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Production Companies:
Syfy, UFO International Productions
Producer: Jeffery
Beach, John Cappilla, Cherise Honey, Phillip J. Roth
Director: Patrice
Dinhut
Writer: Frank H.
Woodward
Actors: Tinsel
Korey, Dhaffer L’Abidine, Andy Clemence, Oliver James, Lally Percy, Sapphire
Elia, Howard Charles, Ben Cross, Tobias Hewitt, Jesse Steele, Sarah Brown, Mike
Straub, Velizar Binev, Evelina Popova
Blurb from Netflix:
When tourists visit a European village and agree to observe a pagan ritual in
the forest, they become trapped in an alternate fairy tale dimension.
Selina’s Point of View:
This is not the first film that has used the idea of people
being trapped in fairy tale dimensions. Hell, TV shows even tend to pull off
this recipe with some amount of success. I remember fondly the fairy tale
episode of Charmed (1998-2006).
Normally, it’s difficult to fail the fairy tale recipe.
Everyone knows all the stories, they see them as nostalgic. On top of that, even
if people don’t love fairy tales, there’s still usually some warm and fuzzy
feelings toward them. Due to that ingrained interest in those tales, it’s very
difficult to screw the recipe up.
Black Forest
managed to do just that.
I didn’t care about the characters, the actors barely seemed
to be attempting to try to make anything believable and even the story was so
lackluster that it was almost difficult to place the references as they were
supposed to be.
There was nothing that saved this film for me. I simply did
not enjoy it.
Cat’s Point of View:
I love a good fairy tale. Stories that give them a new spin
or shine a different light on them appeal to me as well. The ones that shine
the proverbial light into the darker aspects of fairies and their kin tend to
appeal the most. The premise of this movie attempted to promise something like
that. Unfortunately, I don’t think it delivered.
While I had mixed sentiments regarding the movie The Hallow (2015), which we recently
reviewed; I feel it was more successful in accomplishing the goal of showing
that things of the fairy world do go bump in the night.
Black Forest was a
made-for-TV movie from the SYFY channel. Normally, I take this sort of movie
with an extra grain of salt. I expect
these movies to be lacking in some areas, while hoping to find that diamond in
the rough. This one was just rough.
It feels like this film just fell into the pitfall of taking
itself too seriously. It wasn’t over-the-top enough to be one of those comedic
gems like Sharknado (2013); and it
wasn’t delivered with enough finesse to pull off an earnest attempt at
suspending disbelief.
Some of the interactions between cast members just felt
awkward, and it doesn’t seem like it was intentional. Most of it could be
chalked up to the movie bearing the weight of a convergence of an inexperienced
director and a fantasy horror script written by someone who is known for an
impressive body of work in documentaries.
Giving credit where it is due, however, I think the effects
for this movie were better than expected. The amount of blood and gore was also
surprisingly minimal.
All in all, I wasn’t bored out of my mind – just a bit disappointed.
My recommendation? If you’re looking for a horror-lite movie with training
wheels to see if it might give your kids nightmares, maybe this one’s for you.
Other than that, I would encourage seeking out something better for your time.
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – None
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 27%
Netflix’s Prediction for Selina – 2.5/5
Selina’s Trust-the-Dice Score – 1/5
Netflix’s Prediction for Cat – 2/5
Cat’s Trust-the-Dice Score
– 2/5
The Random Rating:
PG-13
P.S. Three movies of the same name came out between 2010 and 2012. Because of that, the above image is most likely for the wrong Black Forest. The trailer below is the best that could be found, it's a trailer for two movies at once and not all the scenes represent the film we watched for this blog installment. If you know of a better image or trailer, please let us know in the comments below.
Update: The movie poster image for Black Forest has been fixed.
Production Company:
Anonymous Content, Ball & Chain Productions, Star Thrower Entertainment
Director: Kasra
Farahani
Writer: Mark
Bianculli, Jeff Richard
Actors: James
Caan, Logan Miller, Keir Gilchrist, Laura Innes, Edwin Hodge, Anne Dudek,
Bailey Noble, Lili Reinhart, Mindy Sterling, Nik Dodani, Tamlyn Tomita, Dean
Cameron, William Charles Mitchell, Billy Khoury, Ted King, Luke Spencer
Roberts, Elyse Dinh, Hannah Elise Pilkington
Genre: Thriller
Rated: Unrated
This film kind of defaulted to my list because there was
nothing else interesting, or even mildly amusing, that I wanted to see this
month.
