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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 14 illinoisentertainer.com march 2018 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