Lisa Frankenstein 80s classic

Lisa Frankenstein

A fresh spin on the campy monster comedy that fully embraces the absurdities of its source material, Lisa Frankenstein subverts familiar tropes and charts its own imaginative path, ultimately moving the genre forward.

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Einstein and the Bomb

At 54, Albert Einstein was a wanted man in Nazi Germany and one of the most recognizable scientists in the world. As we learn in this riveting docudrama, pamphlets were distributed claiming that ‘Jews Are Watching You,’ and accusing Einstein of producing “lying atrocity propaganda against Adolf Hitler.” Under his picture it said: “Not yet

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This is Me…Now: A Love Story

The hype behind all things Bennifer might make this autobiographical musical a tough sell, but it is not what it seems. A visually surreal production, it weaves in everything from a sex addiction intervention to Derek Hough and ballroom dancing to a Neil DeGrasse Tyson voiceover (“You must respect the ebb and flow of the

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Sports and one night stands

Players

A New York sportswriter Mack (Gina Rodriguez) and her male BFF Adam (Damon Wayans Jr.) have been plotting one night stand “plays” for years. Until, you guessed it, Mack catches feelings for her latest “score.” Intended as a date night romcom the sports loving guys-guys will embrace, reviews are decidedly mixed.  On one end, “It’s

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Hollywood comedy from France

The Crime is Mine

A murder accusation can be just the ticket for a struggling young actress seeking fame and glory in 1930s Paris. That’s the premise of this farcical French comedy that’s a hit with critics despite its broader humor and theatrics. It”s clever in a way that will resonate today, but decorated in nostalgic French form.  From

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Upgraded

An overworked intern pretends to be her fearmongering auction house boss, sending her into a swirl of London-set glamour and romance in this just-in-time for Valentine’s Day romcom.  Camila Mendes, Marisa Tomei, Lena Olin and Archie Renaux star.

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Suncoast

As her mother disappears into caring for her sick brother, a high school girl befriends an eccentric activist and tries to make the most of her teenage life around the edges of sadness in this Searchlight Pictures comedy-drama starring Nico Parker (The Last of Us), Laura Linney and Woody Harrelson. The semi autobiographical story is

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They Called Him Mostly Harmless

An addictive true crime documentary that peels back the layers of the well publicized mystery of a hiker whose body was found in a tent by a Florida highway with no identification.  A far flung community of internet sleuths and fellow hikers – many who had met him – band together to figure out why

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The End We Start From

An environmental crisis submerges London in flood waters as a woman (Jodie Comer) and her newborn try and find their way home in this timely, adrenaline-pumping disaster drama that also stars Benedict Cumberbatch.  Ages 14+.  Based on the acclaimed novel. “…down-to-earth, beautifully conceived and thoughtful, a shrewd piece of filmmaking in support of the story’s

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