What to Watch This Weekend: April 10, 2020

Redbox: Little Women

Little Women will capture your heart with its stellar cast, wonderful story, timeless lessons, and amazing adaptation of the beloved book to the big screen.  For more information, check out our review!

Redbox: Doolittle
Dolittle takes its all star cast and sends them on a journey with plenty of heart and funny animal and human moments.  For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Hulu): Parasite

Parasite is like having two films in one, and the combination of the two results in a suspenseful, methodical story that has some interesting characters and plenty of surprises.  For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Netflix): Main Event

The Main Event shows that WWE can make a family friendly, motivational movie with a cast and message that will appeal to all viewers, wrestling fans and novices alike!  For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Netflix): Tigertail
Tigertail is a beautiful, authentic film about life and the many choices that we make along the way.  It is a touching story told with a wonderful cast and an authentic Asian feel. For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Hulu): The Art of Self Defense

The Art of Self Defense had some definitely quirky acting and characters, but was a thoroughly enjoyable dark comedy about an unconfident man finding his own inner strength and dark side through a unforgiving martial arts teacher.

Streaming (Amazon): What Men Want

What Men Want is a gender swapped remake of the 90s film headlined by the wonderful Taraji P. Henson.  If you want some laughs this weekend, this is a solid choice.

Streaming (Netflix): Molly's Game

The dramatic thriller based on the true story of a woman who started a high stakes poker game, Molly's Game is fueled by the craziness of the story and the fantastic performances of Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba.

Streaming (STARZ): Zombieland: Double Tap

The crew is finally back and ready for rental!  Zombieland: Double Tap is a satisfying sequel to the original cult classic, with an all star cast (including fantastic new additions) and laugh out loud comedy.  For more information, check out our review!

What to Watch This Weekend: January 24, 2020

In Theaters: The Gentlemen

The Gentlemen is classic Guy Ritchie: a fantastic cast acting in a complicated crime caper fueled by Ritchie's amazing style and sharp, clever writing.  For more information, check out our review!

In Theaters: Weathering With You

Weathering With You is an absolutely stunning film with amazing animation, incredible weather effects, and moving music that combine to tell a beautiful, heartfelt story.  For more information, check out our review!

At Redbox: Zombieland: Double Tap

The crew is finally back and ready for rental!  Zombieland: Double Tap is a satisfying sequel to the original cult classic, with an all star cast (including fantastic new additions) and laugh out loud comedy.  For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Starz): Brightburn

The dark, horror inspired Superman origin story is an interesting take that is tense but also fun to watch.  It doesn't quite deliver but it is an original superhero movie that provides a worst case scenario for a super powerful entity.  

Streaming (Amazon): Wonder Park

Wonder Park is an imaginative, enjoyable experience for all ages.  The movie has some memorable characters, an interesting setting, is an enjoyable ride that will not leave you disappointed.  For more information, check out our review!

Streaming (Amazon): Bumblebee

Bumblebee is the origin story that no one asked for but now feels like a perfect part of the world.  It is filled with 80s nostalgia, funny writing, great special effects, and feels more true to the original Transformers source material than any of the other recent movies.  It is a worthy origin story and hopefully a sign of what is to come from this universe.  For more information, check out our review!

What to Watch This Weekend: November 15, 2019

In Theaters: The Good Liar

The Good Liar takes a dream duo of Mirren and McKellen and weaves a tale of deception that will keep you on the edge of your seat.  For more information, check out our review!

In Theaters: Better Days

Better Days is a powerful film that tackles intense, emotional subjects.  It has strong performances, a heart wrenching story, and shows some of the darker aspects of human nature and our society.  For more information, check out our review!

At Redbox: The Peanut Butter Falcon

The Peanut Butter Falcon was a surprise hit earlier this year and is now available at Redbox.  It has nearly universal critical and audience appeal, a heartwarming story, and strong performances that should not be missed.

