READY, PLAYER ONE?
By Lori
Vernon
gence service knows as Sparrow School. After
enduring the perverse and sadistic training
process, she emerges as the most dangerous
Sparrow the program has ever produced. She
must now reconcile the person she was with
the power she now commands, putting her
life and everyone she cares about at risk.
A Wrinkle in Time
Directed by Ava DuVernay
Rated: PG • March 9
Adaptation of the classic 1963 Newbery
Medal-winning Madeleine L’Engle fantasy
about Meg Murry (Storm Reid), a young girl
traumatized by the disappearance of her sci-
entist father years before. She finds herself on
an interplanetary journey with schoolmate
Calvin and her younger brother Charles
Wallace to find her father. They’re guided on
their quest by a trio of supernatural beings:
Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon), Mrs. Who
(Mindy Kaling) and Mrs. Which (Oprah
Winfrey) in this classic tale brought to the
screen by Disney.
Ready Player One
T
he Winter Olympics are over, awards
season is done, and the snow has final-
ly melted. Which can only mean one
thing – we’ve survived another winter and
there is a whole new crop of films opening in
theaters. At the top of the list are Steven
Spielberg's Ready Player One, and Ava
DuVernay’s adaptation of everyone’s favorite
childhood novel, A Wrinkle in Time.
Death Wish
Directed by Eli Roth
Rated: R • March 2
Bruce Willis stars in this reimagining of
the classic Charles Bronson revenge thriller as
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Tomb Raider
Dr. Paul Kersey, a surgeon who only sees
Chicago violence in his ER - until his wife and
daughter are viciously attacked in their sub-
urban home. With the police overwhelmed,
Paul takes matters into his own hands as he
hunts his family's assailants to deliv