This weekend, Vanessa Redgrave, Mark Wahlberg, Daniel Day-Lewis, Diane Kruger, and Annette Bening will take you away on a whim and prayer, as Hollywood sets the table with wonderful films for everyone in the family.
Legendary director Ridley Scott touches our hearts with ‘All the Money in the World’ the true life story of the abduction of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III. If you’re into romance, ‘Phantom Thread’ will tug at your heartstrings, a story based in London in the 1970s, a love affair that springs up with a romantic fabric of its own.
Our pick of the week is called ‘Molly’s Game’ based on the real life of Molly Bloom, an Olympic skier who also runs one of the most popular high stakes poker game in the world. The film provided a breakout role for Jessica Chastain, supported by Kevin Costner and Michael Cera.
Enjoy the movies this weekend, we always do!
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017)
(R) 105 min – Biography
Director: Paul McGuigan
Stars: Jamie Bell, Annette Bening, Julie Walters, Vanessa Redgrave
A young British actor and a Hollywood leading lady find themselves in a peculiar situation; they fall in love and take an unexpected trip to Liverpool. [watch trailer]
Molly’s Game (2017)
(R) 132 min – Crime
Director: Ridley Scott
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Williams, Charlie Plummer, Christopher Plummer
Pulled from the real-life headlines, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III is kidnapped; his mother now must convince Jean Paul Getty, his billionaire grandfather, to pay and save his grandson’s life. It’s not as simple as it sounds. [watch trailer]
Phantom Thread (2017)
(R) 130 min – Drama
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars: Vicky Krieps, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Sue Clark
Reynolds Woodcock is a world-famous dressmaker who falls in love with a much younger woman. As love grows she becomes his lover, confidant, a source of strength, and then his nurse. Daniel Day-Lewis is amazing in this film[watch trailer]
In the Fade (2017)
(R) 106 min – Crime
Director: Fatih Akin
Stars: Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto, Numan Acar, Samia Muriel Chancrin
In one of the timeliest films of the year, a woman’s husband and son in a bomb attack, leading to questions of motive and hate. It also leads to revenge. This foreign film with subtitles will have you at the end of your seat, it may be the Golden Globe and Oscar sleeper you’ve been looking for. We dare you to view the trailer; it will inspire you to see this extraordinary movie this weekend. [watch trailer]
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