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Accountants are generally thought of as a bit different. They march to the beat of their own numbers-driven drums. In the film The Accountant, Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is brought in to check the books for a variety of businesses including some that aren’t listed in the Fortune 500. Drug cartels, arms brokers, money launderers and assassins are just some of those who seek Wolff’s services. He is more than an accountant, and when discretion is required in finding missing money, Wolff is the guy to do it. As a man with high-functioning autism and a definite sense of right […]

Kevin Hart: What Now? was filmed outdoors in front of more than 50,000 people at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field —marking the first time a comedian has ever performed to an at-capacity football stadium. The event film takes Hart back to his hometown for the culmination of the biggest comedy tour in history. Hart says, “The reason for What Now? is because that’s the question that I get the most. No matter what you do in life or what you achieve, everybody always wants to know what the next thing is. ‘Oh my God, you just won the Super Bowl! What […]

One man can make a difference in the lives of countless others. In the film The Birth of a Nation, that man is Nat Turner (Nate Parker). A slave who is owned by the man he grew up alongside, Turner finds himself educated by his owners and a rarity in the South as a literate slave. Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer) is trying to keep his property afloat. When the Reverend (Mark Boone Jr.) suggests that Samuel might hire out his slave, who is trained in the Word of God, to help calm other landowners’ slaves, Samuel takes their money and […]

Oil. It drives countless industries and provides income for the men and women who search for it. An entire industry thrives in the gulf with jobs for countless residents on the platforms that float on the water’s surface. The movie Deepwater Horizon from director Peter Berg focuses on the platform of the same name and the men and women who make it operate. Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg) seems like a regular guy working on the Deepwater. He has a loving wife, Felicia (Kate Hudson), and a beautiful daughter, Sydney (Stella Allen), who rely on his work. When he leaves for […]

On Demand DVD New Releases: Jan. 9-15 The Accountant Christian Wolff is a math savant who works to help unsavory characters with their finances, but he has issues that impair his social life. The government would love to access the knowledge Christian possesses. Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons (R, 2:08) 1/10 Birth of a Nation Nat Turner is a literate slave. He has learned the word of God, and while he originally follows his master’s orders to preach to other slaves with a focus on keeping them under control, that isn’t what he is called to do. When the […]