Ponniyin Selvan: II

The Chola Empire is in mourning at the loss of Ponniyin Selvan (Jayam Ravi) who is presumed to be dead after his ship sank to the bottom of the sea.  He was rescued, however, by Oomai Rani (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) and is recovering at a Buddhist Temple under the care of its monks.  With the…

Blackberry

At the dawn of the smartphone era, one device ruled supreme: Blackberry.  Created by the scrappy Canadian tech company, Research in Motion, it was led by two friends Mike (Jay Baruchel) and Doug (Matt Johnson) before eventually taking on a third Co-CEO in the form of cutthroat Jim Balsillie (Glenn Howerton).  Bringing his ruthless corporate…

Master Gardener

Norma (Sigourney Weaver) turns to the chief horticulturist of her lush estate, Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton), to train her estranged niece, Maya (Quintessa Swindell), so that she will be able to inherit and run Gracewood Gardens, keeping the old plantation house and grounds in the family.  The man agrees, though when secrets of his past…

Big George Foreman

Before he became a household name in kitchens across America for his electric grills, George Foreman (Khris Davis) already had made a global name for himself in a very different arena: boxing.  After winning an Olympic Gold Medal for the sport at the 1968 Summer Games, he won the title of heavyweight champion in 1973,…

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

When Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) returns from summer camp, she receives some of the most seismic news an eleven-year-old can get: the family is moving.  Her father, Herb (Benny Safdie), received a promotion so the family is relocating from their NYC apartment to the suburbs of New Jersey.  While her mother, Barbara (Rachel McAdams), will…

Air

It is the 1980s and Nike is one of the top movers of runner’s wear, but their basketball division is in the final stages of being budgeted out of existence unless they can get some strong player endorsements.  Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon) has his back against the wall knowing that they cannot split the budget…

Peter Pan & Wendy

On the eve before she is to leave for boarding school, Wendy Darling (Ever Anderson) has one last sword fight with her imaginative younger brothers, John (Joshua Pickering) and Michael (Jacobi Jupe).  Wishing to stay at home and enjoy her childhood a little while longer, she is relieved – and a bit scared – when…

Sisu

As the Nazis make their scorched earth retreat out of Finland, Aatami (Jorma Tommila), with a satchel full of gold crosses their path.  The Nazis view his treasure as a way to secure their escape from the law now that the war is ending, and their regime has fallen.  Aatami, however, is a skilled mercenary…

Chupa

Alex (Evan Whitten) begrudgingly goes on a trip to Mexico to visit his grandfather, Chava (Demián Bichir), though he would rather stay in his room and play on his GameBoy.  After his father died months earlier from cancer, Alex began to reject his Mexican heritage despite his mother’s (Adriana Paz) pressing.  When he arrives at…