Movies Opening in Cinemas On February 27
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Focus, The Lazarus Effect, Maps To The Stars, ’71, Everly and My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.
Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.
Opening in Cinemas This Week:
Focus (2015)
104 minutes – Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
In the midst of veteran con man Nicky’s latest scheme, a woman from his past – now an accomplished femme fatale – shows up and throws his plans for a loop.
Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Stars: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro, BD Wong
The Lazarus Effect (2015)
83 minutes – Thriller
A group of medical students discover a way to bring dead patients back to life.
Director: David Gelb
Stars: Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Evan Peters, Sarah Bolger
Maps To The Stars (2014)
111 minutes – Drama
A tour into the heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
Director: David Cronenberg
Stars: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Robert Pattinson, John Cusack
'71 (2014)
99 minutes – Action, Drama, Thriller
A young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971.
Director: Yann Demange
Stars: Jack O’Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris, Paul Popplewell
limited release in US – International Release Dates
Everly (2014)
92 minutes – Action, Thriller
An action/thriller centered on a woman who faces down assassins sent by her ex, a mob boss, while holed up in her apartment.
Director: Joe Lynch
Stars: Salma Hayek, Jennifer Blanc, Uros Certic, Togo Igawa
limited relese in the US – International Release Dates
My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn (2014)
58 minutes – Documentary
Liv Corfixen documents her husband, filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, during the production and release of his movie Only God Forgives (2013).
Director: Liv Corfixen
Stars: Liv Corfixen, Nicolas Winding Refn, Ryan Gosling, Alejandro Jodorowsky
Thoughts? Which ones of these new movies are you looking forward to seeing?
Sound off in the comments! 😀
(top image source: Focus – Warner Bros. Pictures)
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