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Reviewers: Bob Grimm, Juan-Carlos tion. Here, Furious franchise regulars Hobbs () and Shaw (Jason Statham) Selznick and Neesa Sonoquie. are tasked with protecting the latter’s sister, Hattie (Vanessa Kirby), after she injects her- self with something that will have worldwide Opening this week consequences if she’s captured. The main antagonist is Brixton (), a former 3A fter the Wedding Shaw ally who has turned into some sort See review this issue. Pageant Theatre. of bionic badass dubbed, by himself, “Black Rated PG-13 —J.C.S. Superman.” Stuntman-turned-director David Leitch, who gave us the firstJohn Wick and Bennett’s War Deadpool 2, knows his way around an action An American soldier is medically discharged scene, and his edits create constant action from combat after he breaks his back during and laughs—thanks in large part to Johnson an IED explosion while serving in an Army and Statham’s great timing and onscreen Motorcycle Unit. When he returns home, he chemistry. And while it’s expected that the needs to support his family, so—say it with tough-guy leads will kick ass in movies such us—“against all odds” he rehabs and trains as this, it’s Kirby who steals the show as the to become a pro motocross rider. Feather action hero of this installment. She is a total River Cinemas. Rated PG-13. badass. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —B.G. Good Boys Reopening Three sixth-grade boys embark on an epic, R-rated coming-of-age odyssey. Cinemark this week 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

It The Lion King pported 4 In this 2017 adaptation of Stephen Jon Favreau (Elf, Iron Man) directs this King’s novel, the core story remains the photorealistic CGI remake of the 1994 Disney same: Children in Derry, Maine, have been animated classic that features an impres- disappearing for many years. The film starts sive cast of voice actors, including Chiwetel with the sad case of Georgie (Jackson Robert Ejiofor, Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Scott), a little boy in a yellow rain slicker who John Oliver and, naturally, James Earl Jones follows his paper boat to the sewer drain as Mufasa. Cinemark 14. Rated PG. and makes an unfortunate acquaintance. That would be Pennywise, the dancing, sewer-dwelling, evil clown, played as a most 5Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood savage beast by Bill Skarsgard. The kids are When Quentin Tarantino is behind the great. The standout is as Beverly camera, mayhem and artistic license win Marsh, and will break out—history and conventionality be damned. your heart as Ben Hanscom, the chubby kid Movie No. 9 is a dreamy doozy, and maybe the who has a crush on Bev. Their first meeting director/screenwriter’s most unapologetic is one of the best scenes in the film. Director film yet. Set in 1969,Once Upon a Time in … Hol- Andy Muschietti scores some big scares, es- lywood captures the dying days of both sixties pecially during a slideshow gone very wrong, culture and the Golden Age of Hollywood. And and a meeting between the Denbrough through Tarantino’s storytelling lens, they brothers in the family basement: “You’ll die hard—in mysterious and hallucinogenic float, too!” Cinemark 14. Rated R —B.G. ways. For leading men, we get the pairing of Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt starring as Spider-Man: Far From Home insecure, has-been actor Rick Dalton and his A re-release (with four extra minutes trusty stuntman, Cliff Booth, respectively. of footage) of the sequel to Spider-Man: Dalton’s career has devolved into playing the Homecoming picks up after the events of bad guys on weekly installments of TV’s The : Endgame, and finds Peter Parker/ F.B.I., while the blackballed and past-his-prime Donate to ’s Independent Journalism Fund Spider-Man recruited by Nick Fury to battle Booth is relegated to driving the actor around new threats to the world. Cinemark 14, and acting as his confidant. The setup allows Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13. Tarantino to go hog wild with the sixties visuals and soundtrack. The end of the sixties was Show your support at www.independentjournalismfund.org bona fide nuts, and this is a nutty movie. It Now playing also manages to be quite heartfelt and moving. Cinemark 14. Rated R —B.G. 47 Meters Down: Uncaged Teen girls diving among Mexican ruins on Overcomer holiday find themselves stranded in shark- A Christian-based film about a high-school infested waters. Cinemark 14, Feather River basketball coach who faces a crisis of faith Cinemas. Rated PG-13. and a new challenge as a mentor for an unlikely cross-country athlete. Cinemark 14. Angel Has Fallen Rated PG. Gerard Butler and return for this third Fallen film (followingOlympus The Peanut Butter Falcon Has Fallen and London Has Fallen), with the The story of teen boy with Down syndrome former as a Secret Service agent now on the (Zack Gottsagen) who runs away and sets off run after being framed for an assassina- on a journey to a wrestling camp to realize tion attempt on the latter (now playing the his dream of becoming a pro wrestler. Also U.S. president). Cinemark 14, Feather River starring Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson and Cinemas. Rated R. Bruce Dern. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13. The Angry Birds Movie 2 It’s angry birds vs. green pigs in installment Ready or Not two of the video game-turned-animated-film A black comedy/thriller about a wedding series. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. night that takes a deadly turn when the Rated PG. groom’s family introduces the new couple to a messed up version of hide-and-seek. Dora and the Lost City of Gold Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R. A live-action adaptation of the popular Nickelodeon animated series about the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark adventure-loving 7-year-old, Dora, and her Alvin Schwartz’s 1980s series of children’s monkey pal, Boots. Cinemark 14. Rated PG. scary short stories gets the cinematic hor- ror treatment. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG. Fast & Furious Presents: 3Hobbs & Shaw Toy Story 4 Hobbs & Shaw is actually a spinoff from the The whole computer-animated gang is series. In other words, rejoice! The leaden, back—including Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz dreary Vin Diesel is nowhere to be seen in this Lightyear (Tim Allen) and Bo Peep (Annie movie. Now we can have some real fun! Hobbs Potts)—for a new adventure with a new & Shaw is a bizarre hybrid of spy thriller, ac- homemade toy pal named Forky. Cinemark tion flick, screwball comedy and science fic- 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated G.

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