Basically, The Good
Neighbor is just like Rear Window (1954),
Disturbia (2007), and every other
thousand films that follow the same basic plot. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed
both the aforementioned films, but the tropes are getting old. The only reason
I’m even mildly interested by The Good
Neighbor is because it seems to touch on what happens to the neighbor ‘spy’
when the story is over (the trailer focuses on a court trial involving one of
the ‘spies’).
I don’t expect much from this film, but James Caan (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Get
Smart, Las Vegas) is very, very good… so he might make it worth watching
even if the minor twist doesn’t change the plot enough to matter.
19 – Who Gets the
Dog (9/13)
Tag Line: Breakups
can be woof!
Production Company:
2DS Productions
Director: Huck
Botko
Writer: Matt JL
Wheeler, Rick Rapoza
Actors: Alicia
Silverstone, Ryan Kwanten, Randall Batinkoff, Michele Sweeney Abrams, Amy J.
Carle, Paul Rawson, Rachel Cerda, Danny Rhodes, J. Anthony Kopec, Lamar Curtis,
Asta Razma, Matty Ryan, Chris P. Demetriou
Genre: Comedy
Rated: PG
Watching the trailer for this film makes it absolutely
obvious how it’s going to go. The main characters break up, they fight over the
dog, the dog either gets sick or dies, and the fear/mourning brings the couple
back together again. I really don’t foresee any twist to the story from what
the trailer shows.
Still, it looks funny.
Alicia Silverstone (Angels
in Stardust, Ass Backwards, Braceface) and Ryan Kwanten (Reach Me, True Blood, Knights of Badassdom)
have very compatible comedic acting styles. Even before I saw the trailer, with
just the IMDB page to inform me about the film, I knew the two actors would
likely work well together.
This film didn’t make my list based on any interest in the
plot, it was simply the actors involved that caught my eye.
18 – Blair Witch
(9/16)
Tag Line: There’s
something evil hiding in the woods.
Production Company:
Lionsgate, Room 101, Snoot Entertainment, Vertigo Entertainment
Director: Adam
Wingard
Writer: Simon
Barrett
Actors: Corbin
Reid, Wes Robinson, Valorie Curry, James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandex,
Brandon Scott
Genre: Horror,
Thriller
Rated: R
I’ve never been a fan of the original Blair Witch Project (1999) film. Its sequel, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000), wasn’t even in the same feel as the first one which always irked
me. When I heard that they were making a third one, I wasn’t really all that
interested, until I learned who the director was.
Adam Wingard (V/H/S,
The Guest, You’re Next) is a great director. He’s done a lot of shaky cam,
which isn’t my thing at all, and he was featured in the ABCs of Death (2012), which is not a film I enjoyed at all. However,
even when he’s part of those type of projects that I dislike, he winds up
creating something really amazing that actually speaks to me.
I don’t think I’ll be seeing the new Blair Witch in theaters, but I might catch it on TV or Netflix
later on. Hopefully, Wingard will do something incredible with the third film
of the series.
17 – When the
Bough Breaks (9/16)
Tag Line: It all
went wrong.
Production Company:
Screen Gems, Unique Features
Director: Jon
Cassar
Writer: Jack
Olsen
Actors: Morris
Chestnut, Jaz Sinclair, Regina Hall, Theo Rossi, Sue-Lynn Ansari, Glenn
Morshower, Christina Bach, Heather Ashley Chase, Tom Nowicki, GiGi Erneta,
Denise Gossett, Isabella B. Turner, Brett Baker, Ted Ferguson, Jeff Caperton
Genre: Drama,
Horror, Mystery
Rated: PG-13
Before I get into the reason I chose this film, I want to
make sure everyone knows this is not a remake of When the Bough Breaks (1947) or When
the Bough Breaks (1993). Clearly someone is running out of ideas for movie
titles because it’s getting ridiculous.
That being said, this film looks like it really rides the
line between thriller and horror. I was fascinated by the trailer. It was
sufficiently creepy.
Still not a film I’d shell out $18 to see in theaters, but I
DO want to see it.
16 – Ithaca (9/9)
Tag Line: One
message will change everything.
