Sacramento

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  • Title: Sacramento
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While worrying frantically about everything, including his far more stable wife Rosie (Kristen Stewart) about to give birth to their first child, Glenn (Michael Cera) gets an unexpected visit from his estranged childhood best-friend Rickey (Sky High‘s Michael Angarano who also wrote and directed the film). What follows is a quirky comedy with Rosie more than happy to see Glenn go for a road trip weekend with Rickey ending up in Sacramento, although not for the reasons Rickey initially offers.

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The Ballad of Wallis Island

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  • Title: The Ballad of Wallis Island
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Tom Basden (who wrote the songs used in the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Tim Key) stars as famous, if floundering, musician Herb McGwyer who arrives on a remote island for a private concert to a pair of surprises. First, the reclusive millionaire Charles (Tom Key) who has hired Herb is the only audience member for the concert on the near-deserted island. And, second, he has also invited Herb’s former partner Nell Mortimer (Carey Mulligan) who he hasn’t spoken to in almost a decade.

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G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero – Silent Missions (Jinx)

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Honoring the original “Silent Interlude” issue from G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero #21 from 1984, Image and Skybound are putting together a series of silent issue one-shots featuring different characters. G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero – Jinx #1 features the ninja sneaking into a Cobra facility and setting a bomb. Discovered, Jinx must fight her way out before being captured and make it out before the bomb goes off.

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Doctor Odyssey – Spring Break

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  • Title: Doctor Odyssey – Spring Break
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The medical emergencies are mostly minor early on during Spring Break Week as Max (Joshua Jackson) spends most of his time deflecting the attention of three persistent young women (Paris Jackson, Ava Phillippe, and Charlotte Lawrence), although that eventually takes a dark turn with some spiked drugs and a case of scuba diving gone wrong, helping a young man with an embarrassing PGAD condition, and Avery (Phillipa Soo) taking interest in an overly-studious passenger (Kathryn Newton) whose mostly minor symptoms become hard to diagnosis.

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