Take Two: “The Good Nurse” (R)
Oscar winners Jessica Chastain ("The Eyes of Tammy Faye") and Eddie Redmayne ("The Theory of Everything") star in the Netflix drama "The Good Nurse," a true story about America's most prolific serial killer.
Freeze Frame: “Till” (PG-13), “The Good Nurse” (R), “Wendell & Wild” (PG-13)
An important story respectfully told. That's the bottom line for the heartbreaking historical drama "Till." Danielle Deadwyler gives a riveting performance as the mother of Emmit Till, the black teen murdered by white racists in Mississippi in 1955, the event that ignited the Civil Rights movement. You can count on seeing...
Freeze Frame: “Minions: The Rise of Gru” (PG), “The Forgiven” (R), “Official Competition” (R), “Mr. Malcolm’s List” (PG)
"Minions: The Rise of Gru" is the fifth movie in the hit animated "Despicable Me" franchise. The kids are already tuned in, but the makers of this origin story cleverly place the action in the 1970s to give adults a cagey nostalgia hit. We learn how Gru met the yellow fellows and...
Freeze Frame: “Scream” (R), “Drive My Car” (Unrated), “Belle” (PG), “The 355” (R), “The Tender Bar” (R)
The fifth installment of the "Scream" movie franchise, simply titled "Scream,” supplies more of the same. And that's just what many fans expect. This self-referential, tongue-in-cheek slasher movie ups the ante on bashing horror movie cliches while simultaneously embracing them. Expect clueless teens, plenty of blood and plenty of snark. "Drive...
Take Two: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (PG-13)
Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty") stars as televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in the biopic "The Eyes of Tammy Faye." Andrew Garfield ("Hacksaw Ridge") portrays her husband, Jim.
Freeze Frame: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (PG-13), “Come From Away” (TV-14)
Although she was often the butt of jokes for critics, the late TV evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker was an inspiration and an icon for many others. With her over-the-top enthusiasm, her warbly singing, her gaudy attire and exaggerated makeup, she became a cultural phenomenon. Jessica Chastain gives an appropriately exuberant...
