Dark Phoenix

In 1992, after a mission to save the space shuttle Endeavor, Jean Grey (Turner) has her psychic abilities amplified from what is believed to be a solar flare. With her mental barriers altered by the accident, she relives trauma from her past, including the realization that she was the cause of the fatal car wreck that killed her parents and left her the sole survivor of her family. While learning to control her pain on the island of Genosha, she encounters Vuk (Chastain), who reveals that the solar flare that altered Jean's abilities was actually a cosmic force that has possessed her. Prof. Charles Xavier (McAvoy) and the other X-Men work together to save Jean from herself, and from those looking to make her powers their own.

Director: Simon Kinberg. Stars: Sophie Turner, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Evan Peters, Jessica Chastain. 2019. 113 mins. Action.

Wild Rose

After serving a yearlong prison sentence for attempted drug smuggling, single mother of two and aspiring country singer Rose-Lynn (Buckley) learns that she has lost her job at Glasgow's Grand Ole Opry. Her mother, Marion (Walters), convinces her to give up her dream and find a more practical career in order to provide for her children, so Rose-Lynn takes a job as a housekeeper for a local wealthy woman, Susannah (Okonedo). A mutual love of country music bonds them, and Susannah helps Rose-Lynn pursue her dreams of moving to Nashville, Tennessee, and becoming a country music star. 

Director: Tom Harper. Stars: Jessie Buckley, Sophie Okonedo, Julie Walters, James Harkness. 2018. 101 mins. Drama.

Above the Shadows

Soon after losing her beloved mother to a terminal illness, Holly (Thirlby) finds herself so removed from society and her own family that she literally becomes invisible. Using her invisibility to her advantage, Holly becomes a tabloid photographer and meets Shayne (Ritchson), a disgraced MMA fighter, who appears to be the only one who can see her. After Holly discovers that one of her own photographs caused Shayne's demise, she vows to revive Shayne's career and learns to restore her own life in the process.

Director: Claudia Myers. Stars: Olivia Thirlby, Alan Ritchson, Jim Gaffigan, Maria Dizzia, David Johansen, Megan Fox, Justine Cotsonas, Pawel Szajda. 2019. 111 mins. Fantasy.