Production Company:
Co-Op Entertainment, Apple Lane Productions, Pilothouse Pictures, Playtone,
Bron Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance
Director: Meg
Ryan
Writer: Erik
Jendresen, William Saroyan
Actors: Tom
Hanks, Meg Ryan, Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater, Molly Gordon, Jack Quaid,
Gabriel Basso, Scott Shepherd, Alex Neustaedter, Alex Miller, Christine Nelson,
Connor Berry, Kaira Klueber, Robin Skye, Lucia Scarano, Lois Robbins, Griffin
Littles, Danny Jolles, Spencer Howell, Ethan Wasson, Nick Williams, Bridget
Gethins
Genre: Drama
Rated: PG
What year is it?
The Spice Girls were on the radio while I was at a
restaurant the other day, my husband is obsessed with Rubix Cubes, and Tom
Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks, Captain
Phillips, Electric City) and Meg Ryan (In
the Land of Women, Kate & Leopold, City of Angels) are in another movie
together. What time machine have I stepped into?
Hanks and Ryan are known for their chemistry. In the 90s
they starred together in: Joe vs. the
Volcano (1990), Sleepless in Seattle
(1993), and You’ve Got Mail (1998).
It makes sense that when Ryan got the chance to direct her first full-length
feature film that she would choose Hanks to star in it.
I’m not only looking forward to the on-screen chemistry,
though. The story looks fascinating. It’s based on a book, The Human Comedy by William Saroyan, which was based on a mix of
the original author’s life and Homer’s Odyssey.
I haven’t read the book, but seeing World War II through the eyes of a
messenger instead of through the eyes of a soldier or a victim, is something I’ve
never seen before.
I really hope Ryan did right by the story and I’m looking
forward to seeing how it came out.
15 – The Wild Life
(9/9)
Tag Line: Just
because you’re stranded… doesn’t mean you can’t make some friends.
Production Company:
Illuminata Pictures, StudioCanal, nWave Pictures, uFilm
Director: Vincent
Kesteloot, Ben Stassen
Writer: Lee
Christopher, Domonic Paris, Graham Weldon, Daniel Defoe
Actors: Matthias
Schweighofer, Kaya Yanar, Ilka Bessin, Dieter Hallervorden, Aylin Tezel, Ghadah
Al-Akel, Tommy Mergenstern, Melanie Hinze, Bert Franzke, Tobias Lelle, Gerald
Schaale, Jesco Wirthgen, Jan Makino, Axel Lutter, Jan-David Ronfeldt, Colin
Metzger, Yuri Lowenthal, Sandy Fox, Doug Stone, Ron Allen, Michael Sorich, Jay
Jones, Marieve Herington, Dennis O’Connor, Jeff Doucette, Debi Tinsley, Laila
Berzins, B.J. Oakie, Joey Camen, Kyle Hebert, Alexandra Jimenez, David Howard
Genre: Animation,
Adventure, Comedy
Rated: PG
The story of Robinson
Crusoe from the point of view of the animals.
This months is all about similar stories that have different
perspectives, isn’t it?
I found the trailer for this film to be adorable and
amusing. Between that and the unique perspective, how could I not want to see
it?
14 – The
Dressmaker (9/23)
Tag Line: Revenge
is back in fashion.
Production Company:
Screen Australia, Ingenious Senior Film Fund, Film Art Media, Embankment Films,
White Hot Productions
Director: Jocelyn
Moorhouse
Writer: Rosalie
Ham, P.J. Hogan, Jocelyn Moorhouse
Actors: Kate
Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, Judy Davis, Caroline
Goodall, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney, Julia Blake, Hayley Magnus, Gyton Grantley,
James Mackay, Shane Jacobson, Barry Otto
Genre: Drama
Rated: Unrated
I’ll attempt to explain the presence of this film on my list
without going into the topless Liam Hemsworth (Paranoia, Independence Day: Resurgence, The Duel) scene, but it won’t
be easy. He IS my favorite Hemsworth brother.
That being said, the movie doesn’t look terrible. I’m not
much for fashion, but there’s an underlying mystery/drama story going on
through the trailer that intrigues me. THIS is what a trailer should be. It
raises enough questions that I wind up wanting answers, but it doesn’t confuse
me. Who did the woman supposedly kill? Did she actually kill him? Questions
like that are what drive people to want to see a film.
Dramas aren’t usually my thing, but this one seems to have
moments of comedy and mystery. I think that’ll make it much more interesting.
13 – Skiptrace (9/2)
Tag Line: Watch
your backup.
