James Franco, Selena Gomez, Christina Hendricks, Charlie Day, Ice Cube and Matt Damon all appear on the silver screen this weekend, hoping to entertain you and your family. If you’re attracted to thrillers, ‘A Cure for Wellness’ is the movie to choose; imagine a secret society of like minded people in a wellness facility, dedicated to more than just good health. WWII history buffs will enjoy ‘Land of Mine,’ based on true events of Polish POWs in Germany forced to dig up land mines with their bare hands.
Matt Damon stars in an epic Great Wall film, while the other side of civility is represented by a couple of teachers that are headed for a fight after school – their own! Our pick of the weekend is a blended Spanish-English speaking romantic comedy called ‘Everybody Loves Somebody’ a partial foreign film that you will enjoy immensely.
Enjoy the movies this weekend – I always do!
In Dubious Battle (2016)
(R) 110 min Drama
Director: James Franco
Stars: Nat Wolff, James Franco, Vincent D’Onofrio, Selena Gomez
A California farm activist struggles for equality and freedom in the 1930s. James Franco is terrific in this true-life film. [watch trailer]
A Cure for Wellness (2016) (2017)
(R) 146 min – Thriller
Director: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Jason Isaacs, Dane DeHaan, Mia Goth, Celia Imrie
A young executive is asked to pick up his boss from a Swiss Alps “wellness center,” only to uncover a secret society of dishonesty and danger. [watch trailer]
Land of Mine (2015)
(R) 100 min – Drama
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Stars: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Based on true events, Polish born German POWs are enslaved with the task of digging up millions of land mines with their bare hands. [watch trailer]
Everybody Loves Somebody (2017)
(PG-13) Comedy
Director: Catalina Aguilar Mastretta
Stars: Karla Souza, Ben O’Toole, Stefanie Estes, K.C. Clyde
Clara Barron is a beautiful Mexican woman who is a successful doctor, unable to straighten her love life out. She and her new boyfriend travel to her parents wedding (yes, her parents never married), only to encounter her former boyfriend. This is a blended Spanish-English speaking semi-foreign film that will tug at your heart strings with joy. [watch trailer]
Fist Fight (2017)
(R) 91 min – Comedy
Director: Richie Keen
Stars: Christina Hendricks, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Charlie Day, Ice Cube
Two high school children are set to fight after school. Oh, did we tell you that the combatants are teachers in the school that are acting like children? [watch trailer]
The Great Wall (2016)
(PG-13) 103 min – Action
Director: Yimou Zhang
Stars: Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe
European mercenaries and natives do battle over the Great Wall of China. This is a period piece starring Matt Damon in an unusual role. [watch trailer]
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