The Annapolis Movie Club

Plot Summary: John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the run for two reasons… he’s being hunted for a global $14 million dollar open contract on his life, and for breaking a central rule: taking a life on Continental Hotel grounds. The victim was a member of the High Table who ordered the open contract. John should have already been executed, except the Continental’s manager, Winston, has given him a one-hour grace period before he’s ‘Excommunicado’ – membership revoked, banned from all services and cut off from other members. John uses the service industry to stay alive as he fights and kills his way out of New York City. Trailer : https://youtu.be/M7XM597XO94

Our "What Were the 70s Trying to Tell Us?" series lightens up a bit with COLD TURKEY (1971), starring Dick Van Dyke as the minister who tries to make sure the people in his small town can quit smoking for 30 days in order for the town to win $25 million from a tobacco company. It won't be easy... Stick around afterward for a discussion of why this film is still relevant. (And don't forget: we have free popcorn!) RATED PG

Plot Summary: The “Aladdin” cast includes: Two-time Oscar® nominee Will Smith (“Ali,” “Men in Black”) as the Genie who has the power to grant three wishes to whoever possesses his magic lamp; Mena Massoud (Amazon’s “Jack Ryan”) as Aladdin, the hapless but lovable street rat who is smitten with the Sultan’s daughter; Naomi Scott (“Power Rangers”) as Princess Jasmine, the Sultan’s beautiful daughter who wants to have a say in how she lives her life; Marwan Kenzari (“Murder on the Orient Express”) as Jafar, an evil sorcerer who devises a nefarious plot to unseat the Sultan and rule Agrabah himself; Navid Negahban (“Homeland”) as the Sultan, the ruler of Agrabah who is eager to find a proper husband for his daughter, Jasmine; Nasim Pedrad (“Saturday Night Live”) as Dalia, Princess Jasmine’s hand maiden and confidante; Billy Magnussen (“Into the Woods”) as Prince Anders, a suitor from Skanland and potential husband for Princess Jasmine; and Numan Acar (“Homeland”) as Hakim, Jafar’s right-hand man and head of the palace guards. Trailer : https://youtu.be/foyufD52aog

Between the first two Godfather films, Francis Ford Coppola directed THE CONVERSATION (1974), featuring Gene Hackman as a professional wiretapper who listens in on one conversation too many, one that could cost him his life. Stick around afterward for a discussion of why this film is still relevant. (And don't forget: we have free popcorn!) RATED PG