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By Carey Ross Beauty and the Beast: This is the movie that caused people to lose their shit over its openly gay character while they simultaneously glossed over the fact it is also a love story between a teenaged girl and the giant water buffalo who kidnaps her. Tale as old as time, indeed. (PG • 2 hrs. 9 min.) Before I Fall: This story about a teen with a perfect life who is forced to relive the same day over and over again has been described as “Heathers" meets "Groundhog Day," a characterization that only serves to pique my interest. (PG-13 • 1 hr. 39 min.) The Belko Experiment: This is like "Saw," except it takes place among white-collar folks in an office building because no one taught these filmmakers that horror works best when it is relatable and its characters sympathetic. But for a movie that comes out this time of year, it could be much, much worse. (R • 1 hr. 22 min.) Fifty Shades Darker: I’m sure this sequel to "Fifty Shades of Grey" is going to be just as good as the book it is adapted from, which is to say not good at all. (R • 1 hr. 55 min.) Get Out: A socially conscious horror movie/ race-savvy satire written and directed by Jordan Peele is exactly the kind of thing Hollywood should do more of while they do less of just about everything else. (R • 1 hr. 44 min.) The Great Wall: Critics agree this movie, in which paranormal beasts try to invade China via the Great Wall and Matt Damon comes along to save the people from their terrible fate, isn’t the act of horrifying whitewashing they feared it would be. Unfortunately, critics also agree this movie is generally terrible nonetheless. (PG-13 • 1 hr. 44 min.) Hidden Figures: Real talk: 2016 was a year in which it kinda sucked to be a woman and/ or a person of color. Start 2017 off right with a heady dose of girl power by seeing this inspiring true story of the three heretoforeunknown African-American women who helped put astronaut John Glenn into space.
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John Wick: Chapter 2: Keanu Reeves is a terrible actor who was born to be an action star and who are any of us to argue with that? (R • 2 hrs. 2 min.) Kong: Skull Island: King Kong gets the origin story he didn’t know he needed in this movie that should be real bad, but manages instead to be a monster of a good time, which you might assume is due to the presence of both Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson, but really has far more to do with the show-stopping giant gorilla created by the genius nerds at Industrial Light and Magic. (PG-13 • 1 hr. 58 min)
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