MOVIES
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 • THE BULLETIN
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Reese Witherspoon, left, and Storm Reid in a scene from “A Wrinkle in Time” (2018).
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out — even during a multi-episode arc
when it looked like they might not. Stream
it on ABC and Hulu or rent episodes from
Amazon Prime, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu
or YouTube.
”Girls Trip” (2017) — In one of the fun-
niest movies to be released in the past five
years, it takes the raunchy comedy that is
usually reserved for films starring men and
gives the Flosse Posse the edge and does it
brilliantly. The Posse of four best friends
have drifted apart over the years have re-
united to join successful Ryan (Regina Hall)
on a trip to the Essence Music Festival in
New Orleans where she will deliver the key-
note. When all the ladies land in NOLA,
they reconnect and reignite their wild sides
through partying and romancing. Stream it
on Hulu (with Live TV) or rent it from Am-
azon Prime, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu or
YouTube.
”Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit” (1993)
— While the first of the “Sister Act” films
is pretty solid, the second part is leaps and
bounds better — though this could just be
because I watched a lot more when I was
a kid. In it, we reunite with Deloris/Sister
Mary Clarence (Whoopi Goldberg) as she
is urged to redon her habit to help teach in-
ner-city teens music at a crumbling school
that is in danger of shutting down. Deloris
agrees and begins shaping the students into
incredible singers as we find out more about
new on DVD &
Blu-ray
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Movies released the week of Feb. 23
“The Croods: A New Age,” “Redemption
Day,” “Silk Road” and “The Last Vermeer”
the tense relationship between star pupil
Rita (Lauryn Hill) and her mother (Sheryl
Lee Ralph). And through it all, the nuns
have Deloris’ back and she has theirs and
her students’. Stream it on Disney+ or rent it
from Amazon Prime, Google Play, iTunes,
Vudu or YouTube.
”Waiting to Exhale” (1995) — The story
of four friends as they navigate love and
changes in their relationships. Together
they lend support to one another making it
one of the quintessential women-support-
ing-women stories out there. Each of their
lives is different but the struggle to find a
good man is universal between them. It’s
uneven with its performances and the pac-
ing but it was one of the first big films of the
romantic genre to highlight an all-Black cast
of women. It is also the theatrical directorial
debut of future Oscar-winning actor Forest
Whitaker. Rent it on Amazon Prime, Goo-
gle Play, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube.
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