The Brainerd Dispatch - Today's Entertainment Magazine
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10 • February 26 - March 4, 2023 • Brainerd Dispatch Detective Knight: Independence Following a last-minute assign- ment, Detective Knight (Willis) and his partner, Fitzgerald (Mun- ro), find themselves in the midst of a bank robbery. Paramedics Dezi (Kilmer) and Ally (Shields) are also called to the scene after a police officer is shot, but when Dezi attends to the wounded thief instead of the bank manager, he is fired for his actions. Dezi em - barks on a trail of chaos and de- struction that only Detective Knight can stop in time for the Fourth of July. "Detective Knight: Independence" is the third and fi - nal film of the Detective Knight trilogy and a sequel to 2022's "Detective Knight: Redemption." Director: Edward Drake. Stars: Bruce Willis, Jack Kilmer, Lochlyn Munro, Willow Shields, Lorenzo Antonucci, Dina Meyer, Dax Campbell, Nadine Leon Gobet. 91 mins. 2023. Action. God's Country After her mother's cremation and burial, university professor Sandra (Newton) returns to her home in remote western Montana to find a red pickup truck parked in her driveway. She leaves a note on the windshield urging the occu- pants to park elsewhere, but the following day, Sandra find her note on the ground near a dead bird. The truck and its drivers, Na- than (Jarsky) and Samuel (White), return day after day despite San- dra's strong insistence, and San- dra finds herself pulled into a mi- sogynist and racist world that creeps closer to ultimate violence. Director: Julian Higgins. Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Joris Jarsky, Jefferson White, Tanaya Beatty. 102 mins. 2022. Thriller. Devotion This biographical film tells the story of Jesse Brown, the first Black aviator in the U.S. Navy. During the Korean War, Lt. Tom Hudner (Powell) is transferred to Fighter Squadron 32 at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, in Rhode Island. Upon meeting Ensign Jes- se Brown (Majors), the only Black member of the squadron, the pair form a quick and close friendship that extends to Brown's wife, Dai- sy (Jackson). As Hudner and Brown embark on their mission to support the Marines in South Ko- rea, their close bond is ultimately tested. "Devotion" is based on the book "Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacri- fice" by historian Adam Makos. Director: J.D. Dillard. Stars: Jona- than Majors, Glen Powell, Christi- na Jackson, Thomas Sadoski, Dar- en Kagasoff, Joe Jonas, Spencer Neville, Nick Hargrove, Boone Platt. 139 mins. 2022. Action. Extreme Sudoku Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 4x4 box contains the digits 1 through 9. AND the letters A through F. Solution below Bruce Willis in "Detective Knight: Independence" Videoreleases NorthernEyeCenter.com Brainerd • LittleFalls • Staples Contactustoday at218-829-2020 toscheduleyour life-changing blade-freeLASIK! Complete Ophthalmology And Optometry Services Blade Free Lasik Call us today 218-829-2020 • 800-872-0005 NorthernEyeCenter.com Brainerd • Little Falls • Staples 13442 Elmwood Dr. Baxter, MN 56425 218-829-4207 baxterdentalclinic.com You make me smile, valentine! www.facebook.com/Brainerdsalthriftstore 609 Norwood St. Brainerd, MN Dollars raised in our Thrift Store go to help those in need in the Brainerd/Baxter Lakes Community. 218-822-3559