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What Movies Will You Be Watching This Weekend, Waukee?

Want to stay cool this weekend, Waukee? Check out Redbox for the latest in action, romance, drama and comedy flicks - they're all there.

The word "hot" will be an understatement again this weekend.

I have an idea - why not stay inside, enjoy the A/C and rent a movie? Great idea, I know. I'm glad I thought of it.

Next thought, what in the world are you going to rent? Maybe an action flick, a juicy romance or a high-tension thriller? They have them all at Redbox.

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Here’s the Top 5 movies on Redbox in Waukee:

1. 21 Jump Street - Schmidt and Jenko are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school. As they trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, Schmidt and Jenko risk their lives to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. But they find that high school is nothing like they left it just a few years earlier - and neither expects that they will have to confront the terror and anxiety of being a teenager again and all the issues they thought they had left behind.

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Redbox Review: 4 Stars  Rating: R Stars: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle

2. A Thousand Words - Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack's life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he's got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he's a goner.

Redbox Review: 3.5 Stars  Rating: PG-13 Stars: Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Cliff Curtis, Clark Duke, Ruby Dee

3. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room...until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large-Professor Moriarty-and not only is he Holmes' intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective. When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead, the evidence, as construed by Inspector Lestrade, points to suicide. But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been the victim of murder-a murder that is only one piece of a larger and much more portentous puzzle, designed by Professor Moriarty. The cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead of Holmes as he spins a web of death and destruction-all part of a greater plan that, if he succeeds, will change the course of history.

Redbox Review: 4 Stars  Rating: PG-13 Stars: Robert Downey, Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, Jared Harris

4. This Means War - Two of the world's deadliest CIA operatives are inseparable partners and best friends - until they discover that they've fallen in love with the same woman. Deciding to keep their friendship a secret from her, they pull out their full arsenal of fighting skills and high-tech gadgetry to defeat their greatest enemy - each other.

Redbox Review: 4 Stars  Rating: PG-13 Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Til Schweiger, Chelsea Handler

5. The Grey - When their plane goes down somewhere in freezing cold Alaska, Ottway, a man aching to get back to the woman he loves and the rest of his oil drilling team find themselves struggling to survive in the wild. If that wasn't bad enough, the men come under attack by large, vicious, aggressive wolves who see the humans as intruders who must be killed.

Redbox Review: 2.5 Stars  Rating: R Stars: Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson

Already seen the Top 5? Here are the newest flicks in the Redbox:

Waukee is home to three Redbox kiosks, so there's more than one place to find the perfect movie:

  • , 350 S.E. University Ave.
  •  125 Laurel St.
  •  3311 Ute Ave.

To ensure that your movie is available, go to redbox.com and reserve online.

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