Red Sky
TV-MA
Overall: D
Netflix: When terrorists hijack a plane they confront a terror they couldn't even imagine.
Jolt
R
Overall: D
Amazon Prime: Lindy has a hair-trigger temper and reflexes to go with it. When she loses access to the treatment that helps her control her violent outbursts, she goes all out for revenge.
Watch at Home
The Croods: A New Age
PG
Overall: A-
Digital on Demand: The Croods have found some new neighbors, a family called the Bettermans, who claim to be more highly evolved than the Croods. And you thought your neighbors were snooty.
Greenland
PG-13
Overall: B+
Digital on Demand: A colossal comet is streaking towards Earth, and fragments are doing unspeakable damage across the globe. John, his wife Allison, and son Nathan now have to make a run for safety, while the sky falls around them and society collapses.
Toys of Terror
R
Overall: D
When kids find a box of toys in a creepy attic, there's no way they can be prepared for what those toys are going to do.
Love and Monsters
PG-13
Overall: B
In Theaters: Although the rise of terrifying monsters and the apocalypse drove them apart, Joel was determined not to give up on Aimee. Now separated by an insurmountable 85 miles, every inch of which is crawling with dangerous monsters, Joel embarks on the journey of a lifetime for love.
News & Views
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