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PG. Starts tonight at Waterford, Stonington, Westbrook, Lisbon. A.X.L. is a top-secret, robotic dog who develops a friendship with Miles and is ready to protect his new companion. A review wasn’t available by deadline. R, 134 minnutes. Through tonight only at Madison Art Cinemas. Still playing at Niantic, Mystic Luxury Cinemas. Before Black Lives Matter and I Can’t Breathe became hashtags — before hashtags even existed — Spike Lee was making movies exploring social justice issues and savaging societal racism. “BlacKkKlansman” is his latest, and it is one of his best. Several things are remarkable about this film, which stars a charismatic John David Washington in the mind-bending true story of an African American
1/2 PG, 118 minutes. Through tonight only at Stonington. Still playing at Mystic Luxury Cinemas, Waterford, Westbrook, Lisbon. It’s got to be difficult to find a new angle on such a beloved character as Winnie-the-Pooh. To give Pooh a new twist, Disney has enlisted director Marc Forster to give the honey-loving bear — you guessed it — a gritty reboot. Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy, Allison Schroeder, Greg Brooker, and Mark Steven Johnson all contributed to the screenplay, which seeks to place Pooh and pals, including Christopher Robin (played by Orton O’Brien and Ewan MacGregor), in historical context. In an opening sequence, Christopher Robin leaves behind his R, 120 minutes. Starts Friday at Lisbon. Fans of the first film will instantly know why Washington is drawn to the character of Robert McCall, a quiet middle-aged retired special-ops agent who fiercely believes in justice, likes to help others and dispenses the occasional lethal killing for those deserving. In the sequel, McCall is now a Lyft driver, selectively helping people he encounters. When a group of smarmy, cocky Wall Street types PG, 97 minutes. Westbrook, Lisbon. It’s all about the zing. If you are not up on monster speak, the term zing refers to what happens once in the life of a vampire, mummy, werewolf, etc. It’s that moment when they know they have found the one true love in their life. In the case of “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation,” Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) learns it’s possible to zing more than once as he meets the new once-ina-lifetime love of his life during a monster sea cruise. While Dracula zings again, this third offering in the offbeat look at the world of ghouls and monsters doesn’t