Directed by Stephen Chbosky, Dear Evan Hansen follows Evan, played by Ben Platt, who reprises his Tony-winning performance as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age.
The show’s Tony winner Steven Levenson wrote for the screen the film with music and lyrics by the show’s Oscar, Grammy and Tony-winning songwriting team of Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, who gave us(La La Land and The Greatest Showman.
If you saw the Tony-winning Broadway hit, you know these Grammy-winning songs. Included is the iconic anthem “You Will Be Found,” “Waving Through a Window,” “For Forever,” and “Words Fail.” The rest of the cast is astounding, including Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Colton Ryan, Nik Dodani, DeMarius Copes and Danny Pino.
Fortunately, Marc Platt of La La Land, Into the Woods and Mary Poppins Returns is the producer.
Story by James Wan, screenplay written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and directed by Michael Chaves, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It reveals a chilling tale of terror. Based on a true story, the film follows real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. They witness a murder and unknown evil that shocked even the Warrens.
One of the most sensational cases from their files starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
James Wan directed The Conjuring 2, where the Warrens investigated a paranormal situation in London. So, it appears they haven’t retired yet.
Henry Golding plays Snake Eyes in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins from Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Skydance.
Directed by Robert Schwentke, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins follows actor Henry Golding as Snake Eyes. He’s a tenacious loner who becomes part of an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir. Upon arrival in Japan, the Arashikage teaches Snake Eyes the ways of the ninja warrior while also providing something he’s been longing for — a home.
But, as secrets from his past become revealed, Snake Eyes’ honor and allegiance become tested — even if that means losing the trust of those closest to him.
Based on the iconic G.I. Joe character, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, Evan Spiliotopoulos wrote the screenplay. His credits include Beauty and the Beast, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, and recently The Unholy, which he also directed.
Snake Eyes also stars Andrew Koji as Storm Shadow, Úrsula Corberó as The Baroness, Samara Weaving as Scarlett, Haruka Abe as Akiko, Takehiro Hira as Kenta and Iko Uwais as Hard Master.
Directed by Michael Gracey, P!nk: All I Know So Far, join award-winning musician P!NK as she embarks on her record-breaking 2019 “Beautiful Trauma” world tour. See her welcome audiences to join her chosen family while trying to balance being a mom, a wife, a boss and a performer.
Gracey’s mixing of footage from the road, behind-the-scenes interviews, and personal material gives power to this spectacle. Gracey is best known for The Greatest Showman, which had solid musical numbers.
The audiences get a glimpse behind the curtain of the circus that P!NK calls life.
Directed by Everardo Gout, The Forever Purge is a continuation of the satire Purge franchise. As usual, all the rules don’t exist, as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end in this movie.
As Blumhouse’s infamous terror franchise hurtles into innovative, fresh territory, members of an underground movement, no longer satisfied with one annual night of anarchy and murder, decide to overtake America through an unending campaign of mayhem and massacre. No one is safe.
Adela, played by Ana de la Reguera, and her husband Juan, played by Tenoch Huerta, live in Texas, where Juan works as a ranch hand for the wealthy Tucker family. Juan impresses the Tucker patriarch, Caleb, played by Will Patton, but that fuels the jealous anger of Caleb’s son, Dylan, played by Josh Lucas.
On the morning after The Purge, a masked gang of killers attacks the Tucker family—including Dylan’s wife, played by Cassidy Freeman, and his sister, played by Leven Rambin, forcing both families to band together. They fight back as the country spirals into chaos and the United States disintegrates around them.
Directed by Tom McCarthy, Stillwater follows Bill, played by Matt Damon, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma. He travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, played by Abigail Breslin. She’s in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit.
(L to R) Camille Cottin as “Virginie”, Matt Damon as “Bill” and Lilou Siauvaud as “Maya” in director Tom McCarthy’s STILLWATER, a Focus Features release. Credit Jessica Forde / Focus Features
Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his mission to clear his daughter of any alleged wrongdoing.
McCarthy won an Oscar for Spotlight. Stillwater seems just as powerful and suspenseful. With a father dealing with his estranged daughter imprisoned in Marseille for a murder she insists she did not commit, unemployed oil-rig worker Bill Baker, her father, visits deliver supplies and news. But when Allison presents her father with a new lead, he takes matters into his own hands and attempts to exonerate his daughter. Confronted with a foreign land he does not understand nor belong in, and Bill struggles in his mission until he meets a local woman and her young daughter who help him uncover the truth and, along the way, discover a life that he thought was beyond his grasp.
Actor Matt Damon (left) and director Tom McCarthy (right) on the set of STILLWATER, a Focus Features release.
Credit Jessica Forde / Focus Features
“I began working on Stillwater about ten years ago. I set out with the intention to make a thriller set in a European port city. I was inspired by a number of Mediterranean Noir writers like Andrea Camilleri, Massimo Carlotto, and Jean-Claude Izzo, whose brilliant Marseille Trilogy led me to the French city. One visit to Marseille and I knew that I found my port. The layers and textures of the city were undeniably cinematic, and the confluence of cultures and the pace of the seaside metropolis felt like the perfect canvas for the film.”
As he combs the streets of Marseille, searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack, Bill finds himself on an unexpected path, growing ever closer to Virginie and Maya. It’s a journey of self-discovery and liberation from a life that long seemed preordained. Yet when his need to prove his daughter’s innocence collides with his commitment to Virginie and Maya, with only tough choices left that not only threaten to destroy his new life but also his last shot at redemption.
Directed by Martin Campbell, The Protege follows Anna, played by Maggie Q, rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody, played by Samuel L. Jackson, and trained in the family business. Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer.
But when Moody — the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival — someone brutally kills him, Anna vows revenge.
As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer, played by Michael Keaton, whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly, and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves even tighter.
The film has strong and bloody violence, language, some sexual references, and brief nudity with an R rating.
Michael Keaton as Rembrandt in The Protege. Photo Credit: Simon Varsano/Lionsgate
Campbell brought us 007’s Casino Royale, resurrecting the franchise. Also staring is Robert Patrick, known best for The Terminator franchise.
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Directed by Michael Lembeck, Queen Bees follows fiercely independent senior Helen, played by Ellen Burstyn. While her house undergoes repairs, she moves into a nearby retirement community ― just temporarily.
Once behind Pine Grove Senior Community doors, she encounters lusty widows, played by Anna Margaret, Loretta Devine and Jane Curtin. Their cutthroat bridge tournaments and a hotbed of bullying “mean girls,” the likes of which she hasn’t experienced since high school, all of which leave her yearning for the solitude of home.
But somewhere between flower arranging and water aerobics, Helen discovers that it’s never too late to make new friends and perhaps even find new love, played by James Caan.
The rest of the cast includes Christopher Lloyd, Elizabeth Mitchell, Matthew Barnes, French Stewart and Alec Mapa.
CHRIS PRATT, EDWIN HODGE, and SAM RICHARDSON stars in THE TOMORROW WAR
Written by Zach Dean and directed by Chris McKay, The Tomorrow War begins with a world in shock when a group of time travelers arrives from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future, humanity is losing a global war against a deadly alien species.
KEITH POWERS and YVONNE STRAHOVSKI stars in THE TOMORROW WAR
Their only hope for survival is soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight.
Among those recruited is a high school teacher and family man, Dan Forester, played by Chris Pratt. Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist, played by Yvonne Strahovski, and his estranged father, played by J. K. Simmons, in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.
