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“Unfriended: Dark Web” (R) – Colin Woodell leads a gang of inadvertent cyber voyeurs in “Unfriended: Dark Web,” the sequel to the 2014 horror screenshow “Unfriended.” When teenager Matias (Woodell) pulls a laptop from the lost and found of a cybercafe, he is woefully unprepared for the vile and disturbing files it contains. The plot thickens when the computer’s owner starts using his dark web minions to forcibly “close out the windows” of Matias’ friends. He’s killing them, in alarming and very uncool ways. It’s scary. You don’t need to have seen the first to understand the sequel, but the format is the same: entirely from a device POV – the computer screen, with multiple user windows open, text screens, camera phones and such.
Scene from “Ant-Man and the Wasp” (Marvel Studios photo)
“Ant-Man and the Wasp” (PG-13) – Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly star as Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne, respectively the titular hero and heroine of “Ant-Man and the Wasp.” Scott is languishing at the end of a two-year house arrest after his actions in “Captain America: Civil War,” when Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and daughter Hope finally get a line on the whereabouts of wife and mother Janet, the original Wasp who was lost mid-mission in the quantum realm. Scott receives a message from her, and although he’s been persona non grata to Pym and family, they whisk him away on the adventure. Director Peyton Reed mixes the right amounts of duty and danger and shenanigans with a dash of the love angle, making this movie a whole lot of fun.
“Whitney” (R) – Director Kevin Macdonald turns the magnifying glass on Whitney Houston, iconic songstress, actress, record-breaking musician and the voice behind the most beautiful version of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” It’s no surprise to find that her life was difficult – her death at age 48 came on the heels of repeated high dramatics in her marriage to singer Bobby Brown, as well as incidents of drug and alcohol abuse, but there are revelations made in this in-depth look. Woven through interviews with close family and friends, rare footage, private home movies and off-guard moments, we experience the daring heights and the deep, profound lows alongside this very much missed voice of a generation.
“Reprisal” (R) – Based on the poster and trailer, you’d think Bruce Willis headlines this cat-and-mouse thriller that pits a bank robber against a bank manager with an ex-cop neighbor, but the truth is Willis barely registers screen time. Frank Grillo plays the bank manager who decides to get a little payback after he is robbed by a sophisticated crook (Johnathon Schaech). What could have been a compelling story came off as boring, and worse – I ended up not knowing who to root for.
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