Waterloo Region Record

On the Big Screen

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New releases:

• Death Wish: A family man becomes a vigilante killing machine when his family is violently attacked by robbers.

• Red Sparrow: Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to ‘Sparrow School,’ a Russian intelligen­ce service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. Her first mission, targeting a C.I.A. agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.

• Operation Red Sea: PLA Navy Marine Corps launch a hostage rescue operation in Ihwea and undergo a fierce battle with rebellions and terrorism.

• A Fantastic Woman: Marina, a transsexua­l woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.

Ongoing:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Phantom Thread: Set in 1950’s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

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.

All the Money in the World: The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionair­e grandfathe­r Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

Call Me By Your Name: In 1980s Italy, a romance blossoms between a seventeen year-old student and the older man hired as his father’s research assistant.

 ?? SONY PICTURES CLASSICS VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? From left, Michael Stuhlbarg, Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer in a scene from the movie, “Call Me By Your Name.”
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS From left, Michael Stuhlbarg, Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer in a scene from the movie, “Call Me By Your Name.”

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