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The Paper Tigers (PG-13) This martial-arts comedy is about three middle-aged former kung fu prodigies (Alain Uy, Ron Yuan, and Mykel Shannon Jenkins) who are forced to revive their talents to solve the murder of their master. Also with Yuji Okumoto, Jae Suh Park, Roger Yuan, Peter Adrian Sudarso, Yoshi Sudarso, and Matthew Page. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
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Above Suspicion (R) This thriller based on the first American conviction for the murder of a federal agent stars Jack Huston as an FBI man who has an illicit affair with his informant (Emilia Clarke). Also with Sophie Lowe, Austin Hébert, Thora Birch, Omar Benson Miller, and Johnny Knoxville. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
May 5, 2021
Today is Wednesday, May 5, the 125th day of 2021. There are 240 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 5, 1925, schoolteacher John T. Scopes was charged in Tennessee with violating a state law that prohibited teaching the theory of evolution. (Scopes was found guilty, but his conviction was later set aside.)
On this date:
In 1494, during his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus landed in Jamaica.
In 1818, political philosopher Karl Marx, co-author of “The Communist Manifesto” and author of “Das Kapital,” was born in Prussia.
In 1891, New York’s Carnegie Hall (then named “Music Hall”) had its official opening night, featuring Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky as a guest conductor.
Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.
OUT: May 17
Reimagining Beatrix Potter s charming Edwardian vegetable thief as a cocky 21st-century arsehole seemed to do no harm at the 2018 box office, so here s more of same. Peter feels like he doesn t fit with his new family, so runs off to find other friends. But, he soon learns, different isn t necessarily better. After hopping around different release dates, the sequel is finally ready to leave the hutch.
Spiral: From The Book Of Saw
OUT: May 17
Saw franchise – the ninth
Saw to date –
Spiral is masterminded by and stars Chris Rock, who, it turns out, is a long-term fan. He plays a cop on the trail of a serial killer responsible for a string of gnarly murders. Max Minghella plays Rock s partner on the force, Marisol Nichols is their captain, and Samuel L. Jackson stars as Rock s father. Darren Lynn Bousman, who directed Saws II through IV, returns to handle the movie.