Atlantic Ave Magazine - January 2020
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otta See<br />
entertainment | GOTTa SEE By lisa marie<br />
<strong>January</strong> 3<br />
► The Grudge - After a young mother murders her family in her own<br />
house, a detective attempts to investigate the mysterious case, only to<br />
discover that the house is cursed by a vengeful ghost. Now targeted by<br />
the demonic spirits, the detective must do anything to protect herself<br />
and her family from harm.<br />
<strong>January</strong> 10<br />
► The Informer - Honorably discharged Special Ops soldier Pete<br />
Koslow’s (Joel Kinnaman) world is turned upside-down when he is<br />
jailed after a fight to protect his wife (Ana de Armas). He’s given a chance<br />
for early release by becoming an informant for the FBI (Rosamund Pike<br />
and Clive Owen) and using his covert skills in an operation to take down<br />
The General, the most powerful crime boss in New York. But when the<br />
FBI sting meant to finally earn Koslow his freedom results in the death<br />
of an undercover NYPD cop, Koslow finds himself caught in the crossfire<br />
between the mob and the FBI.<br />
► Like a Boss - Best friends Mia and Mel (Tiffany Haddish and Rose<br />
Byrne) are living their best lives running their own cosmetics company<br />
they built from the ground up. Unfortunately, they’re in over their heads<br />
financially, and the prospect of a big buyout offer from a notorious<br />
titan of the cosmetics industry Claire Luna (Salma Hayek) proves<br />
too tempting to pass up, putting Mel and Mia’s lifelong friendship in<br />
jeopardy. The beauty business is about to get ugly.<br />
► My Spy follows JJ a hardened CIA operative (Dave Bautista) who<br />
has been demoted and finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-yearold<br />
girl, named Sophie (Chloe Coleman) where he has been sent<br />
undercover begrudgingly to surveil her family. When Sophie<br />
discovers hidden cameras in her apartment, she uses her<br />
tech savviness to locate where the surveillance operation<br />
is set. In exchange for not blowing JJ’s cover Sophie<br />
convinces him to spend time with her and teach her to<br />
be a spy. Despite his reluctance JJ finds he is no match<br />
for Sophie’s disarming charm and wit.<br />
► Underwater - A crew of underwater<br />
researchers must scramble to safety<br />
after an earthquake devastates their<br />
subterranean laboratory. Stars<br />
Kristen Stewart, T.J. Miller, Vincent<br />
Cassel, John Gallagher Jr., Jessica<br />
Henwick, Mamoudou Athie, and<br />
Gunner Wright.<br />
<strong>January</strong> 17<br />
► Bad Boys for Life - Ride together.<br />
Die together. Bad Boys for Life. Marcus<br />
Burnett (Lawrence) is now a police<br />
inspector and Mike Lowrey (Smith)<br />
is in a midlife crisis. They unite again<br />
when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they defeated, promises<br />
them an important bonus in revenge.<br />
► Dolittle - After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric<br />
Dr. John Dolittle (Downey), famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen<br />
Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of<br />
Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company.<br />
But when the young queen (Jessie Buckley) falls gravely ill, a reluctant<br />
Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island<br />
in search of a cure, regaining his wit and courage as he crosses old<br />
adversaries and discovers wondrous creatures.<br />
<strong>January</strong> 24<br />
► The Gentlemen follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew<br />
McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in<br />
London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the<br />
business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an<br />
attempt to steal his domain out from under him. Starring Hugh Grant,<br />
Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie<br />
Marsan, and Colin Farrell. It is both written and directed by British<br />
filmmaker Guy Ritchie.<br />
► Run - Raised in total isolation by her mother, a teenage girl’s life<br />
begins to unravel as she discovers her mother’s sinister secret in this<br />
captivating thriller form the creators of the hit movie Searching. Stars<br />
Sarah Paulson and Pat Healy.<br />
► The Turning takes us to a mysterious estate in the Maine<br />
countryside, where newly appointed nanny Kate is charged with the<br />
care of two disturbed orphans, Flora and Miles. Quickly though, she<br />
discovers that both the children and the house are harboring dark<br />
secrets and things may not be as they appear. “The Turning” is directed<br />
by Italian filmmaker Floria Sigismondi.<br />
<strong>January</strong> 31<br />
► Gretel and Hansel - A long time ago in a distant<br />
fairytale countryside, a young girl (Sophia Lillis) leads<br />
her little brother (Sammy Leakey) into a dark wood in<br />
desperate search of food and work, only to stumble<br />
upon a nexus of terrifying evil.<br />
► The Rhythm Section - Blake Lively stars<br />
as Stephanie Patrick, an ordinary woman<br />
on a path of self-destruction after her<br />
family is tragically killed in a plane crash.<br />
When Stephanie discovers that the<br />
crash was not an accident, she enters a<br />
dark, complex world to seek revenge<br />
on those responsible and find her<br />
own redemption. Lively is joined by<br />
Jude Law, Max Casella, Daniel Mays,<br />
Richard Brake, Raza Jaffrey, Tawfeek<br />
Barhom, and Sterling K. Brown.<br />
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will smith<br />
bad boys for life<br />
martin lawrence<br />
bad boys for life
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