ON THE BIG SCREEN
ADVENTURE THRILLS
F1
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Car-racing enthusiasts rejoice! This latest tale of drivers risking all to take home the ultimate driving prize is filled with actual racing footage, shot during the Formula One British Grand Prix race. Brad Pitt and Damson Idris join forces as the old veteran and the young hotshot, both driving for the team owned by Javier Bardem, but fans will also recognize Lewis Hamilton, the legendary seven-time world champion of F1 racing. He and Brad Pitt came up with the plan for this action flick, and both produced the film, which explores how getting older affects even the best of us, but especially those driving F1 race cars at speeds well over 200 mph.
FROM THE WORLD OF JOHN WICK: BALLERINA
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Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane and Lance Riddick (in his last role) are all back in this John Wick spinoff that actually centers around the Ballerina, a Ruska Roma assassin played by Ana de Armas. She’s out to revenge her father’s death as she navigates the assassin’s underworld we all know (and love) from the four eye-popping John Wick flicks that preceded this launch of a new heroine in the franchise’s unique universe. Directed by Len Wiseman (Underworld) and also starring Anjelica Huston, Norman Reedus and Gabriel Byrne, this one’s a must-see on the big screen.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
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If Disney can make big bucks turning animated films into live-action hits, then Universal Studios wants in, which is why this new live-action adventure is going to seem pretty familiar to anyone watching movies back in 2010. That’s when the original How to Train Your Dragon won over all our hearts with gorgeous animation and a wonderful heartfelt story of a Viking boy and his misfit dragon. This one may visually feel a bit more like House of the Dragon, but the story is still one fashioned for the younger set. Mason Thames plays Hiccup and Nico Parker is Astrid; meanwhile, Gerard Butler returns as Stoick, the Viking dad he voiced first as an animated character.
COMEDIES FOR BIG AND SMALL MOVIE LOVERS
28 YEARS LATER
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It’s actually only 23 years since director Danny Boyle wowed the world with 28 Days Later, the seriously scary horror tale of an engineered virus that turned British citizens into infected creatures bent on killing those who were still human. Now he’s back (having produced 28 Weeks Later back in 2007), reteaming with writer Alex Garland to imagine how the “rage virus” has irrevocably changed the world. And it is bad, very, very bad. Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson bring the terror in this not-very-farfetched tale.
M3GAN 2.0
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If the first M3gan horror thriller made you want to throw away every robotic toy you owned in fear, then this one’s for you. She’s back, in a newer android iteration. Built once again by Gemma (Allison Williams), her slightly mad creator, in an attempt to take down the weapon known as Amelia (another powerful android). Amie Donald and Jenna Davis are back, too, teaming up to created M3gan’s body and voice, and Ivanna Sakhno joins the mayhem in embodying Amelia. A slasher flick at its heart, M3gan 2.0 is not for the squeamish.