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The Farmer’s Daughter (1947)
"The Farmer's Daughter" is a comedy film about an energetic Swedish-American farm girl who moves to the big city to become a nurse. She falls on hard times and takes on a job as a maid for a Congressman, and eventually goes into politics herself. [..]
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Scarlett Johansson plays a severely damaged cyborg soldier whose brain is transplanted into another body in the science fiction movie "Ghost in the Shell." The heavy drama commences when she realizes that she was kidnapped and her memories altered. Director Rupert [..]
Daddy’s Home 2 (2017)
More blended family troubles occur when the two wildly different grandfathers arrive for Christmas in "Daddy's Home 2." Director Sean Anders ("Daddy's Home" 2015) keeps the storyline on an even keel generating laughs similar to the way he did in the original film from the screenplay he co-wrote [..]
Wonder Woman (2017)
Gal Gadot stars as "Wonder Woman," which tells her back story as Princess Diana of the hidden island nation of Themyscira, who leaves to help end World War I. Director Patty Jenkins ("Monster" 2003) and screenwriter Allan Heinberg have put together an entertaining action-adventure film centered around Gadot's [..]
Justice League (2017)
Numerous superheroes band together to save the world from a diabolical villain named Steppenwolf in "Justice League." Although the screenplay by Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon is not the best ever written, it does provide enough action and adventure to hold the audience's collective attention for the 120 [..]
Apollo 13 (1995)
"Apollo 13" is a docudrama depicting NASA's 1970 lunar mission which was aborted due to an oxygen tank explosion, crippling the spacecraft. The trip to the moon was canceled, and the three astronauts battled extreme conditions just to return to the earth. Director Ron Howard ("Splash" 1984) put [..]
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (2017)
"The Resurrection of Gavin Stone" is a faith-based comedy-drama movie telling the story of a former child star whose partying ways catch up to him and he is sentenced to do 200 hours of community service at a Chicago-area megachurch. Things get complicated when out-of-work Gavin discovers that [..]
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Charlize Theron and director David Leitch have turned out a first-class spy thriller movie "Atomic Blonde." Theron plays a spy desperately trying to find a list of double agents before it gets into the hands of Soviet agents on the eve of the collapse of the [..]
All Saints (2017)
"All Saints" is the true story of a small Episcopal church in Tennessee scheduled to close when some new members from the Karen people of Myanmar in south Asia breath new life into the fellowship. Producer-director Steve Gomer ("Barney's Great Adventure" 1998) and screenwriter Steve [..]
Downsizing (2017)
"Downsizing" is a comedy-drama science fiction film about a couple who decide to undergo a new popular procedure to shrink themselves to five inches tall in order to save money and to live in a luxury community. However, complications arise when the wife backs out just [..]