Night School (
2018) | IMDb:
5.6
Teddy Walker is a successful salesman whose life takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally blows up his place of employment. Forced to attend night school to get his GED, Teddy soon finds himself dealing with a group of misfit students, his former high school nemesis and a feisty teacher who doesn't think he's too bright.
Starring:
Kevin Hart
,
Tiffany Haddish
,
Rob Riggle
,
Romany Malco
,
Taran Killam
,
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Black Panther (
2018) | IMDb:
7.3
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Starring:
Chadwick Boseman
,
Michael B. Jordan
,
Lupita Nyong'o
,
Danai Gurira
,
Martin Freeman
,
Daniel Kaluuya
Captain Phillips (
2013) | IMDb:
7.8
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Starring:
Tom Hanks
,
Barkhad Abdi
,
Barkhad Abdirahman
,
Faysal Ahmed
,
Mahat M. Ali
,
Michael Chernus
Lions for Lambs (
2007) | IMDb:
6.2
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.