This weekend you and your family will enjoy the best Hollywood has to offer, starring Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor and more. Ryan Gosling continues to play the tortured musician, this time in a film about betrayal and intrigue. Disney brings to life the classic ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in modern day style.
The film ‘T2 Trainspotting’ is a modern day Scottish emotional roller-coaster ride, starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Jonny Lee Miller. Our hero returns to his little town after 20 years to find that you can never really go home. This film is a touching story of the dynamic family and hope. Our pick of the week is a film called ‘Betting on Zero,’ a kind of ‘Wolf on Wall Street’ behind the scenes look at investors shorting the stock of a company for profit. This is the film to see this weekend.
Enjoy the movies this weekend – I always do!
Song to Song (2017)
(R) 145 min – Drama
Director: Terrence Malick
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, Michael Fassbender, Rooney Mara
What do you do when obsession and betrayal crash? Ryan Gosling and Natalie Portman make all the right moves in the music scene in Austin, Texas. [watch trailer]
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
(R) 117 min – Drama
Director: Danny Boyle
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle
Mark Renton returns to Scotland after being away for two decades, only to find that his friends and family have changed. This is a beautiful script set against the Scottish hills. [watch trailer]
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
(PG) 129 min – Family
Director: Bill Condon
Stars: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad
If you’re a Disney fan, you’ll love the new adaptation of this classic tale about a young woman who falls in love with a hideous looking beast. Bring the family to this film. [watch trailer]
Betting on Zero (2016)
(NR) 99 min – Documentary
Director: Ted Braun
Stars: William Ackm
Hedge fund titan Bill Ackman, a real force on Wall Street, stars as himself in ‘Betting on Zero,’ a kind of ‘Wolf on Wall Street’ behind the scenes look at investors shorting the stock of a company for profit, realizing that the company may not be what it seems. [watch trailer]
The Belko Experiment (2016)
(R) 88 min – Action
Director: Greg McLean
Stars: Adria Arjona, Michael Rooker, Abraham Benrubi, Tony Goldwyn
Imagine a social experiment that takes the films ‘Safe Room’ meets ‘Die Hard’ and you have ‘The Belko Experiment.’ 80 Americans are held hostage in a high-rise corporate building in Bogotá, Colombia. The voice on the intercom demands that play a deadly game; there are more victims than survivors. [watch trailer]
Frantz (2016)
(PG-13) 113 min – Drama
Director: François Ozon
Stars: Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner, Marie Gruber
A young German who struggles with the death of her fiancé in France encounters intrigue and deceit while visiting the grave of her loved one. This is a French foreign film, using black and white to pull audiences into the storyline. [watch trailer]
They Call Me Jeeg (2015)
(NR) 112 min – Action/Comedy
Director: Gabriele Mainetti
Stars: Claudio Santamaria, Luca Marinelli, Ilenia Pastorelli, Stefano Ambrog
Enzo is a gangster, a big fish in a small pond. He is in pursuant of the ‘Gypsy’ a known evil figure when he accidentally falls into the Tiber River. The waters have given him mysterious powers which he uses to fight off evil. This foreign film has a wonderful sense of irony and humor which you will enjoy. [watch trailer]
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