Streaming (Netflix): Zombieland

The sequel is doing quite well in theaters but if you still haven't seen Zombieland: Double Tap, or just want to refresh yourself on the cult classic original, Zombieland is available to stream on Netflix.  Just remember Rule #77, watch this movie!

Streaming (Amazon): Instant Family

Instant Family is a feel good dramady that tackles adoption.  It has a good combination of heart and comedy that will make a nice film to watch during this cold winter weekend. 

What to Watch This Weekend: October 17, 2019

In Theaters: Zombieland: Double Tap

It's finally back!  Zombieland: Double Tap is a satisfying sequel to the original cult classic, with an all star cast (including fantastic new additions) and laugh out loud comedy.  For more information, check out our review!

At Redbox: Crawl

Crawl is a fun creature feature that goes a little over the top, but will leave you holding your breath as a father and daughter team try to avoid some seriously dangerous predators during a hurricane.  

Streaming (Amazon): Hell House LLC
A remarkably well done found footage horror film, Hell House LLC follows a team who attempt to set up a haunted house but get much more than they bargain for.  It develops slowly with plenty of suspense and surprise, as it builds to its horrifying conclusion. 

Streaming (HBO): Happy Death Day 2U
The sequel to the surprisingly good horror / comedy original, Happy Death Day 2U follows the events of the first movie with another killer loop that gets even more ridiculous than the first.  Tree is forced to make some very difficult choices as she tries to stay alive long enough to solve yet another groundhog day death trap.

Review: Zombieland: Double Tap

Release date: October 18, 2019

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Starring:  Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, Emma Stone}

_{10 years after the original “Zombieland” hit the theaters Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Wichita (Emma Stone), and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) are back for “Zombieland: Double Tap” as they take refuge in Washington, D.C. on their way to the American heartland.  But they don’t take refuge just anywhere, they end up the President’s Palace where they can almost resume life as normal.  But despite this protection, issues develop that will year the makeshift family yet again.} 

<sub>Zombieland: Double Tap continues the comedic interpretation of the zombie apocalypse. As much as you may want to take the drama and suspense seriously, the movie quickly reminds you to have fun with its comic-style mayhem.  And even with intense action it still finds ways to keep this movie fun specifically with some new asides and awards. Not to mention this movie has a ton of irreverent pop culture references to keep you on your toes. The cinematography was enjoyable but I particularly liked the lack of CG as most of the zombies were actual actors. It’s refreshing to see this attention to detail and I didn’t realize how nice it is to not have to step into the uncanny valley! 

Although this film is about the classic foursome, the addition of new cast member Rosario Dawson adds another layer of stardom to this movie and she is a joy to watch. Her chemistry with Woody was epic. But let it be known, the character Madison played by Zoey Deutch absolutely stole the show. She managed to take a cliche role and make it the highlight of the film. I thank her for the headache achieved from overly laughing.</sub>

With a runtime of 99 minutes, this movie was a fun adventure and the perfect October weekend movie to get into a humorous Halloween spirit. The film is a satisfying sequel to the cult classic, with an all star cast (with fantastic new additions) and laugh out loud comedy.  I think Columbus’s next survival rule would be see this film!

Watch it

Screening: ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP

ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP

In theaters October 18

Rating: TBD

Website: https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/zombielanddoubletap

Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Rosario Dawson, Zoey Deutch, and Luke Wilson

Directed by: Ruben Fleischer

A decade after ZOMBIELAND became a huge hit and a cult classic, the lead cast and director Ruben Fleischer have returned for ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP. Everyone’s favorite four zombie slayers are back to face off against the many new kinds of zombies that evolved since the first film, as well as some new human survivors. Moreover, they must face the growing pains of their silly, snarky family.

Screening Details:

ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP

Tuesday, October 15 - 7:30pm

AMC Mazza Gallerie

5300 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20015

Screening Link: http://www.sonyscreenings.com/UBzOM66354

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