FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE & EATS – JUNE 9, 2017
DUST OFF YOUR WONDER WOMAN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES
WONDER WOMAN IS BACK, BY POPULAR DEMAND!
CYPRESS CREEK REGAL THEATRE (6415 N. ANDREWS)
STARTS 7:50 PM
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GROUP WILL MEET BEFORE MOVIE AT 6:45 PM at
SWEET TOMATOES, 6245 N. Andrews
(Walking distance from theatre)
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Before she was Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, Diana meets an American pilot (Chris Pine) who tells her about the massive conflict that’s raging in the outside world. Convinced that she can stop the threat, Diana leaves her home for the first time. Fighting alongside men in a war to end all wars, she finally discovers her full powers and true destiny.
Release date: June 2, 2017 (USA)
Based on: Wonder Woman; by William Moulton Marston
Budget: $149 million
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An indifferent box office promises to get a lift from a genuinely novel protagonist as enigmatic as she is compelling.Full review
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
Washington Post
Befitting its World War I setting, Wonder Woman has a certain throwback charm, with Gadot and Pine playing off one another as good-naturedly as partners in a 1930s screwball comedy.Full review
Christopher Orr
The Atlantic
The Atlantic
Born to play the role of “Wonder Woman”, Gadot proves that women can be fierce and loyal, as well as empathetic, in director Patty Jenkins’ epic, satisfying origin story.Full review
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