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When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand. **1/2 Stars Ip Man 3 Director: Wilson Yip Screenplay by: Tai-Li Chan, Lai-yin Leung, Edmond Wong Starring: Donnie Yen, Mike Tyson, Lynn Hung, Maz Zhang, Kent Cheng Rated PG-13 for sequences of martial arts violence and brief strong language Running Time: 1 hour 45 minutes Rating Scale: ***** = Outstanding ****1/2 = Excellent **** = V

Unaware of an impending alien attack, four bumbling losers inadvertently intercept the one weapon that could save all of humanity. When they each take a part of the weapon they soon find themselves being forced to become the defends of planet Earth. ** Stars Lazer Team Director: Matt Hullum Screenplay by: Burnie Burns, Chris Demarais, Josh Flanagan, Matt Hullum Story by Burnie Burns Starring: Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, Michael Jones, Colton Dunn, Allie DeBerry Rated PG-13 fo

In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the coast of Cape Cod and literally ripping it in half. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel. **1/2 Stars The Finest Hours Director: Craig Gillespie Screenplay by: Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy & Eric

Greta is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family's 8-year-old is a life-sized doll that the parents care for just like a real boy, as a way to cope with the death of their actual son 20 years prior. After violating a list of strict rules, a series of disturbing and inexplicable events bring Greta's worst nightmare to life, leading her to believe that the doll is actually alive. *1/2 Stars The Boy (2016) D

THE X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE Director: Rob Bowman Screenplay: Chris Carter Story: Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Mitch Pileggi, John Neville, William B. Davis, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Terry O'Quinn, Blythe Danner Rated PG-13 for some intense violence and gore Running Time: 2 hours 1 minute Released: June 19, 1998 ***1/2 out of ***** Photo: 20th Century Fox FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully find themselves one step

THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE Director: Chris Carter Screenplay by: Chris Carter & Frank Spotnitz Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing content and thematic material Running Time: 1 hour 44 minutes Released: July 25, 2008 **** Stars Photo: 20th Century Fox Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visi

As an American ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya, a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos. **** Stars 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Director: Michael Bay Screenplay by: Chuck Hogan based on the book by Mitchell Zuckoff Starring: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, David Denman, Dominic Fumusa, Max Martini Rated R for strong combat violence throughout, bloody images, and language Running Time: 2 hour

YELLOW SUBMARINE Director: George Dunning Original Story: Lee Minoff based upon a song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney Screenplay: Lee Minoff and Al Brodax & Jack Mendelsohn and Erich Segal Starring: Paul Angelis, John Clive, Dick Emery, Geoffrey Hughes, Lance Percival, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr Rated G Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Released: November 13, 1968 ***1/2 out of ***** Photo: Apple Films The Beatles embark on a magical and musica

THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972) Director: Ronald Neame Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant and Wendell Mayes based upon the novel be Paul Gallico Starring: Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters, Stella Stevens, Red Buttons, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Roddy McDowall, Carol Lynley Rated PG Running Time: 1 hour 57 minutes Released: December 13, 1972 **** out of ***** Photo: 20th Century Fox In Ronald Neame's THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, survivors of the capsized S.S. Posei

THE ABYSS Director: James Cameron Screenplay: James Cameron Starring: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Kimberly Scott, Todd Graff Rated PG-13 for language and some scenes of action Running Time: 2 hours 25 minutes (Theatrical Cut) 2 hours 51 minutes (Special Edition) Release Date: August 9, 1989 ***** out of ***** Photo: 20th Century Fox The crew of deep-sea drilling rig encounter something inexplicable at the bottom of the sea in THE ABYS