There’s a wide variety of films to chose from this weekend, all designed to entertain and amaze you and your family. In the movie Life Itself’ you’ll understand better the ways religion and hard lessons from the street, weave themselves into the lives of a young New York couple. If you loved the film ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ then you’ll appreciate the dry humor found in the oddball western John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal ‘Sisters Brothers.’ Left-leaning documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is back with ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ a look at the current President’s policies and administration, and another documentary worth your time and attention is the film ‘Love Gilda’ an insightful look at the comedian Gilda Radner and her early departure from our hearts.
Our pick of the week is the fantasy-filled ‘The House with a Clock in Its Walls’ starring Cate Blanchett and Jack Black. This whimsical magical film is fun and fresh, safe for the whole family to view.
Enjoy the movies this weekend, we always do!
My Son (2017)
(PG-13) 84 min – Drama
Director: Christian Carion
Stars: Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Olivier de Benoist, Antoine Hamel
This is a wonderful French foreign film. A young child disappears sending a man on a search to find the boy and the truth behind the mystery. [ watch trailer
Assassination Nation (2018)
(R) 110 min – Thriller
Director: Sam Levinson
Stars: Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse, Abra
Based on real events, a high school principal is hacked, spreading his secrets across the social world of a small town that becomes obsessed with privacy rights and assassinations. [ watch trailer
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
(R) 121 min – Comedy
Director: Jacques Audiard
Stars: John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed
In the oddest of western humor, a family of early 1850s hitmen travels to Oregon, to kill a gold prospector. It’s hard to take a killer and his brother seriously when they’re the Sisters brothers. [ watch trailer
Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
(R) Documentary
Director: Michael Moore
Stars: David Hogg, Michael Moore, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Donald J. Trump
Michael Moore is back with a look at the Trump Era. The film features high school shooting victim David Hogg; warning, this is not for the conservative voter. [ watch trailer
Life Itself (2018)
(R) 118 min – Romance
Director: Dan Fogelman
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Annette Bening, Mandy Patinkin
From the creator of ‘This is Us’ a young New York couple falls in love only to find that their lives are as exciting and as difficult as everyone else. [ watch trailer
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
(PG) 104 min – Fantasy
Director: Eli Roth
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Jack Black, Lorenza Izzo, Owen Vaccaro
A young orphan visits his magical uncle, tasked with finding a clock in the home that has the power to end of the world. This is an exciting, funny, and imaginative movie you’ll want to see with the whole family. [ watch trailer
Love Gilda (2018)
(NR) 88 min – Documentary
Director: Lisa Dapolito
Stars: Andrew Alexander, Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, Bill Hader
Gilda Radner was the very 1st person cast on the yet to debut ‘Saturday Night Live” and shot to stardom when women didn’t have a place in television and comedy. Sadly, she died well before her time. This documentary uses newly discovered audiotapes, writings, and rare interviews with her friends. This is a wonderful yet sad movie that will pull at your heartstrings. [ watch trailer
Colette (2018)
(R) 111 min – Biography
Director: Wash Westmoreland
Stars: Keira Knightley, Eleanor Tomlinson, Dominic West, Fiona Shaw
In the early days of mankind, a comfortable woman named Colette writes novels under her husband’s name. As you can imagine, she eventually wanted the credit at the cost of losing everything. [ watch trailer
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