Take Two: “The Woman King” (PG-13)
Viola Davis ("The Help") stars in the historical epic "The Woman King," the tale of female warriors who defend their African kingdom in the 1800s.
Freeze Frame: “The Woman King” (PG-13), “Pearl” (R), “Confess, Fletch” (R), “See How They Run” (PG-13)
"The Woman King" should be a contender for a gold crown come Oscar time. Viola Davis leads a stellar cast in this action-packed historical epic about an elite unit of female warriors who protect the West African Dahomey kingdom in the 1820s. It's a rousing, crowd-pleasing saga that benefits from terrific...
Take Two: “End of the Road” (R)
Queen Latifah and Ludacris star in a Netflix action thriller called "End of the Road."
Freeze Frame: “Pinocchio” (PG), “End of the Road” (R)
America's dad wants to be a real dad. Tom Hanks stars as Geppetto in the Disney Plus live-action remake of the 1940 animated masterpiece, "Pinocchio." Cynthia Erivo plays the Blue Fairy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt provides the voice of Jiminy Cricket and Keegan-Michael Key is the duplicitous Honest John. Hanks re-teams here...
Take Two: “The Gray Man” (PG-13)
Ryan Gosling ("La La Land") and Chris Evans ("Captain America") star in the Netflix action thriller "The Gray Man."
Freeze Frame: “Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul” (R), “Gigi and Nate” (PG-13)
When it comes to the comic mockumentary "Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul," you can thank heaven for one thing: the outstanding performances from Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown. They play the first lady and pastor of a megachurch, preaching the gospel of prosperity. But a sex scandal complicates...
Take Two: “Look Both Ways” (TV-14)
Lili Reinhart (TV's "Riverdale") stars in "Look Both Ways," a comic drama about a woman whose life diverges into two parallel realities, one in which she's pregnant and one in which she is not.
Freeze Frame: “Three Thousand Years of Longing” (R), “Me Time” (R), “Breaking” (PG-13), “Samaritan” (PG-13)
The Idris Elba film fest continues for the second week in a row with the ambitious fantasy, "Three Thousand Years of Longing." Elba plays a genie who emerges from a bottle to grant scholar Tilda Swinton three wishes. What follows is an off-beat philosophical meditation on human desire. This earnest...