Production Company:
Cider Mill Pictures, Dasym Enetertainment, InterTitle Films, JC Group
International, Talent International Media
Director: Renny
Harlin
Writer: Jay
Longino, BenDavid Grabinski, Wen-Chia Chang
Actors: Jackie
Chan, Johnny Knoxville, Bingbing Fan, Eric Tsang, Eve Torres, Winston Chao,
Lanxin Zhang, Michael Wong, Jai Day, Youn Junghoon, Charlie Rawes
Genre: Action,
Comedy
Rated: PG-13
I just want to see Jackie Chan (Police Story: Lockdown, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Karate Kid) and Johnny
Knoxville (Bad Grandpa, Movie 43, Walking
Tall) play off each other. The images in my mind are probably funnier than what
the movie will show, but still.
12 – I.T. (9/23)
Tag Line: Your
life is not secure.
Production Company:
Voltage Films, Friendly Films, Irish DreamTime, Mutressa Movies, 22h22, Fastnet
Films
Director: John
Moore
Writer: Dan Kay,
William Wisher Jr.
Actors: Anna
Friel, Pierce Brosnan, Stefanie Scott, Michael Nyqvist, James Frencheville,
Clare-Hope Ashitey, Jason Barry, Austin Swift , Adam Fergus, Rico Simonini,
Bruce Johnson, Melissa Veszi, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Brian F. Mulvey, David
McSavage, Olivia Romao, John D. Hickman, Steve Hartland
Genre: Crime,
Drama, Mystery
Rated: Unrated
Pierce Brosnan (The
World’s End, Mamma Mia!, The World is Not Enough) is acting royalty. He is
the king of any part he plays. It’s very rare for him to be in a film that I
don’t instantly want to see just because he’s in it.
In this case, the plot also looks kind of interesting. It’s
part ‘old guy in an action film of the month’ and part thriller, according to
the trailer. It’s got the basic stalker tropes in it, but it’s brought into the
era of automation in a way that I think will breathe fresh life into the
recipe.
11 – Morgan (9/2)
Tag Line: Don’t
let it out.
Production Company:
Scott Free Productions
Director: Luke
Scott
Writer: Seth E.
Owen
Actors: Kate
Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Michael Yare, Toby Jones, Chris Sullivan,
Boyd Holbrook, Vinette Robinson, Brian Cox, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul
Giamatti, Crispian Belfrage, Amybeth McNulty, Jonathan Aris, Charlotte Asprey
Genre: Drama,
Horror, Mystery
Rated: R
Does IMDB not categorize films as Sci-Fi or Fantasy anymore?
Clearly Morgan is a Sci-Fi film – it includes
“an artificially created humanoid being” (as written by IMDB itself), but the
only genres listed are those written above.
Whatever the reason it was categorized as it was, Morgan looks like an awesome new hard
Sci-Fi film. I’m not a HUGE fan of Kate Mara (House of Cards, The Martian, Man Down), but the story looks amazing
anyway.
10 – Tell Me How
I Die (9/16)
Tag Line: Knowing
your fate is a real killer.
Production Company:
Base Station, Big Block Media Holdings, Culprit Creative, Supergravity Pictures
Director: D.J.
Viola
Writer: James
Hibberd, Rob Warren Thomas, D.J. Viola
Actors: Nathan
Kress, Virginia Gardner, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Ryan Higa, Mark Furze, Ethan
Peck, William Mapother, Mark Rolston, Christopher Allen, Katie Booth, Shaun
Brown, Daisun Cohn-Williams, Reiley McClendon, Wayne Alon Scott, Matthew Skomo,
Pam Trotter
Genre: Horror
Rated: Unrated
The trailer for this film reminds me of Final Destination (2000). I really enjoy that kind of
premonition-based recipe horror. I don’t expect much from it, but there is
usually a twist that makes the good versions very interesting in the long run.
9 – Queen of
Katwe (9/23)
Tag Line: One
girl's triumphant path to becoming a chess champion.
Production Company:
ESPN Films, Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Mira
Nair
Writer: Tim
Crothers, William Wheeler
Actors: Lupita
Nyong’o, David Oyelowo, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Madina Nalwanga, Russel
Savadier, Esther Tebandeke, Peter Odeke, Maurice Kirya, Tebandeke Samuel,
Charity Rose Pimer, Taryn Kyaze
Genre: Biography,
Drama, Sport
Rated: PG
Disney is a favorite production company of mine and this
film looks like it’s right up the company’s alley. It’s heartwarming and
inspirational and seeming to be on the feel-good side of things.
