ON THE BIG SCREEN

EXCITEMENT GALORE
BLACKLIGHT
PG-13
Liam Neeson, Hollywood’s resident senior-citizen tough guy, hits the big screen as a US secret agent, a grandfather with a violent past who gets drawn into a web of deceit created by others in the federal government. Explosions, gunplay, and more action fill this dark story created by screenwriter Nick May, who was once an attorney in the Justice Department. But, of course, we’re hoping this plot is only a figment of his imagination!

MOONFALL
PG-13
Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) continues his sci-fi obsession with Moonfall, starring Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, and John Bradley. They set out to save the earth from certain destruction. It’s a common theme in movies these days (like the brilliant Don’t Look Up); this time, it’s the moon that has been knocked out of orbit and threatens life as we know it. Will the world survive?

THE OUTFIT
Not yet rated
Oscar-winning screenwriter Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) takes on directing duty in this thriller starring fellow Oscar winner Mark Rylance. It’s a cat-and-mouse tale of a Chicago bespoke tailor who finds himself mixed up in the murderous affairs of the gangsters he clothes. Zoey Deutch and Dylan O’Brien co-star.

UNCHARTED
Not yet rated
This movie-take on the popular video game series stars two equally famous stars, Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, as Drake and Sully, adventurers searching for a legendary treasure. Packed with lots of exciting sequences and co-starring Antonio Banderas and Sophia Ali, this one’s been trying to come to life for more than ten years.

MAYHEM AND MURDER
DEATH ON THE NILE
PG-13
Kenneth Branagh returns to star as Hercule Poirot (he directs, too) in this murder mystery, his second outing as Agatha Christie’s Belgian super-sleuth. He’s got an all-star cast joining him on this Nile cruise, including Gal Gadot, Annette Bening, Russell Brand, Sophie Okonedo, and our favorite British duo, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Disgraced actor Armie Hammer appears in what is likely his last movie ever after allegations surfaced regarding his cannibalism and sexual fetish practices with unwilling women.

STUDIO 666
R
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and the rest of the band star in this horror flick based on a story by Grohl, as they are all trapped in a haunted house in Encino. They’ve recruited Will Forte, Whitney Cummings, Jeff Garlin, and Jenna Ortega to join them in this gore-filled thriller. Discover if the boys in the band can act in this campy flick.

ROMANTIC INTERLUDES
MARRY ME
PG-13
Jennifer Lopez joins up with Colombian singing sensation Maluma in this pop-star romantic comedy about two top singers whose impending on-stage nuptials are scuttled when she discovers his cheatin’ heart. On a slightly bonkers whim, she decides to marry a man in the crowd (Owen Wilson), and hijinks ensue. Jimmy Fallon and Sarah Silverman also star in this unlikely comedy.

MOTHERING SUNDAY
R
Set in post-World War I England, this intense drama is packed with lust, sex, and unrequited love, just for starters. Secrets and lies fold in, too, in a time-shifting tale from Booker Prize-winning author Graham Swift that features Glenda Jackson, Colin Firth, Olivia Colman, Odessa Young, and Josh O’Connor