GIVEAWAY! Advance Screening Passes for Smile 2 On October 15

Giveaway! We’ve got pairs of passes to see Smile 2 in EIGHT cities.

Synopsis: About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

Starring: Lukas Cage (The White Lotus), Raúl Castillo (Cassandro), and Miles Gutierrez-Riley (The Wilds).

*Download a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED screening pass by clicking on your city below. Check your city screening date and time (Have your pass ready to show at the door).

Follow the instructions in your pass and share your excitement using #SMILE2 and #SeFijaOnline. Please follow and share our social media pages: Facebook, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. ENJOY!

(*Each Pass is good for 2 seats)

Los Angeles on 10/15 @ 7P
https://gofobo.com/CINESMILELAX 

Las Vegas on 10/15 @ 7P
https://gofobo.com/CINESMILEVEGAS 

San Antonio on 10/15 @ 7P
https://gofobo.com/CINESMILESAN 

Austin on 10/15 @ 7P
https://gofobo.com/CINESMILEAUSTIN 

Houston on 10/15 @ 7P
https://gofobo.com/CINESMILEHOU 

Chicago on 10/15 @ 7P
https://gofobo.com/CINESMILECHI 

New York on 10/15 @ 7P
https://gofobo.com/SMILE2SFNY

Miami on 10/15 @ 7P
https://gofobo.com/SMILE2SFMIA

Despicable Me 4 with One of My Little Minions

We enjoyed it! 

It Was A Twisters Night

My #1 grandson and I screened the new #TwistersMovie last night. And it was a long overdue date, too.

The film was much better than we expected. It had its excitements that kept you on your heels. It should do fine in the theaters.

Synopsis: Haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado, Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones) gets lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Anthony Ramos), to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. She soon crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), a charming but reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures. As storm season intensifies, Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves in a fight for their lives as multiple systems converge over central Oklahoma. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung.

 

 

 

Experience the Day the World Went Quiet

My niece joined me for the screening of A Quiet Place: Day One. The film has enough scary jumps for me. At time’s it is funny. The cat has more than nine lives…

Angela Ortiz and Lina Fubar

We thought Lupita Nyong’o is really good as Samira. Joseph Quinn is delightful as Eric.

The subtlety of the lighting of the actors in the film was really good. I thought it was great cinematography.

My only thing is that I didn’t learn anything about the creatures. I’m probably going to have to rewatch A Quiet Place 2 again. In theaters now.

We loved Inside Out 2!

We really enjoyed the new Inside Out 2. Milo watched the whole thing and never asked when it was ending. We stayed till the end of the credits and got a little reward. 

Synopsis: Teenager Riley’s mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone. Directed by Kelsey Mann.

In theaters NOW!

Unsung Hero Based on A Remarkable True Story

If you are looking for a heartwarming family film, Unsung Hero is coming to a theater near you on April 26.

I personally thought the mom was the main unsung hero but also the whole family. As an immigrant myself, I truly understand many of the sacrifices this family had to go through.

Unsung Hero is a deeply moving story about an immigrant family that arrived in the USA in the 1970s, braving the unknown to pursue a better future. Like many immigrant families, they faced numerous challenges and made sacrifices. In the midst of it all, they discovered the immense musical talent of their children, now the four-time GRAMMY Award-winning duo For KING + COUNTRY.

Synopsis: based on a remarkable true story, Unsung Hero follows David Smallbone as he moves his family from Down Under to the States, searching for a brighter future after his successful music company collapses. With nothing more than their seven children, suitcases, and their love of music, David (Joel Smallbone) and his pregnant wife Helen (Daisy Betts) set out to rebuild their lives. Helen’s faith stands against all odds and inspires her husband and children to hold onto theirs. With their own dreams on hold, David and Helen begin to realize the musical prowess in their children, who would go on to become two of the most successful acts in Inspirational Music history. 

The film was co-written, co-directed, and stars Joel Smallbone along with Daisy Betts, Kirrilee Berger, and Jonathan Jackson.

A Western Story with Some Complex Hearts

We liked this western. The story and the complexity of the main characters kept you captivated.

The Dead Don’t Hurt is a powerful and profoundly personal cinematic western written and directed by Viggo Mortensen. In theaters nationwide May 31.

Synopsis: The Dead Don’t Hurt is a story of star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s. Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) is a fiercely independent woman who embarks on a relationship with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Mortensen). After meeting Olsen in San Francisco, she agrees to travel with him to his home near the quiet town of Elk Flats, Nevada, where they start a life together. The outbreak of the civil war separates them when Olsen makes a fateful decision to fight for the Union. This leaves Vivienne to fend for herself in a place controlled by corrupt Mayor Rudolph Schiller (Danny Huston) and his unscrupulous business partner, powerful rancher Alfred Jeffries (Garret Dillahunt). Alfred’s violent, wayward son Weston (Solly McLeod) aggressively pursues Vivienne, who is determined to resist his unwanted advances. When Olsen returns from the war, he and Vivienne must confront and make peace with the person each has become. Both a tragic love story and a nuanced depiction of the conflict between revenge and forgiveness, The Dead Don’t Hurt is a portrait of a passionate woman determined to stand up for herself in an unforgiving world dominated by ruthless men.

Also starring Colin Morgan, Ray McKinnon, W. Earl Brown, and newcomer Atlas Green.

Upcoming Documentaries Worth Watching

A Thousand Pines, the documentary is directed and produced by Sebastián Díaz and Noam Osband, follows a season of Oaxacan tree planters traveling the United States and explores the hidden world of guest workers regrowing America’s forests and the challenges the workers and their families face. 

A solid documentary. And so bittersweet for these workers and families. Yet we have some people who just don’t get how important they are to us, especially our economy.

The award-winning documentary film debuts on PBS’s INDEPENDENT LENS on April 1, at 10p. ET (check local listings). The film will also be available to stream on the PBS App.

Lost Angel: The Genius oF Judee Sill, a very interesting documentary, directed by Andy Brown and Brian Lindstrom.

Synopsis: The never-before-told story of folk-rock icon Judee Sill, who in just two years went from living in a car to appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone. The documentary charts her troubled adolescence through her meteoric rise in the music world and early tragic death.

In many ways, she was ahead of her time. In theaters and on Amazon and Apple TV on April 12.

FURIOSA is On Her Way!

Ready for some action? Check out the trailer with Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth in Academy Award-winning mastermind George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, the much-anticipated return to the iconic dystopian world he created more than 30 years ago with the seminal Mad Max films.

Miller now turns the page again with an all-new original, standalone action adventure that will reveal the origins of the powerhouse character from the multiple Oscar-winning global smash Mad Max: Fury Road

Synopsis: As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus.  Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA is only in theaters May 24 from Warner Bros. Pictures.

Shirley Fearless. Fierce. First.

Being old enough to remember when Shirley Chisholm ran for president and the feeling it left you with was, boy, she had guts! Her slogan was “Unbought and Unbossed.” —A.O.

Regina King stars as Shirley Chisholm in Shirley—the story of the first Black congresswoman and her trailblazing run for president of the United States. Directed by John Ridley and co-starring, Lance Reddick, Lucas Hedges, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Christina Jackson, Dorian Crossmond Missick, Amirah Vann, André Holland, and Terrence Howard. The film chronicles Chisholm’s audacious, boundary-breaking 1972 presidential campaign.

Netflix’s Shirley is in limited theater release in the U.S. And it lands on the streaming service on March 22.

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