I don’t know that I would categorize chess as a sport, but
the story still seems to be a very interesting one.
8 – Deepwater
Horizon (9/30)
Tag Line: When
faced with our darkest hour, hope is not a tactic.
Production Company:
Closest to the Hole Productions, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Imagenation Abu Dhabi
FZ, Leverage Entertainment, Lionsgate, Participant Media, Summit Entertainment
Director: Peter
Berg
Writer: Matthew
Michael, Matthew Sand, David Rohde, Stephanie Saul
Actors: Mark
Wahlberg, Dylan O’Brien, Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, Ethan
Suplee, John Malkovich, Joe Chrest, J.D. Evermore, Robert Walker Branchaud,
James DuMont, David Moldonado
Genre: Action,
Drama, Thriller
Rated: PG-13
A lot of the films on my list this month are based on true
stories. This is another one of them. In this case, the action involved makes
the truth the story was based on seem even more fantastic. On top of that, if
it were just an action film, I would immediately assume there was a happy
ending, but that isn’t always the case when there’s truth involved (even if it’s
just a little truth). I’m a sucker for a more realistic ending.
7 – The
Magnificent Seven (9/23)
Tag Line: Justice
has a number.
Production Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, Village Roadshow
Pictures, Pin High Productions, Escape Artists
Director: Antoine
Fuqua
Writer: Akira
Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni, Richard Wenk, Nic Pizzolatto
Actors: Denzel
Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel
Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard, Luke Grimes,
Matt Bomer, Jonathan Joss, Cam Gigandet, Emil Beheshti, Mark Ashworth, Billy
Slaughter
Genre: Action,
Western
Rated: PG-13
Get ready to sigh.
This film is a remake of a remake. It’s a remake of The Magnificent Seven (1960), which was
a remake of Seven Samurai (1954).
Yes, Hollywood is so into remakes and reboots right now that they are double
remaking things.
It’s because of that remake culture that’s diluting our
movie lives, that I hate myself a little for wanting to see this film. Knowing
the plot looks awesome should make me want to see the film’s predecessors. I
should want to see the original, not the imitation.
It’s Vincent D’Onofrio’s (Daredevil, Jurassic World, Ass Backwards) fault. Ever since the first
time I saw him, in Full Metal Jacket (1987),
I’ve been mildly obsessed with him. He’s a phenomenal actor. Put him in a film
with Denzel Washinton (Unstoppable, The
Equalizer, American Gangster) and Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation, Her, What’s Your Number) and there’s no way I’m
not gonna want to see it. That’s just playing dirty.
6 – Denial (9/30)
Tag Line: The
whole world knows the holocaust happened. Now she needs to prove it.
Production Company:
Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment, Participant Media, Shoebox Films
Director: Mick
Jackson
Writer: David
Hare, Deborah Lipstadt
Actors: Rachel
Weisz, Andrew Scott, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Gatiss, Jack Lowden,
Harriet Walter, Alex Jennings, Caren Pistorius, Andrea Deck, Maximilian Befort,
Todd Boyce
Genre: Biography,
Drama, History
Rated: PG-13
I come from a Jewish family and my mother was always big on
the idea that forgetting the past ensures that you commit the same mistakes in
the future. As a result, I was always reading about the holocaust and World War
II.
With racism and religious hatred being such a huge part of
what’s going on in the world right now, I think that thought process is more
important than ever. That makes this film necessary.
Holocaust deniers piss me off, but it’s important to know
they exist. I mean, I get it. The holocaust was such a terrible thing that no
one WANTS to believe it happened… but it did. Holocaust deniers are on the same
level as those people who believe the world is flat again. I look forward to
seeing this movie.
5 – 31 (9/1)
Tag Line: Death
is the only escape.
Production Company:
Bow and Arrow Entertainment, PalmStar Media, Protagonist Pictures, Spectacle
Entertainment Group, Spookshow International, Windy Hill Pictures
Director: Rob
Zombie
Writer: Rob
Zombie
Actors: Meg
Foster, Sheri Moon Zombie, Elizabeth Daily, Malcolm McDowell, Sandra Rosko,
Richard Brake, Daniel Roebuck, Ginger Lynn, Jane Carr, Judy Geeson, Tracey
Walter, Torsten Voges, Lew Temple, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Jeff Daniel
Phillips, David Ury, Devin Sidell, Pancho Moler, Kara Gibson, Andrea Dora,
Jermain Hollman, Esperanze America, Kevin Jackson, Michael ‘Red Bone’ Alcott
Genre: Horror,
Thriller
Rated: R
I’m a huge fan of Rob Zombie (Halloween, House of 1000 Corpses, The Lords of Salem). I will watch
anything he writes or directs, I will listen to any music he makes… really I’ll
just throw money at him to get to see his creations.
