IN LIKE A LAMB
By Lori Vernon
invaded by sightless aliens with super-sen-
sitive hearing that will hunt you down and
tear you apart if you make a sound capti-
vated and stunned audiences. Thankfully,
writer-director John Krasinski is back for
the sequel, with his real-life wife, Emily
Blunt, once again playing a woman who
has to keep her children quiet. Anyone
with kids knows how difficult that can be!
In the sequel, Evelyn Abbot (Blunt) must
venture out of the safety of the family’s
farmhouse and soon discovers that some-
times her fellow survivors (including new-
comer Cillian Murphy) are more menacing
than the aliens!
Bloodshot
Mulan
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f March comes in like a lamb, does that
mean it goes out like a lion? That adage
may hold true for films debuting this
month, with some interesting dramas
opening early in the month, and several
highly anticipated thrillers set to roar into
theaters during the latter half of March.
Here is a sampling of what is coming to
local theaters.
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A Quiet Place Part II
Directed by John Krasinski
March 20 - Rated NR
A Quiet Place was undoubtedly one of
the most successful films of 2018 - both
critically and commercially - and it was
also one of the most terrifying horror
movies we’ve ever seen. The storyline
about a family trying to survive in a world
Directed by David S.F. Wilson
March 13 - Rated PG-13
Based on the bestselling Valiant Comics
series, Vin Diesel stars as Ray Garrison, a
recently murdered Marine. Ray is brought
back to life as the superhero Bloodshot by
a team of scientists at the RST corporation.
With an army of nanotechnology in his
veins, he’s an unstoppable biotech killing
machine –stronger than ever and able to
heal instantly. But in controlling his body,
the company has power over his mind and
memories, too. Now, as Ray begins to
remember his past, he is unable to discern
what’s real and what’s not. He escapes
from the facility he’s trapped in and begins
a mission to find out what happened to
him –only to find that there is much more
to the conspiracy than he ever imagined.
Mulan
Directed by Niki Caro
March 27 - Rated PG-13
Disney’s epic live-action remake of the
classic tale of Hua Mulan, the fearless
young heroine who must join the all-male
Chinese Imperial army to save her ailing
father from having to serve. As the oldest
daughter of an honored warrior, she steps
in to take her father’s place by masquerad-
ing as a man called Hua Jun. She is tested
at every step and must harness her inner
strength to reach her full potential and
help defeat the Northern invaders. It is an
epic journey that will transform her into an
honored warrior and earn her the respect
of a grateful nation –and a proud father.
The Banker
Directed by George Nolfi
March 6 - Rated PG-13
This true story follows Joe Morris (Samuel
L. Jackson) and Bernard Garrett (Anthony
Mackie), two of the first African-American
bankers in the United States in the 1950s.
The pair bought banks in Texas to give
lending opportunities to blacks who
aspired to start businesses and purchase
homes, but because of Jim Crow laws
made it nearly impossible in the Deep
South. The entrepreneurs skirt segrega-
tionist tactics by hiring a white man
(Nicholas Hoult) to pose as the head of
their company while they pretend to be a
janitor and chauffeur.
The Hunt
Directed by Craig Zobel
March 13 - Rated R
Originally set to debut last fall,
Universal Pictures postponed the film fol-
lowing the mass shootings in Dayton and
El Paso in early August 2019. The film is a
thriller loosely based on the 1924 short
story “The Most Dangerous Game” by
Richard Connell. The premise is right up
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