Southwest Messenger - September 8th, 2019

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EDUCATE, EMPOWER, ENGAGE
Women 60 and over seize your opportunity to FLOURISH!!
Join us Wednesday, September 25th
at the Franklin Park Adventure Center
1775 East Broad Street,
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
• Fitness activities
• Health Information from a gender perspective
• Style show (fashions by Chico’s)
Sponsors:
around the southwest
Band Invitational
The Grove City High School Band Invitational will be held at
6 p.m. Sept. 21 at Grove City High School, 4665 Hoover Road. For
more information, visit gchs.swcsd.us.
Free community meal
Bethel Lutheran Church, 4501 Hoover Road in Grove City,
will host a free community meal every third Saturday of each
month. The food will be served from noon to 1 p.m. For more
information, call the church office at 875-0510.
Lung Cancer?
Asbestos exposure in industrial,
construction, manufacturing jobs, or the
military may be the cause. Family in
the home were also exposed.
Call 1-866-795-3684 or email
cancer@breakinginjurynews.com.
$30 billion is set aside for asbestos
victims with cancer. Valuable settlement
monies may not require filing a lawsuit.
FOR MORE
INFORMATION CALL
614.525.5230
www.columbusmessenger.com
In Entertainment
“Ready or Not” a twisted tale
The Reel Deal
Dedra Cordle
The highly anticipated horror film “IT: Chapter 2”
is set to arrive at the theaters this weekend and
chances are you might not be able to purchase a ticket
unless ordered in advance. But should you feel like
pushing your luck and then see that flashing ‘Sold Out’
sign under the desired show time, consider staying to
watch the lesser known horror “Ready or Not” instead.
While lacking the emotional depth that is sure to be
featured in ‘Chapter 2,’ “Ready or Not” offers a look at
something that is just as scary as killer clowns lurking
in the sewers: ill-intentioned in-laws.
When this delightfully twisted tale begins, our
heroine Grace (Samara Weaving) has just married her
knight in shining armor Alex (Mark O’Brien) and is
looking forward to a lifetime of wedded bliss. After a
long day spent with the in-laws, the newlyweds have
snuck away for a little alone time when they are rudely
interrupted by Alex’s bird-like Aunt Helene (Nicky
Guadagni). With clenched fists, eyes that look like
lasers and a perpetual glare on her face, Helene cordially
invites the pair to meet the family in the music
room for a night of games. Though puzzled by the timing
of this request, Grace relents as she does not want
to rock the boat.
Upon arriving in the music room of the estate, she
is told that is a long held Le Domas tradition to play a
game as a way to welcome a new member to the family;
after all, creating games are how they made their
vast fortune. But when Grace pulls the Hide and Seek
card out of a mysterious box, the forced jovial mood of
her new relatives deflates. Some members, like Alex,
his older brother Daniel (Adam Brody) and their mother
Becky (Andie MacDowell) look horrified, while others
(read: Aunt Helene) look delighted by this turn of
events.
As Grace playfully tries to find a place to hide in the
massive
e s t a t e
full of
h i d d e n
passageways
and dumbwaiters, her new
in-laws, minus her husband, are
amassing weapons to use while
they seek. Unbeknownst to the
bride, and unlikely featured in
their prenuptial agreement, the
long held Le Domas tradition of
playing games to welcome new
members is accurate, just not as it pertains to Hide
and Seek. If she had drawn any other game, such as
the ones pulled by her new sister-in-law’s husband, or
new brother-in-law’s wife, she wouldn’t be running
throughout this vast mansion for her life. But such is
her not-so-great-luck, she has to find a place to hide
until dawn from her suddenly killer in-laws.
While largely failing in their attempt to make
pointed social commentary on wealth and privilege,
writers R. Christopher Murphy and Guy Busick succeed
in just about every other attempt to make this an
interesting film. Where the film goes right is with the
character of Grace, who runs the gamut from joy to
confusion to betrayal to horror to rage and then
detached bemusement, and the casting of Weaving to
play the ‘final girl.’ Though you can tell the supporting
actors are having a great time being wicked, it is
Weaving and her character that really propel this film
to an oddly enjoyable status.
Due to its content, which features a ridiculously
shocking amount of gore and an excess of dark humor,
I can’t safely recommend this film for the average
viewer. But if you’re a horror buff who isn’t turned off
by comically over-the-top violence, this might be the
right film for you to see. Grade: B
Dedra Cordle is a Messenger staff writer and
columnist.
Disabled American Veterans
The Disabled American Veterans Chapter 144 in Grove City
meet the third Thursday of each month, 6 p.m. at the American
Legion, 532 Demorest Road. Not only are the meetings informative
about benefits, but participants can find out what services
they may be eligible to receive. It is also a chance to meet other
veterans. For more information, call 614-309-0171.
Historical Society
club meetings
Help preserve the history of Grove City, Urbancrest and
Jackson, Pleasant. Prairie and Franklin townships. The
Southwest Franklin County Historical Society meets the first
Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church,
3220 Columbus St. For information, pick-up a society brochure at
the Grove City Welcome Center, 3378 Park St.
Women’s Civic Club
The Women’s Civic Club of Grove City meets at 7 p.m. the first
Thursday of every month, except January and February, at the
Grove City Library. The philanthropic group begins its evenings
with a speaker, followed by a business meeting and refreshments.
If interested in attending, contact Carol Bonder at 614-558-6138.