Coming Distractions - The Latest Movie and TV Reviews

Based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name, Hellboy follows the story of a hell demon aptly named Hellboy (David Harbour) who after being brought to Earth as a child and reformed by his adopted father fights the paranormal as an instrument of good for the BPRD (Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense). Hellboy is called into action to take on the newly resurrected Blood Queen, Nimue (Milla Jovovich), who plans to unleash a plague to wipe out all of humanity.

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The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story features "the story of Lou Pearlman, his remarkable successes and offenses, and his tragic end while serving a 25-year prison sentence for multiple felony convictions. The Lou Pearlman Project reveals the dark side of stardom and the music industry as members of multi-platinum-selling bands like *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, O-Town and Take 5 tell all about working with Pearlman."

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Kit (Brie Larson), a failed artist, moves back in with her parents (Joan Cusack, Bradley Whitford). Realizing she must conform to adulthood like her parents always wanted, takes up an office job at a temp agency. However, once she receives a mysterious letter from "The Salesman" (Samuel L. Jackson) who invites her to "The Store", the place that sells "what you need", her entire outlook changes. The Salesman offers her the chance to have it all by fulfilling her childhood fantasy: owning a unicorn. The film deals with the all too familiar crisis of choosing whether to pursue a more traditional "adult" life path or truly go after your dreams.

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A young boy named Billy Batson is bestowed the power of a god by a dying wizard thus becoming the superhero, Shazam. He is forced to balance his life as a budding superhero, student, and the latest addition to a foster home. The film stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Djimon Hounsou.

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It is the second adaptation of the novel of the same name by Stephen King, after the 1989 film. The film stars Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, and John Lithgow, and follows a family that discovers a mysterious graveyard in the woods behind their new home.

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The live-action retelling of Disney's 1941 animated film of the same name about a flying elephant who is the main circus attraction. The film stars Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, and Eva Green.

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SORRY FOR THE AUDIO WEIRDNESS IN THIS EPISODE Director Jordan Peele returns for his sophomore film about a Black family that encounters their twisted doppelgangers while on vacation at the Santa Cruz beach. Years prior as a young child, the mother (Lupita Nyong'o) went missing there for 15 minutes and met her double. 

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When five friends, all retired from active duty in the US military, decide to pull a heist on a cartel boss in Brazil their lives go in a direction that they were desperately trying to avoid. A story of greed and brutal circumstances that comes off more like a result of self-sabotage than the results of external enemies stars Oscar Isaac, Pedro Pascal, Charlie Hunnam, Ben Affleck, Garrett Hedlund, and Adria Arjona.

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The latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe focuses on the introduction of a fighter pilot named Carol Danvers who finds herself living amongst an alien race called the Kree who have trained her to fight their shape-shifting enemies, The Skrulls. During this galactic face-off, Carol returns to Earth in pursuit of her enemies only to find out about her past and set a course to embrace her true potential.

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Frances (Chloe Grace Moretz), a sweet, naïve young woman trying to make it on her own in New York City, doesn't hesitate to return a handbag she finds on the subway to its rightful owner. That owner is Greta Hideg (Isabelle Huppert), a lonely, eccentric French piano teacher with a love for classical music. Having recently lost her mother, Frances quickly grows closer to widowed Greta. The two quickly become friends, but Greta's maternal charms begin to dissolve and grow increasingly disturbing as Frances discovers that nothing in Greta's life is what it seems.

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