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Scarlett Johansson is an intriguing blank in Luc Besson's "Lucy," which is stranded somewhere between a stranger-in-a-strange-land action thriller and apocalyptic science fiction.
Film Shorts // April 14-20, 2021
Vanquish (R) This thriller stars Ruby Rose as a former mob drug courier who becomes the target of extortion after a retired cop (Morgan Freeman) kidnaps her daughter. Also with Patrick Muldoon, Nick Vallelonga, Ekaterina Baker, and Julie Lott. (Opens Friday)
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Jakob’s Wife (NR) The latest horror film by Travis Stevens (
Girl on the Third Floor) stars Barbara Crampton as a small-town minister’s wife who rediscovers her youth when she’s bitten by a vampire. Also with Larry Fessenden, Bonnie Aarons, Nyisha Bell, Sarah Lind, Mark Kelly, and CM Punk. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
Film Shorts // April 7-13, 2021
The Man Who Sold His Skin (NR) Nominated for the Oscar for Best International Film, this Tunisian drama is about a Syrian refugee (Yahya Mahyani) who becomes a living art exhibit in a museum. Also with Dea Liane, Koen de Bouw, Saad Lostan, Christian Vadim, Darina al-Joundi, and Monica Bellucci. (Opens Friday in Dallas)
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Held (NR) Jill Awbrey and Bart Johnson star in this horror film as a couple trying to repair their marriage when a disembodied voice at their vacation house takes control. Also with Rez Kempton, Zack Gold, Jener Dasilva, and Tessa Munro. (Opens Friday)
From ‘The Message’ to ‘Malcolm X’: 10 films featuring positive and accurate portrayals of Islam
For his role as the African-American activist Malcolm X, Oscar-winner Denzel Washington studied the Quran in depth
Anthony Quinn stars in Prophet Mohammed biopic The Message (1976). Courtesy Front Row
Denzel Washington in Malcolm X (1992). IMDb
Anthony Quinn plays Algerian resistance fighter Omar Al Mukhtar in Lion of the Desert (1981). Courtesy Falcon International
Orlando Bloom stars in Kingdom of Heaven (2005). Courtesy 20th Century Fox
Amr Waked as Sheikh Muhammed and Ewan McGregor as Fred in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), a film by Lasse Hallstrom.
Vince Colosimo and Leonardo DiCaprio in 2008 s Body of Lies . Courtesy Everett Collection