Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell and Blake Lively star in the latest Woody Allen movie that will take you back to the early days of Hollywood, its attraction and dirty unspoken truth. If you love foreign films you’ll have a choice between a French or Japanese film that will warm your heart and make you realize love and the troubles in life are universal…
Women can be just as ruthless men in the financial world, and ‘Equity’ will remind you of the ‘Wolf on Wall Street’ flip side – men alone didn’t invent deceit and greed. Finally, mystery and adventure alive and well this weekend with a modern day ‘Rosemary’s baby,’ and ‘Death Wish.’
Enjoy the movies this weekend – I always do!
Things to Come (2016)
(NR) 102 min – Drama
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Stars: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob
In a delightful French foreign film with English sub-titles, as an adorable philosophy teacher works through life; her mom has died, she’s been fired from her job, and she discovers her husband is cheating on her. It’s an uphill battle that will warm your heart. Isabelle Huppert carries this highly entertaining film. [watch trailer
Equity (2016)
(R) 100 min – Drama
Director: Meera Menon
Stars: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas, Alysia Reiner
Women are working on breaking the glass ceiling, and banker Naomi Bishop will break all the rules to be her ‘Wolf on Wall Street.’ This is a great film that flips the stereotypes of greed and depict. [watch trailer]
Morgan (2016)
(R) – Mystery
Director: Luke Scott
Stars: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Michael Yare
From one of Hollywood’s greatest produces Ridley Scott, a young child grows up a prodigy – in life! An executive must choose between prodigy and artificial intelligence posing as a child. ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ is all grown up, and this movie will scare the socks off you. [watch trailer]
Naam Hai Akira (2016)
(NR) 139 min – Action
Director: A.R. Murugadoss
Stars: Sonakshi Sinha, Amit Sadh, Urmila Mahanta, Teena Singh
What the world needs now is a Japanese foreign fil called Naam Hai Akira. This film is a gripping action movie set in a college environment, pitting a young girl who has unknowingly participated herself in a horrific crime, balloting criminals and a police department on the take. [watch trailer]
Brotherhood (2016)
(NR) 104 min – Drama
Director: Noel Clarke
Stars: Noel Clarke, Ashley Thomas, Olivia Chenery, Nick Nevern
You will love this film if you enjoy drama, action, and an ending even the smartest movie goer didn’t see coming. This is the latest installment of the brotherhood franchise with riveting scenes and violence. [watch trailer]
Café Society (2016)
(PG-13) 96 min – Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively
In the 1930s, a New Yorker travels to the land of movie stars and unwritten rules in search for a new adventure. This is the latest Woody Allen movie that will pull the curtain back in the early days of tinsel town, or the world of Los Angeles high society. [watch trailer]
The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)
(R) 108 min – Thriller
Director: Alexandre Aja
Stars: Jamie Dornan, Aiden Longworth, Sarah Gadon, Michael Adamthwaite
A shrink works with a patient that has nearly dies in an accident, only to discover he and his doctor are drawn into a mystery that blurs the lines between what is real, and what is fantasy. [watch trailer]
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