Entertainment

'Puppet Circus,' performed by Kraig Kensinger & Company, is coming to the Puppetry Arts Institute in Independence for three consecutive Saturdays. Shows are at 11 a.m. June 7, 14 and 21.

Is it any wonder that the "Mission: Impossible" series is getting just a little tired? All that running! All that flopping about of Tom Cruise's hair! All those endless rehashes of the (admittedly banging) theme music! All those faces being ripped off!

“The Four Seasons” on Netflix might be one of the more confounding examples of Hollywood’s preoccupation with treating any preexisting film or show as intellectual property in need of a remake.

ATLANTA — Kerry Washington, known best for warring with words on ABC’s “Scandal,” has seen the likes of Lucy Liu, Halle Berry and Gal Gadot physically take down bad guys in film. So why not her?

What: Encore Theatre of Independence presents the murder mystery play “Rehearsal For Murder,” adapted by D.D. Brooke from the television play by Richard Levinson and William Link (1982), directed by Tracy LaGuardia and performed by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company.

For more than two decades, Blue Springs Police Department Lt. Brandon Claxton has provided help, relief and comfort to the residents of his community.

In “Sinners,” his bloody new historical blockbuster, writer/director Ryan Coogler feels unleashed in a way he hasn’t been before — and that’s a good thing. Free from the shackles of proving himself, respectability politics and four-quadrant appeal, the “Black Panther,” “Creed” and “Fruitvale Station” filmmaker delightedly revels in what he’s allowed to do within this hyper-sexy, hyper-violent, R-rated vampire movie.

Puppetry Arts Institute presents "Red Riding Hood" at 11 a.m. Saturday at 11025 E. Winner Road in Independence.

You've never seen war on-screen quite like this, and you've never heard war on-screen quite like this.