Film director Mel Gibson returns in good graces to bring a war movie for the ages, perhaps a film response to his “We Were Soldiers,” while Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel, and Justin Timberlake bring Trolls to life with their beautiful music and voices in a family classic.
There are two documentaries that the cerebral movie goes will enjoy, while the artistic enthusiasts will love ‘Doctor Strange’ a film of great color and cinematic power.
Enjoy the movies this weekend – I always do!
Loving (2016)
(PG-13) 123 min – Biography
Director: Jeff Nichols
Stars: Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton, Dean Mumford
Can you imagine what it must have been like to be arrested to marrying a person of a different color? That what our world was like in the late 50s, so glad we’ve come a long way since then. A loving interracial couple are arrested and sentenced to prison in Virginia for tying the knot. This documentary will open your eyes to the real America. [watch trailer
Doctor Strange (2016)
(PG-13) 115 min – Action | Adventure
Director: Scott Derrickson
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong
A famous and wealthy neurosurgeon that leaves the profession is pulled into the world of the mystic arts, realizing that he’s living in a world he’s never seen. [watch trailer
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
(R) 131 min – Drama
Director: Mel Gibson
Stars: Teresa Palmer, Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington
In WWI, Alvin York from Tennessee refused to take a life in battle, his story inspiring an entire generation. In WWII, Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, fighting at the Battle of Okinawa, also refuses to take a life. What he does however, is save a life; many, many lives without firing a shot. See the Mel Gibson film that reminds us what a conscientious objector must endure to stay true to his beliefs. [watch trailer]
Peter and the Farm (2016)
(NR) 91 min – Documentary
Director: Tony Stone
Stars: Peter Dunning
Peter Dunning is the owner of ‘Mile Hill Farm,’ a 187 acre plot in Vermon. More than crops turn over as this documentary chronicles three wives and four children, and the harshest winters of his life. The land can ruin a man; a man must find his land. [watch trailer]
The Eagle Huntress (2016)
(G) 87 min – Family
Director: Otto Bell
Stars: Daisy Ridley, Aisholpan
In a real life world unbeknownst to most of mankind, this film follows the journey of an Aisholpan 13-year-old girl who trains to be the first female in her Kazakh family to hunt the Eagle. [watch trailer]
Trolls (2016)
(PG) 92 min – Animation
Directors: Mike Mitchell | Walt Dohrn
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Timberlake, Christine Baranski
A troll princess seeds happiness in the troubled world of her land – think Disney meets singer Justin Timberlake and voice actor Anna Kendrick. This is a movie the whole family will enjoy. [watch trailer]
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