FIRST LOOK: Spielberg's Ode to 80s "Ready Player One," "Acrimony," "God is Not Dead" sequel and Marquee lobby parties

Saturday, March 31, 2018 - 03:22 Updated 45 weeks ago by Tony Rutherford , HNN Entertainment Editor

What's going to quell your desire for a good film before the pre-summer blockbusters arrive?

Master story-teller Steven Spielberg has unleashed "Ready Player One," which is set in 2045 where a chaotic world retreats to virtual reality to shed their fears. Early reviews have labeled it a "carnival like celebration of geekdom" which topples corporate monoliths . It's been compared to "Tron" and 82% of early reviews have been strong.

Motion picture business analysts predict "Ready Player One," Spielberg's family friendly virtually video universe to crest on top of attendance charts. Acrimony likely will finish a distant second place. God is not Dead Light in Darkness will enter the lower half of the top ten . It has strong genre competition from "I Can only Imagine" and "Paul Apostle of Christ."

Black Panther, I Can only Imagine and Pacific Rim Uprising are anticipated to compete for third, fourth and fifth this weekend.

The reboot of "Tomb Raider" continues to hold, but it's only not crossed the $50 million dollar mark. Based on a video game, cinema fans might suggest a budding female Indiana Jones. "Tomb" has Indy staples (at least briefly) including a few spiders and a huge boulder. It's a set up for future sequels.

A bulked up Alicia Vikander punches,runs and shoots well as Lara Croft, a young woman searching for her seven years missing dad. Most of the film occurs on an isle straight out of a King movie, except there's no giant ape.

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READY PLAYER ONE

From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes the science fiction action adventure Ready Player One, based on Ernest Cline's bestseller of the same name, which has become a worldwide phenomenon.The film is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance). When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger

GOD IS NOT DEAD : Light in Darkness

A church destroyed. A congregation silenced. A relationship shattered. Yet even in life's darkest valleys, a small flame can light the way toward healing and hope. After a deadly fire rips through St. James Church, Hadleigh University leaders use the tragedy to push the congregation off campus, forcing the church to defend its rights and bringing together estranged brothers for a reunion that opens old wounds and forces them to address the issues that pulled them apart.

TYLER PERRY'S ACRIMONY

A faithful wife (Oscar nominee Taraji P. Henson) tired of standing by her devious husband is enraged when it becomes clear she has been betrayed.

FLASHBACK CINEMA

EASTER PARADE

Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, two of the greatest stars from Hollywood's Golden Age, team up in this joyous holiday musical from composer Irving Berlin (White Christmas). One of the most successful of all MGM musicals, with some of Berlin's best songs, including "Shakin' the Blues Away" (performed by Ann Miller), "Steppin' Out with My Baby," "A Couple of Swells" and, of course, the title song. ("Oh, I could write a sonnet about your Easter bonnet…")

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STARTING FRIDAY MARCH 30

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CAST
Jennifer Taylor, John Corbett, Ted McGinley, Tatum O'Neal

DIRECTOR
Michael Mason

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Taraji P. Henson, Lyriq Bent

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Tyler Perry

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FIRST LOOK: Spielberg's Ode to 80s "Ready Player One," "Acrimony," "God is Not Dead" sequel and Marquee lobby parties

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