Plenty of Hollywood’s biggest stars are in your neighborhood theaters this weekend. Will Ferrell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Kristen Wiig, Steve Carell, and Jeremy Renner will strut their stuff on the silver screen for you and your family. If you’re a WWII military buff, you’ll find ’13 Minutes’ interesting and another Hitler assassination movie based on actual events during the early days of the war.
There’s another installment of the classic Amityville Horror franchise, a documentary about one of the most popular photographers in our time, and the kids will love Despicable Me 3, starring the vocal talents of Steve Carell, Julie Andrews and more. Will Ferrell stars in ‘The House,’ which will remind you of the Tom Cruise film ‘Risky Business’ with a slice of ‘Old School.’
Our pick of the week is a wonderful cops and robbers film called ‘Baby Driver’ which will highly entertain. Think ‘Fast and Furious’ meets ‘Rain Man’ with a twist of ‘Collateral Damage.’ Jamie Foxx is outstanding, as is newcomer Ansel Elgort.
Enjoy the movies this weekend, we always do!
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography (2016)
(R) 76 min – Documentary
Director: Errol Morris
Stars: Elsa Dorfman
Elsa Dorfman spent her life photographing celebrities and the newsmakers of the day. This film pulls back the curtain on the woman behind the lens. [watch trailer]
13 Minutes (2015)
(R) 114 min – Biography
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Stars: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, Johann von Bülow
In the early days of the Hitler administration, activist Georg Elder saw the evil of Hitler and had hoped to assassinate the German leader. George is taken prisoner before his attempt, and the film works through the moments he endured that led him to take these actions. [watch trailer]
Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
(PG-13) 85 min – Horror
Director: Franck Khalfoun
Stars: Bella Thorne, Cameron Monaghan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jennifer Morrison
A mom and her children move into the country’s most well-known haunted house, unaware of the homes past. [watch trailer]
Baby Driver (2017)
(R) 113 min – Action
Director: Edgar Wright
Stars: Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx
A young talented getaway driver is coerced into a life of crime. The car scenes and drama in between the chase scenes make this one of the most interesting movies of the year. [watch trailer]
The Little Hours (2017)
(R) 90 min – Comedy
Director: Jeff Baena
Stars: Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, Aubrey Plaza
A child escapes the forces of evil, going ‘on the lamb,’ by hiding out in a convent that is filled with full of emotionally unstable nuns. This is an odd but entertaining film. [watch trailer]
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
(PG) 90 min – Animation
Directors: Kyle Balda | Pierre Coffin | Eric Guillon
Stars: Jenny Slate, Kristen Wiig, Steve Carell, Julie Andrews
Guru takes his shot at one more criminal heist; this is animation at its best. [watch trailer]
The House (2017)
(R) 88 min – Comedy
Director: Andrew Jay Cohen
Stars: Will Ferrell, Jeremy Renner, Nick Kroll, Allison Tolman
A dad realizes the family doesn’t have enough money to send their daughter to college; so he starts an illegal casino in the family basement. Although the storyline is both familiar and predictable, it’s a very funny movie that has adult language and themes. This trailer is for moms and dads only please. [watch trailer]
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