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Pick Of The Week

If you pick one movie this week … this is it.

Non-Stop / Rated PG-13 / Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore

For air marshal Bill Marks, his latest flight will be anything but normal. When he gets a random text message, he races to stop deaths that will occur every 20 minutes. Sure, the ending leaves a bit to be desired, but the flight is high-altitude action that will remind you why we love Liam Neeson as an action star. (Grade: B)

Other Big Releases

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit / Rated PG-13 / Chris Pine, Kevin Costner

Living as a Wall Street executive, Jack Ryan seems unassuming to his friends, but he has long been enlisted in the CIA. As an analyst, he discovers an attempt to bring down America’s financial backbone originating in Moscow. Based on the character created by Tom Clancy.

Also This Week

Adult World / Rated R / John Cusack, Emma Roberts

Alan Partridge / Rated R / Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney

Capital / Rated R / Gad Elmaleh, Gabriel Byrne

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey / Rated TV-PG / Neil deGrasse Tyson

Devil’s Knot / Not Rated / Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth

Ray Donovan: Season One / Not Rated / Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight

Rizzoli and Isles: The Complete Fourth Season / Not Rated / Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander

Resurrection: The Complete First Season / Not Rated / Omar Epps, Samaire Armstrong

True Detective: The Complete First Season / Not Rated / Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey

Hidden Gem

Tim’s Vermeer / Rated PG-13 / Tim Jenison, Penn Jillette

This delightful documentary follows inventor Tim Jenison as he sets out to duplicate the amazing works of Johannes Vermeer with the same tools that existed in the artist’s day. Insightful and well crafted, this is a documentary that will keep you searching, keep you watching and waiting for a conclusion to a question that you probably never had. Of course -- being that is the case...to make that type of a film interesting...says a whole lot about it!