September 9, 2016

The Nice Guys (2016) ***

Moonlight (2016) ***

Touching film about growing up black and gay in Liberty City, Florida.

Captain America: Civil War (2016) ***

The Avengers fight each other.

Deepwater Horizon (2016) ***

Tense disaster action pic based on a true story.

Sully (2016) ***

Director Clint Eastwood squeezes every ounce of suspense from an extremely well-publicized true story whose happy ending everyone knows.

A Man Called Ove (2016) ***

Quirky film about an eccentric old man.

Sing (2016) ***

Fences (2016) ***

Powerful film directed by and starring Denzel Washington.

The Jungle Book (2016) ***

Excellent live-action adaptation of Kipling's classic novel.

Cafe Society (2016) ***

Lion (2016) ***

Very touching film about an adopted boy trying to find his birth family. Based on a true story.

Finding Dory (2016) ***

A sequel to "Finding Nemo".

13 Hours (2016) ***

Terrific action film about the attack against US diplomatic and intelligence bases in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. Michael Bay's best film since "The Rock" (1996).

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) ***


Silence (2016) ***

Fascinating drama about the persecution of Christians in 17th-century Japan.

Jim: The James Foley Story (2016) ***

Documentary about an American journalist executed by ISIS.

O.J. Made In America (2016) ***

Epic, Oscar-winning, 7-hour documentary not just about O.J. Simpson, but also about the history of race relations in Los Angeles going back to the 1940's, explaining how a largely African-American jury refused to convict him of murder despite overwhelming evidence.

Life Animated (2016) ***

Excellent documentary about autism.

Zootopia (2016) ***

Disney animated flick about racial profiling. So clever, it's never clear predators and prey stand for which race - there are plenty of clues pointing in either direction.

Hail Caesar (2016) ***





Entertaining satire about Hollywood circa 1950.

White Girl (2016) ***

War Dogs (2016) ***

Sausage Party (2016) ***

Personal Shopper (2016) ***

Passengers (2016) ***

Paint It Black (2016) ***


Nocturnal Animals (2016) ***



The Neon Demon (2016) ***

Little Dead Rotting Hood (2016) ***

Lemonade (2016) ***

I Am Not Your Negro (2016) ***

The Eyes Of My Mother (2016) ***

Deadpool (2016) ***

Captain Fantastic (2016) ***

The Assignment (2016) ***


American Honey (2016) ***

20th Century Women (2016) ***

Moana (2016) ***

13th (2016) ***

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany Of Rosie Ming (2016) ***

A warm and witty animated feature by Ann Marie Fleming about a young Canadian poet who undergoes a life-changing experience when she attends a poetry festival in Iran.

The Skyjacker’s Tale (2016) ***

Ishmael Muslim Ali has been convicted of murdering eight people on a golf course in the US Virgin Islands. After years of trying to get his conviction overturned, he hijacked a plane and escaped to Cuba in 1984.

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) ***

Allied (2016) ***

Classy WWII spy drama with a very effective twist.