New Releases for the Week of November 8, 2019

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:

Bala
By the Grace of God
Love is Blind
My Dear Liar
Santa Sangre
Thiparaa Meesam

ALSO OPENING IN TAMPA/ST. PETERSBURG/SARASOTA:

Bala
No Safe Spaces
Thiparaa Meesam

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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Pick of the Litter – October 2019

BLOCKBUSTER OF THE MONTH

Joker

(Warner Brothers) Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Marc Maron, Zazie Beetz. Before he became the arch-nemesis of the Batman, Joker was Arthur Fleck, a man overlooked by society who followed a path to villainy and madness. The movie is the first “standalone” DC film, not a part of their Extended Universe. October 4

INDEPENDENT PICKS

Lucy in the Sky

(Fox Searchlight) Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens. An astronaut returns home after a transcendent experience during a mission in space only to find that the world is no long enough for her. October 4

Pain and Glory

(Sony Classics) Antonio Banderas, Penelope Cruz, Asier Exteandia, Julieta Serrano. A world-renowned film director reflects on his life and the choices he’s made as both his past and present are crashing down around him. This newest film by Spanish legend Pedro Almodovar was a sensation at the most recent Cannes Film Festival and has been lauded as his best work in years. October 4

Fantastic Fungi

(Self-Released) Brie Larson (narrator), Paul Stamets, Tony D. Head, Michael Pollan. Beneath our feet is the magnificent mushroom and other fungi. These organisms can feed us, expand our consciousness and have surprising medicinal value. As the film explores the enthusiasm of mycologists – scientists who study fungi – it turns out that the lowly fungus may be the key to saving the planet. October 11

Parasite

(NEON) Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jyong Jo, Woo-sik Choi. A poor Korean family latches on to a wealthy one, providing “luxury services” for them and in return receiving financial survival. When a parasitic interloper threatens the poor family’s standing, they go to war to keep their cash cow alive. This is the latest from acclaimed Korean director Joon-ho Bong. October 11

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

(Saban) Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck. The legendary stoners return after an absence of I-can’t-remember-how-many years when they hear the despicable movie made based on their comic book characters is about to be rebooted. Characters from throughout the View Askew Universe guest star. October 15

Cyrano, My Love

(Roadside Attractions) Thomas Solivėres, Olivier Gourmet, Mathilde Seigner, Tom Leeb. This French comedy follows Edmond Rostand as he struggles to write a play that will eventually become symbolic of France itself.. October 18

Jojo Rabbit

(Fox Searchlight) Roman Griffin Davis, Taika Waititi, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson. A young boy, a soldier in the army of Nazi Germany, discovers that his mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in her attic Did I mention that his imaginary friend is Adolph Hitler? October 18

The Laundromat

(Netflix) Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Sharon Stone. A recent widow, investigating insurance fraud, discovers that the money trail leads back to a pair of Panama City, Florida law partners who have been exploiting the financial system to keep their uber-wealthy clients rich while screwing the middle and lower classes. This new Steven Soderbergh film is based on true events. October 18

The Lighthouse

(A24) Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson, Valeria Karaman. Two lighthouse keepers on a remote island off the coast of New England in the 1890s make a startling discovery which leads to horrifying consequences. October 18

My Name is Dolemite

(Netflix) Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Snoop Dogg, Keegan-Michael Key. The story of Rudy Ray Moore, a legendary black comic and original rapper whose Kung Fu pimp Dolemite became a Blaxploitation film cult favorite. The movie will undergo a brief theatrical run at the beginning of the month before moving over to Netflix. October 25

Kill Team

(A24) Nat Wolff, Alexander Skarsgǻrd, Rob Morrow, Adam Long. A soldier under the command of a sadistic squad leader witnesses the murder of civilians but as his team learns that someone has informed military authorities, he becomes increasingly concerned that his own squad might just kill him. Based on the incredible true story portrayed in a documentary of the same name that played the Florida Film Festival back in 2013. October 25