REEL ROUNDUP for week of May 2nd
Opening This Week – May 6
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Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Directors: Anthony Russo | Joe RussoStars: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan |
147 min – Action
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A Bigger Splash (2015) – [Limited]
Stars:Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson |
124 min – Crime
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Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) – [Limited]
Pele’s meteoric rise from the slums of Sao Paulo to leading to Brazil to its first World Cup victory at the age of 17 is chronicled in this biographical drama.
Directors: Jeff Zimbalist | Michael ZimbalistStars: Vincent D’Onofrio, Rodrigo Santoro, Diego Boneta, Seu Jorge |
107 min – Biography
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Two crooks with a fondness for old Hollywood B-movies convince a languages student to help them commit a robbery.
Director: Jean-Luc GodardStars: Anna Karina, Claude Brasseur, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn |
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Dark Horse (2015) – [Limited]
An inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men’s club who decide to take on the elite ‘sport of kings’ and breed themselves a racehorse
Director: Louise Osmond |
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Being Charlie (2015) – [Limited]97 min – Drama | Romance Charlie is a troublesome 18-year-old who breaks out of a youth drug treatment clinic, but when he returns home to Los Angeles, he’s given an intervention by his parents and forced to go to an adult rehab. There, he meets a beautiful but troubled girl, Eva, and is forced to battle with drugs, elusive love and divided parents.
Director: Rob ReinerStars: Nick Robinson, Common, Cary Elwes, Devon Bostick |
Carla Renata
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