This week, we feature a fun family film about a pampered macaw and a warm romcom about restoring both homes and hearts.
New Release
‘The Amateur’
Rami Malek stars as Heller, a grief-stricken CIA codebreaker who forces his way into the role of field operative after losing his wife in a London bombing and watching the agency do nothing.Malek is solid in the lead, and Laurence Fishburne adds real presence in a rare weighty role. But while the film delivers on mood and tension, it slips with underdeveloped characters and a murky finale. Sharp in parts, but overall a bit uneven, it’s still an intriguing, cerebral look at what happens when intellect and emotion collide under pressure.
