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Starring: Will Smith and Margot Robbie Directed by: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Screenplay by: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa     Like stories about con-men?  Well, here you go.     Nicky (Will Smith) is a con-artist.  He's good at getting people to trust him when he is not a man who should necessarily be trusted.  He can pickpocket a person without them even knowing they've been stolen from.  He can convince anyone of just about anything.  While preparing for a job in New Orleans during the Superbowl, he meets a woman named Jess (Margot Robbie).  Since there's lots of money to be made, she wants in.  After the job's been done and she knows the trade, they split for a long time.     A few years later, they reconnect unexpectedly as Nicky is in the midst of his latest plan.  He's working for a race car team, who has developed a formula to essentially guarantee themselves a win.  They hire him to sell a fak...

Jupiter Ascending

Starring: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Sean Bean, and Eddie Redmayne Directed by: Andy and Lana Wachowski Screenplay by: Andy and Lana Wachowski      From the creators of your favorite mind blowing trilogy that you can't stop referencing whenever you can, The Matrix, comes a brand new movie, you might just totally forget about.      Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) is a cleaning lady just trying to make a living.  When Caine Wise (Channing Tatum) comes along, everything changes.  She is thrust into a whole new world with a whole new understanding of who she really is.      The earth is part of an industry, led by the Abrasax family (from an entirely different planet of humans), which harvests worlds with intelligent life so humans can live essentially forever.  Balem Abrasax (Eddie Redmayne) is the heir to Earth, which means he can harvest it whenever he wants to.  Caine is aware of what the Abrasax family wants to do so it...