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BAND OF ROBBERS  Running time: 95 minutes Rated: Not Rated Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 2016 ”Band of Robbers” is, by all means, an updated re-telling of two of the most celebrated works by legendary author Mark Twain. The concept itself is may be familiar to some, but it somewhat succeeds thanks to its outlandish brand of quackish behavior. Even the film itself starts with a quote from Twain himself, which showcases the brand of humor itself.  Brothers Aaron and Nee have taken the characters of both Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer and reworked them into a plot that even Twain himself would be proud of. Huckleberry Finn (Kyle Gallner) is a free-spirited convict released from a prison stint, and attempts at making a descent effort into following straight. He gets roped into a scheme by Tom Sawyer (Adam Nee) involving a clerk store robbery where it is believed a legendary treasure is hidden. He recruits his bumbling friends Joe Harper (Matthew Gray Gubler) and

ALIENS WINNER! 2 of 7 Academy Awards = Best Actress (Sigourney Weaver), Film Editing, Original Score (James Horner), Art Direction, Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Visual Effects Nominated for Golden Globe = Best Actress (Sigourney Weaver) “Aliens” is a prime example of a movie whose sequel surpasses the original beyond expectations. I saw it years later when I was older, but when it was released back in 1986, there were only three sequels that stood this honor: this being one of them, the other two being “The Godfather, Part II” and “The Empire Strikes Back” (one can also put up an argument for the best Bond sequels up to 1986, but that’s another best of list) The list still grows this day, but one of the reasons why “Aliens” is a sequel rarity is that it is one of the most definitive of sequels, improving upon the storyline of the first. Director James Cameron, who previously helmed “The Terminator” before tackling this one, seems the perfect choice for blending a

M OONWALKERS Running time: 107 minutes Rated: R (for strong bloody violence, graphic nudity, plentiful drug use and language) Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 2016 For many years after the first Apollo spaced program that successfully launched two men on the moon, in order to ensure that the United States would win the “space-race” portion of the Cold War, there were many moon landing conspiracy theories as to whether or not it actually happened or whether they were all staged. The moon landing theory actually sounds like a great concept for a film, just not for this one. “Moonwalkers” -- actually a great movie title -- is one in which fires on all the wrong cylinders, resulting in a very flat movie in which not all of the weirdness can save itself from. It also suffers from poor casting. It revolves around CIA agent Kidman (Ron Perlman) takes on a mission to locate the famed director Stanley Kubrick for a “highly classified, top secretive project”. When Kidnam quest