It’s a small offering of films this weekend, but if your baseball team is not in the World Series, or your football team has a losing record and you don’t care then this weekend will tempt you with wonderful films. If you’re a music fan, this weekend will be a treat.
The British band Oasis and the punk band, The Stooges, appear in documentaries that will pull back the curtains on music. Ron Howard, Hollywood’s pre-eminent director, and Tom Hanks, Hollywood’s royalty, team up this weekend to extend the Da Vinci Code brand this time Robert Langdon wakes up with amnesia, but must work to stop a sinister global crisis. ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ is the romantic foreign film of the year, and will actually raise your IQ after you watch it.
Enjoy the movies this weekend – I always do!
Oasis: Supersonic (2016)
(R) 122 min – Documentary
Director: Mat Whitecross
Stars: Paul Arthurs, Christine Biller, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher
This film will take you backstage for the band Oasis, one of the UK’s most beloved groups. [watch trailer
Gimme Danger (2016)
(R) 108 min – Documentary
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Mike Watt, Scott Asheton
In another music documentary, ‘Gimmie Shelter’ takes an in depth view of the ground breaking punk band, The Stooges. Iggy Pop, the band’s front man is magical. [watch trailer
Inferno (2016)
(PG-13) 121 min – Action
Director: Ron Howard
Stars: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan, Ben Foster
DaVinci Codes’ Robert Langdon wakes up with amnesia, but realizes that he must work with Dr. Sienna Brooks to foil a deadly global plot. This film has all the sizzle and drama of the original DaVinci films, and may be the most exciting movie of the year. [watch trailer]
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)
(NR) – Romance
Director: Karan Johar
Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Fawad Khan
This is the story of love, told in a flavor you rarely witness. You will enjoy the journey of Ayan, Alizeh, and Saba, and realize that love is the only true language of earth. [watch trailer]
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