DOCTOR SLEEP
(Warner Brothers) Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyleigh Curran, Carl Lumbly, Zahn McClamon, Emily Alyn Lind, Bruce Greenwood. Directed by Mike Flanagan
Forty years after the events of The Shining, Danny Torrence is a middle-aged man on the run from his nightmares. He is drawn to a small New England town where he meets a young girl even more powerful than he; she needs his help against a group of psychic vampires who feed off of those with psychic powers. Their battle will lead them to where it all began for Danny; the Overlook Hotel.
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Genre: Horror
Now Playing: Wide Release
Rating: R (for disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity and drug use)
Jojo Rabbit
(Fox Searchlight) Roman Griffin Davis, Taika Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell. A young boy living in Nazi Germany is shocked to discover his mother hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. He will be forced to confront his blind nationalism while fending off his idiotic imaginary friend: Adolph Hitler.
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Genre: Comedy
Now Playing: AMC Altamonte Mall, AMC Disney Springs, Barnstorm Theater, Cinemark Orlando, Regal Winter Park Village
Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic content, some disturbing images, violence, and language)
Last Christmas
(Universal) Emilia Clark, Henry Golding, Emma Thompson, Michelle Yeoh. One of the most cynical women you’ll ever meet has the job of being an elf in a year-round Christmas store – talk about a bad fit. When she meets a man too good to be true, she at first resists him but his persistence and the oncoming holiday season help melt her heart.
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Genre: Romance
Now Playing: Wide Release
Rating: PG-13 (for language and sexual content)
Midway
(Lionsgate) Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Aaron Eckhart, Luke Evans. The story of the battle that proved to be the turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War II – a battle that was almost never fought.
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Genre: War
Now Playing: Wide Release
Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of war violence and related images, language and smoking)
Playing with Fire
(Paramount) John Cena, Judy Greer, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianna Hildebrand. A group of tough, no-nonsense firefighters have their lives turned upside down when they rescue three kids from a wildfire who are forced to bunk at their station with them.
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Genre: Family
Now Playing: Wide Release
Rating: PG (for rude humor, some suggestive material and mild peril)
ALSO OPENING IN ORLANDO/DAYTONA:
Acceleration
Bala
For Sama
Primal
Shapludu
Thiparaa Meesam
ALSO OPENING IN MIAMI/FT. LAUDERDALE/KEY WEST:
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By the Grace of God
Love is Blind
My Dear Liar
Santa Sangre
Thiparaa Meesam
ALSO OPENING IN TAMPA/ST. PETERSBURG/SARASOTA:
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No Safe Spaces
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ALSO OPENING IN JACKSONVILLE/ST. AUGUSTINE:
Bala
Becoming Nobody
Thiparaa Meesam
SCHEDULED FOR REVIEW:
Doctor Sleep
Jojo Rabbit
Last Christmas
Midway
Playing with Fire
FILM FESTIVALS TAKING PLACE IN FLORIDA:
Central Florida Jewish Film Festival, Maitland FL
Cinema Venezuela, Miami FL
Florida Surf Film Festival, New Smyrna Beach FL
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Fort Lauderdale FL
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