Flickers: ‘Black Panther’ continues to lead at box office

BOX OFFICE LEADERS

Black Panther PG13 T’Challa, Black Panther, is the heir to the throne of the Wakanda people, but his position is challenged by two enemy forces, as T’Challa joins forces with a CIA operative and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakanda’s female special forces brigade to stop a war.

A Wrinkle in Time PG Based upon Madeleine L’Engle’s sci-fi novel, a young girl travels with her friends to a newly discovered planet in hopes of finding her missing father.

Strangers 2: Prey at Night R Sometimes it’s not safe to take a simple vacation, when a family travelling in their mobile home gets stranded, and they become the potential victims of three masked evildoers with malicious intent on their minds.

Red Sparrow R A prima ballerina suffers an injury that changes her life dramatically as she is soon recruited into an intelligence service designed for young and gifted adults who will be trained to use their body and mind as a deadly weapon.

Game Night R A couple’s weekly game gets heated up when the husband’s brother suggests a reality game based upon a murder mystery that involves people posing as thugs and law enforcement agents, but the game is soon discovered to be real and not fantasy.

Peter Rabbit PG This animated adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s tale of Peter Rabbit and his troubles with Farmer McGregor will be a treat for the entire family.

Death Wish R Bruce Willis stars as Dr. Paul Kersey, a mild-mannered person who witnesses the horrors of inner city living and loses his wife and daughter to home intruders forcing him to be a vigilante by night in this remake of the exceptional classic, Death Wish, starring Charles Bronson.

Annihilation R Scientists discover a place named Area X which few return from and may possibly be mutated creatures of their former self. Only an intense expedition will discover the truth as the scientists set out on this treacherous journey.

The Hurricane Heist PG13 The local authorities have their hands filled when a huge hurricane is headed their way and a group of mercenaries are intent on robbing the local treasury during the impending chaos.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle PG13 An old video game pulls four teens into the virtual reality of the game as they become avatars attempting to solve the continuing mystery of Jumanji or be further trapped within the game.

Gringo R A high-tech company has developed a marijuana pill and when one of their business executives travels to Mexico to firm up a deal, he encounters angry cartel members and other competitors out to make his life very uncomfortable.

***Also Playing in Theaters***

The 15:17 to Paris, Before We Vanish, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, Call Me by Your Name, Coco, Darkest Hour, Every Day, A Fantastic Woman, Fifty Shades Freed, The Greatest Showman, Lady Bird, Phantom Thread, The Post, The Shape of Water, Thoroughbreds, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Winchester, Women Like Us, The Young Karl Marx, Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie.

Coming to theaters on March 16

7 Days in Entebbe PG13 In this third remake of the Entebbe rescue. Israeli soldiers launch a daring mission in 1976 to retrieve over 240 hostages from the Entebbe airport in Uganda, a country ruled by the tyrannical Idi Amin. Stars: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Ben Schnetzer. Directed by Josè Padiha.

I Can Only Imagine PG This is the back story of the inspiration for the very popular Christian song, I Can Only Imagine, written by Bart Millard and his true story of childhood abuse and eventual survival to become the lead singer for the group MercyMe. Stars: J. Michael Finley, Brody Rose, Dennis Quaid, Cloris Leachman. Directed by Andrew Erwin/Jon Erwin.

Love, Simon PG13 This is a coming-of-age story that deals with the frustrating and sometimes comic moments of a 17-year old who is gay and tries to discover the classmate with whom he has developed an on-line emotional connection. Stars: Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner, Katherine Langford. Directed by Greg Berlanti.

Tomb Raider PG13 Based upon the popular video game, Lara Croft finds herself on the island where her father, an adventurer, was last seen, and she summons her mental and physical skills to find him. Stars: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu. Directed by Roar Uthaug.

Coming Soon: Flower, Allure, Josie, Journey’s End, Ramen Heads, Maineland, Demon House, Pacific Rim Uprising, Isle of Dogs, Unsane, Sherlock Gnomes, Paul: Apostle of Christ, Midnight Sun, Hichki, Final Portrait, I Kill Giants, Back to Burgundy, A Bag of Marbles, The Endless, Getting Grace, Beauty and the Dogs, What We Started, Ismael’s Ghosts, Ready Player One, Tyler Perry’s Acrimony, God’s Not Dead: A Light in the Darkness, Finding Your Feet, Outside In, The China Hustle, Gemini.

New on DVD

Justice League PG13 Bruce Wayne enlists Wonder Woman, Diana Prince, to join forces with the League of Heroes to save Earth from total destruction.

Ferdinand PG Ferdinand is not the vicious bull his captors believe him to be, and so the gentle giant joins a ragtag group of friends that plan his escape and return to his home.

The Shape of Water R A cleaning lady of a top-secret government lab discovers a highly classified experiment, a scaled creature in a water tank, and soon discovers that she may be the key to saving the creature’s life.

I, Tonya R An ice skating Olympic hopeful gets implicated in a plot to injure her competition in this compelling drama that focuses the world’s attention on Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding.

The Disaster Artist R Tommy Wiseau achieves his dream of making his own movie, The Room, even it is hailed as the greatest bad movie of all time.

Call Me by Your Name R A 17-year old is spending the summer with his family at an Italian villa where he meets an attractive doctoral student who awakens desires for his first love.

Foreign, Classics, Documentaries: Children of the Corn: Runaway, Kickboxer Retaliation, LEGO DC Super Heroes: The Flash

Television Series: The Handmaid’s Tale s1, The Good Fight s1, Major Crimes s6, Knightfall s1, Into the Badlands s2, Fear the Walking Dead s3, LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker s2.

Guy Hanford, Kensington Video owner for 33 years, retired after a 39-year teaching career in Ramona.