Tina Fey Stars in ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’; ‘London Has Fallen’ in Local Theaters (Mon., 3/7/16)

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1) Whiskey Tango Foxtrot – If you pick which movie you’re going to see based on how interesting the cast is you’ve probably already ordered tickets for Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Billy Bob Thornton, Josh Charles, Cherry Jones, and Thomas Kretschmann star … and Soledad O’Brien shows up playing herself! The reason all these people got together was to make this film adaptation of a memoir by Kim Barker called The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan about her years as a war correspondent. The film’s directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, the highly original duo behind such oddball movies as I Love You Phillip Morris, Crazy, Stupid, Love, and last year’s most underrated film Focus. Check Fandango for screens and times. (TH)

 

 

2) London Has Fallen – The eagerly anticipated sequel to Olympus Has Fallen. Just in case you were hiding out in a yurt searching for the inner you, that 2013 action thriller starred Gerard Butler as a disgraced Secret Service agent who saves the president when a group of North Korean terrorists take over the White House. Here we are three years later and when the British prime minister dies (under very mysterious circumstances) all the important heads of state come to London to attend his funeral. Uh oh—that doesn’t sound very good, does it? In addition to Butler, who is also producing, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, and Melissa Leo return from the first one … plus a whole slew of people you’ve never heard of. Fun fact: this movie about an American hero saving the British public was shot in Bulgaria. Check Fandango for screens and times. (TH)

3) The Balcony Big Band,  with the Mancini Jazz Ensemble, is hitting only high notes in a Monday night performance at Jergel’s Rhythm Grille. The 18 member group makes a big, beautiful sound. Get in some Monday relaxation with good music. 7 p.m. No cover. 285 Northgate Dr., Warrendale.

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