Reel Roundup for week of April 24th
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Keanu (2016)
Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen kitten by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.
Director: Peter AtencioStars: Keegan-Michael Key, Will Forte, Nia Long, Luis Guzmán |
98 min – Comedy
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Mother’s Day (2016)
Intersecting stories with different moms collide on Mother’s Day.
Director: Garry MarshallStars: Britt Robertson, Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Timothy Olyphant |
118 min – Comedy
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Ratchet and Clank (2016)
When the galaxy comes under the threat of a nefarious space captain, a mechanic and his newfound robot ally join an elite squad of combatants to save the universe.
Directors: Kevin Munroe | Jericca ClelandStars: James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Jim Ward, Rosario Dawson |
94 min – Animation
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A Beautiful Planet (2016)
An exploration of Earth and beyond as seen from outer space.
Director:Toni Myers Stars: Jennifer Lawrence |
Documentary
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Viva (2015)
When everything is for sale, what’s the value of love? Jesus does make up for a troupe of drag performers in Havana, but dreams of being a performer. When he finally gets his chance to be on stage, a stranger emerges from the crowd and punches him in the face. The stranger is his father Angel, a former boxer, who has been absent from his life for 15 years. As father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, Viva becomes a love story as the men struggle to understand one another and become a family again.
Director: Paddy BreathnachStars: Héctor Medina, Jorge Perugorría, Luis Alberto García, Renata Maikel Machin Blanco |
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The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
Director: Matt BrownStars: Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Toby Jones, Stephen Fry |
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Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015)
In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.
Director: Bob YariStars: Minka Kelly, Giovanni Ribisi, Joely Richardson, James Remar |
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