CRC Reel Roundup for week ending December 18th
Opening This Week – December 18
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas and set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983).
Director: J.J. AbramsStars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson |
135 min – Action
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Sisters (2015)
Two sisters decide to throw one last house party before their parents sell their family home.
Director: Jason MooreStars: Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz |
118 min – Comedy
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in Miami…and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother.
Director: Walt BeckerStars Jason Lee, Jesica Ahlberg, Josh Green, Tony Hale |
86 min – Animation
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Son of Saul (2015) – [Limited]
In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.
Director: László NemesStars: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont |
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The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (2015) – [Limited]93 min – Thriller A secretary steals her boss’ car to go joyriding. She visits a seaside town she swears she’s never been to, but everyone knows her name. And when a body turns up in the trunk of the car, she is the lead suspect in a murder she knows nothing about. Is she going crazy?
Director: Joann SfarStars: Freya Mavor, Benjamin Biolay, Elio Germano, Stacy Martin |
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Noma My Perfect Storm (2015) – [Limited]100 min – Documentary After winning a Best Restaurant In The World award in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014, chef Rene Redzepi discusses his Copenhagen restaurant Noma and how his culinary philosophy has shaped its success.
Director: Pierre DeschampsStars: Rene Redzepi |
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Extraction (2015) – [Limited]
A former CIA operative is kidnapped by a group of terrorists. When his son learns there is no plan for his father to be saved, he launches his own rescue operation.
Director: Steven C. MillerStars: Bruce Willis, Kellan Lutz, Gina Carano, D.B. Sweeney |
Carla Renata
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