Waterloo Region Record

On the Big Screen

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New releases:

• Annihilati­on: A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply.

• Every Day: A shy teenager falls for someone who transforms into another person every day.

• Game Night: A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.

• In the Fade: Katja’s life collapses after the death of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.

• 2018 Oscar-nominated live action short films: Collective screening of the Academy Award nominated short films from the Live Action category for 2018.

Ongoing:

Black Panther: T’Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologi­cally advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king.

Early Man: Set at the dawn of time, when prehistori­c creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, “Early Man” tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.

Samson: After losing the love of his life to a cruel Philistine prince, a young Hebrew with supernatur­al strength defends his people, sacrificin­g everything to avenge his love, his people, and his God.

Monster Hunt 2: The story continues with Wuba after he parts way with his human parents Tian and Lan for his own journey.

Detective Chinatown 2: When the case of New York Chinatown godfather Uncle Qi’s missing son turns into a murder investigat­ion, the detective duo Tang and Qin team up again to hunt down the killer — this time with some help from the Internatio­nal Detective Alliance.

Fifty Shades Freed: Anastasia and Christian get married, but Jack Hyde continues to threaten their relationsh­ip.

The 15:17 to Paris: Three Americans discover a terrorist plot aboard a train while in France.

Peter Rabbit: Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure: Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as the “Flare”.

Padmaavat: Set in medieval Rajasthan, Queen Padmavati is married to a noble king and they live in a prosperous fortress with their subjects until an ambitious Sultan hears of Padmavati’s beauty and forms an obsessive love for the Queen of Mewar.

I, Tonya: Competitiv­e ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. figure skating championsh­ips, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

The Post: A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unpreceden­ted battle between journalist and government.

Molly’s Game: The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympiccla­ss skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.

The Greatest Showman: Inspired by the imaginatio­n of P.T. Barnum, “The Greatest Showman” is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle: Four teenagers discover an old video game console and are literally drawn into the game’s jungle setting becoming the adult avatars they chose.

Darkest Hour: During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.

The Shape of Water: In a 1960s research facility, a mute janitor forms a relationsh­ip with an aquatic creature.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: A mother personally challenges the local authoritie­s to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

Lady Bird: In 2002, an artistical­ly inclined seventeen-yearold girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.

Get Out: It's time for a young African-American to meet with his white girlfriend's parents for a weekend in their secluded estate in the woods, but before long, the friendly and polite ambience will give way to a nightmare.

 ?? JOE ALBLAS/TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? From left, Katherine McNamara, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jacob Lofland, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dylan O’Brien, Rosa Salazar and Dexter Darden in a scene from the movie, “Maze Runner: The Death Cure.”
JOE ALBLAS/TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX THE ASSOCIATED PRESS From left, Katherine McNamara, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jacob Lofland, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Dylan O’Brien, Rosa Salazar and Dexter Darden in a scene from the movie, “Maze Runner: The Death Cure.”

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