4 – Goat (9/23)
Tag Line: Cruelty.
Brutality. Fraternity.
Production Company:
Killer Films, Fresh Jade, RabbitBandini Productions
Director: Andrew
Neel
Writer: David
Gordon Green, Brad Land, Andrew Neel, Mike Roberts
Actors: Ben
Schnetzer, Nick Jonas, Gus Halper, Danny Flaherty, Virginia Gardner, Jake
Picking, Brock Yurich, Will Pullen, Austin Lyon, Eric Staves, James Franco,
Jamara Jackson, Taylor Brown
Genre: Drama
Rated: R
This film looks fascinating. I’m almost certain I can guess
the ending, but that doesn’t changing anything. Hazing is a big issue in
college circles and the way it seems to be portrayed in this film makes me want
to watch it.
I suspect the ending will be very, very sad.
3 – Miss
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (9/30)
Tag Line: Stay
peculiar.
Production Company:
Bulletproof Cupid, Chernin Entertainment, Scope Pictures, St. Petersburg
Clearwater Film Commission, Tim Burton Productions
Director: Tim
Burton
Writer: Jane
Goldman, Ransom Riggs
Actors: Eva
Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Asa Butterfield, Allison Janney, Kim Dickens, Elia
Purnell, Chris O’Dowd, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, Milo Parker,
Ella Wahlestedt, Raffiella Chapman, O-Lan Jones, Pixie Davies, Lauren
McCrostie, Aidan Flowers
Genre: Adventure,
Fantasy
Rated: PG-13
I haven’t read the book this film is based on, but my mother
has. She told me about it several months ago and said that it was something I’d
probably enjoy. Judging from the trailer, she’s right.
I enjoy this kind of film that plucks a kid from normal
surroundings and insists they’re special. I think it sends a really good
message to children that watch it. It shows them that weird is good and that
they can be the hero if they want to. Kids really need that message.
I look forward to both seeing the film and reading the book.
2 – Snowden (9/16)
Tag Line: The
only safe place is on the run.
Production Company:
Endgame Entertainment, Vendian Entertainment, KrautPack Entertainment
Director: Oliver
Stone
Writer: Kieran Fitzgerald,
Oliver Stone, Anatoly Kucherena, Luke Hardin
Actors: Scott
Eastwood, Shailene Woodley, Nicolas Cage, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Timothy
Olyphant, Zachary Quinto, Logan Marshall-Green, Joely Richardson, Ben
Schnetzer, Melissa Leo
Genre: Biography,
Drama, Thriller
Rated: R
This is another film based on a true story.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The
Night Before, Premium Rush, Don Jon) was a great choice for Snowden and he
seems to be taking to the part exceptionally well as far as I can see in the trailer.
The cast working with him is filled with some of my other favorites as well:
Scott Eastwood (Suicide Squad, The
Longest Ride, Fury), Nicolas Cage (Left
Behind, Outcast, Rage), Shailene Woodley (Allegiant, White Bird in a Blizzard, The Secret Life of the American
Teenager), Timothy Olyphant (This is
Where I Leave You, I Am Number Four, Rango) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek Beyond, The Slap, American Horror
Story).
With a cast like that, and an interesting story, this film
looks like it’s going to be outstanding.
1 – The Girl with
all the Gifts (9/23)
Tag Line: Our
greatest threat is our only hope.
Production Company:
Poison Chef, BFI Film Fund, Altitude Film Entertainment
Director: Colm
McCarthy
Writer: Mike
Carey
Actors: Gemma
Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, Dominique Tipper, Anamarie Marinca,
Lobna Futers, Sennia Nanua, Daniel Eghan, Anthony Welsh, Fisayo Akinade, Alex
Reed
Genre: Drama,
Horror, Thriller
Rated: Unrated
I fell in love with this film the moment I saw the trailer.
It’s a new take on the zombie apocalypse recipe. It’s rare for there to be a
NEW take on zombies these days, because the old takes are so popular. I am
seriously considering shelling out the money to see this in theaters.
