FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES

OPENING FRIDAY AT PALACE CINEMAS

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Rya Kihlstedt, with Brec Bassinger, and Tony Todd.

Directed by Adam Stein & Zach Lipovsky

Screenplay by Guy Busick & Lori Evans Taylor

Story by Jon Watts and Guy Busick & Lori Evans Taylor. Based on characters created by Jeffrey Reddick.

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SINNERS - A new vision of fear

From Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther and Creed, and starring Michael B. Jordan.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their home town to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated film-maker Coogler, SINNERS stars Jordan (the Black Panther and Creed franchises) in a dual role, joined by Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld ( Bumblebee,True Grit), Jack O’Connell ( Ferrari), WunmiMosaku ( Passenger), Jayme Lawson ( The Woman King), Omar Miller ( True Lies), and Delroy Lindo ( Da 5 Bloods).

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SHADOW FORCE – Family over everything

In SHADOW FORCE, Kyrah (Washington) and Isaac (Sy) were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family’s fight becomes all-out war.

Director: Joe Carnahan

Writers: Leon Chillsand Joe Carnahan

Producers: Kerry Washington, p.g.a., Pilar Savone, p.g.a., Stephen ‘Dr’ Love, p.g.a., Sterling K. Brown

Cast: Kerry Washington,Omar Sy, Mark Strong, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Cliff ‘Method Man’ Smith.

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GUNS UP – Business as usual

After a job takes a disastrous turn, a former cop and devoted family man (Kevin James), secretly working as a mob enforcer, has just one night to escape the city with his loved ones before it’s too late.

Director: Edward Drake

Cast: Christina Ricci, Kevin James,Luis Guzman

Genre: Action, Comedy.

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THUNDERBOLTS*–There’s something no quite right here

In THUNDERBOLTS*, Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes —Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned cast-offs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

Starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer, Wendell Pierce, with David Harbour, with Hannah John-Kamen

and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Directed by Jake Schreier

Story by Eric Pearson

Screenplay by Eric Pearson and Joanna Calo.

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A MINECRAFT MOVIE – An amazing wonderland of possibilities

From Warner Bros Pictures and Legendary Pictures, and starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black, A MINECRAFT MOVIE, directed by Oscar nominee Jared Hess, is the first-ever big-screen, live-action adaptation of Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time.

This action/adventure family film also stars Emma Myers ( Wednesday), Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks ( The Color Purple), Sebastian Eugene Hansen ( Just Mercy, Lisey’s Story), with Jennifer Coolidge.

Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits — Garrett ‘The Garbage Man’ Garrison ( Momoa), Henry (Hansen), Natalie (Myers) and Dawn (Brooks) — find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Black).

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THE ACCOUNTANT 2 – Two brothers, one mission

Christian Wolff (Oscar winner Ben Affleck) has a talent for solving complex problems. When an old acquaintance is murdered, leaving behind a cryptic message to “find the accountant”, Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realising more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother, Brax (Jon Bernthal), to help. In partnership with US Treasury Deputy Director Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), they uncover a deadly conspiracy, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.

Directed by Gavin O’Connor

Written by Bill Dubuque

Produced by Ben Affleck, Lynette Howell Taylor, Mark Williams.

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PALACE CINEPLEX – EARLY WEEKEND MATINEES 2 P.M.

- THUNDERBOLTS*

-A MINECRAFT MOVIE

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