Casey and his girlfriend Juliette are caught up in a seriously bad situation in the thriller COLLIDE. In desperate need of money, Casey (Nicholas Hoult) agrees to help a local drug dealer (Sir Ben Kingsley) steal a drug shipment from the most notorious dealer in the country (Anthony Hopkins). Things don't go as planned. *1/2 out of ***** COLLIDE Director: Eran Creevy Screenplay: F. Scott Frazier and Eran Creevy Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Felicty Jones, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Ben Kingsley Rated PG-13 for violence, frenetic action, some sexuality, language, and drug material Running Time: 1 hour 39 minutes Rating Scale: ***** = Outstanding ****1/2 = Excellent **** = Very Good ***1/2
Rose and Chris have a moment of levity before he meets her parents in the thriller GET OUT. Now that Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) and his girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams), have reached the meet-the-parents milestone of dating, she invites him for a weekend getaway upstate with Missy and Dean. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined. *** out of ***** GET OUT Director: Jordan Peele Screenplay: Jordan Peele Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener
Photo: Warner Bros. Batman returns in his first solo adventure in THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE. There are big changes brewing in Gotham, but if Batman wants to save the city from the Joker's hostile takeover, he may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up. **** out of ***** THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Director: Chris McKay Screenplay: Seth Grahame-Smith and Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers and Jared Stern & John Whittington Starring: Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Zach Galifianakis, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Siri Rated PG for rude humor and some action Running Time: 1 hour 44 minutes Rating Scale: ***** = Outstanding ****1/2 = Excellent
John Wick (Keanu Reeves) reloads during an intense gun battle in JOHN WICK CHAPTER 2. Legendary hitman John Wick is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome where he squares off against some of the world's deadliest killers. **** out of ***** JOHN WICK - CHAPTER 2 Director: Chad Stahelski Screenplay: Derek Kolstad Starring: Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, John Leguizamo, Ruby Rose, Common Rated R for strong violence throughout, some language and brief nudity. Running Time: 2 hours 2 minutes Rating Scale: ***** = Outstanding ****1/2 = Exc
Photo: Paramount Pictures (L-R) Julia, Gabriel and Holt take a closer look at the infamous killer video in RINGS. A young woman becomes worried about her boyfriend when he explores a dark subculture surrounding a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days after he has viewed it. She sacrifices herself to save her boyfriend and in doing so makes a horrifying discovery: there is a movie within the movie that no one has ever seen before. **1/2 out of ***** RINGS Director: F. Javier Gutiérrez Screenplay: David Loucka and Jacob Estes and Akiva Goldsman. Based on the novel 'The Ring' by Kôji Suzuki Starring: Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Vincent D'Onofrio, Bonnie Morgan
