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“Frozen 2” (PG) – Queen Elsa’s magic has always been a source of wonder. When a mysterious force beckons her from a shrouded forest and its effects threaten Arendale itself, Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) and Anna (Kristen Bell) set off into the unknown for answers, with Kristoff (Jonathon Groff) and Olaf (Josh Gad) in tow. They find out more than they bargained for, including revelations from the past and the rediscovery of some forgotten people. While it felt like there was an unnecessary surfeit of songs, the showstoppers – “Into the Unknown” and “Show Yourself” – are every bit as powerful as Frozen’s “Let It Go.” Writer and director Jennifer Lee has outdone herself.
“Knives Out” (PG-13) – A stellar ensemble cast takes on the murder mystery in a whodunit that would have Agatha Christie rolling in her grave – with delight. Christopher Plummer plays Harlan Thrombey, a successful mystery writer who meets his fate at the end of a knife on the heels of his 85th birthday – death by apparent suicide. Apparent until slick private detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) shows up to suss it all out, untangling the alibis and motives of a houseful of potential suspects, from the unctuous grandson Ransom (Chris Evans), the overbearing son (Michael Shannon), the ball-busting daughter (Jamie Lee Curtis) and even a nurse who vomits when she lies (Ana de Armas).
“Color Out of Space” (NR) – Just as Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage) and his family settle into the wonderland that is their new country estate – dashing about the bucolic hills on a white horse and tending to their alpaca flock – there lands in their midst a big rock. Specifically, it’s a meteor from outer space that clunks down on the lawn in a dreamy haze of pinkish-purplish twilight and brings with it a miasma of technicolor madness that infects the family one by one. It’s B movie weirdness with a creepy ET flair, based on an HP Lovecraft short story. Also featuring Tommy Chong in a cameo as the town’s off-grid stoner who gets it, man.
“The Corrupted” (R) – An ex-con (Sam Claflin) fresh out of prison returns home to east London to find that his brother is in way over his head with a crime syndicate that reaches to the upper echelons of power. Although he’s keen to mend his criminal ways and be there for his son and the woman he loves, he’s also honor-bound to save his brother. He engages in a careful game of cat and mouse with the corrupt and powerful, setting them up and taking them down so he can get his family back. Sound familiar? Yes, because this is every crime-con movie ever.
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