Grow Omaha Flicks

★ ★ ★ ½ Roofman is based on the true story of Jeffrey “Jeff” Manchester, a Charlotte, N.C., man who notoriously robbed an unknown number of McDonald’s and other fast-food restaurants by breaking in through the roof. As an underemployed, divorced Navy veteran and struggling father, he needed a way to support his family. The film opens with Jeff breaking into…

★ ★ ½ Bone Lake is a thriller that explores temptation in a relationship already being tested—with metaphors so on the nose even Pinocchio would be jealous. This is a film with a great deal of missed opportunities with intriguing ideas that, had they been more thoroughly explored, could have succeeded at making us feel uncomfortable while entertaining us at the same time…

★ ★ ★ Good Boy took more than three years to film. It was shot in director Ben Leonberg’s home. It’s a haunted house horror film that doesn’t show us anything new or redefine the genre—except for one astounding choice. The main protagonist is a dog , and it’s told from the canine’s perspective. The unwritten rule in Hollywood…

★ ★ The Strangers: Chapter 2 is a much more entertaining film than its predecessor. If you’re willing to turn off your brain, leave logic and reason at the concession counter, munch your popcorn and enjoy the ride, you might actually have a decent time. Unlike last year’s insufferable Chapter 1, this is…

★ ★ ★ ★ The Smashing Machine tells the biographical story of wrestler and mixed martial artist Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson). The title is based on his nickname, given because of his brutal ground-and-pound striking and vicious wrestling takedowns. Raw and visceral, the film shows Mark as a man in mental torment—a self-saboteur in his personal life. In the ring…

★ ★ ½ The Senior is a film based on a true story about Mike Flynt, a 59-year-old who finds himself still eligible to play one last season of football at his alma mater. In his senior year, he was kicked off the football team and expelled after one too many fights off the field. He was technically qualified to complete his final year of eligibility at Sul Ross State University…

★ ★ ★ A Big Bold Beautiful Journey takes us on a quiet, understated adventure that brings two people together, forcing them to confront their traumatic pasts and failed relationships. It forces them to look at how they each bring old wounds into new relationships. This often leads to self-sabotage…

★ ★ One Battle After Another is the latest from director Paul Thomas Anderson about a paranoid, has-been revolutionary trying to raise a daughter and keep her safe while living off-the-grid. Anderson has built a career on offbeat topics, crafting compelling stories out of the unlikely. Here, he swaps…

★ ★ Him is described as a football horror film but presents itself more as a cautionary tale about the high cost of fame with enough fantastic conspiracy theories to make the back teeth of anyone wearing a tinfoil hat tingle. It’s the kind of film that grinds out a thesis throughout the story, always edging hard towards a profound point. Unfortunately, it never quite gets there…

★ ★ ★ ½ Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale serves as the culmination of the international television and film phenomenon that first aired in 2010. Let’s get this out of the way right now—yes, you really do need to be a fan of the series to enjoy it. And yes, it’s worth your journey through the series…