Mario’s Weekend Movie Roundup [VIDEO]

Three new movies are in theaters this weekend -- a fantasy action adventure, an inspiring boxing drama, and a comedy drama. I like a good boxing movie so I'm going with Southpaw. Grab the popcorn and I'll see you at the movies!Pixels (PG-13) Buy Tickets

When aliens intercept video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack Earth, using the games as models. Knowing that he must employ a similar strategy, President Will Cooper (Kevin James) recruits his childhood pal, former videogame champ and home-theater installer Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), to lead a team of old-school arcade players (Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad) and a military specialist (Michelle Monaghan) to save the planet.

Southpaw (R) Buy Tickets

Billy "The Great" Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish lifestyle. However, when tragedy strikes, Billy hits rock bottom, losing his family, his house and his manager. He soon finds an unlikely savior in Tick Willis (Forest Whitaker), a former fighter who trains the city's toughest amateur boxers. With his future on the line, Hope fights to reclaim the trust of those he loves the most.

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After enigmatic Margo (Cara Delevingne) leads her friend Quentin (Nat Wolff) on a nighttime odyssey through their hometown, she disappears -- leaving behind a series of cryptic clues that Quentin must decipher to find her. The mystery leads Quentin and his sharp-witted friends on an adventure that is both funny and moving. Eventually, Quentin realizes that to locate Margo, he must come to a deeper understanding of friendship and love.