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Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Dirty Grandpa, The 5th Wave, The Boy, Ip Man 3, Synchronicity, Monster Hunt, Mojave, Aferim!
Tina Fey will inevitably put butts in the seats, but surprisingly this is her first solo vehicle as an actress. She’s previously been paired with the likes of Amy Poehler, Steve Carell, and Paul Rudd, making Paramount Pictures’ decision to promote her as the sole lead almost bold. It’s sad to think that someone as famous and successful as Fey still has something to prove in Hollywood, but Whiskey Tango Foxtrot will certainly be seen as a test of just how marketable she is.
They say that truth is stranger than fiction, but could a fictionalized account of a real-life event be even stranger? That seems to be the goal of Elvis & Nixon, a humorous take on the improbable meeting between the King of Rock and Roll and America’s uptight 37th president. The casting here will certainly raise eyebrows, with Michael Shannon playing Elvis and Kevin Spacey taking on Nixon.
Trailers are normally such fast-paced, choppy things that the movie being sold can get lost in its rigid formula. To get a clear look at what the film itself will be is something of a rarity, which makes the boldness of the Zootopia sloth trailer impossible to miss. After a brief introduction to the spry Officer Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin), it launches into what appears to be an intact scene of her and the amused Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) getting a plate run at the DMV.
Aferim!, which translates to Bravo!, is a Romanian comedy-western that’s been snatching up awards on the festival circuit for almost a year now, most notably taking home the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Ride Along 2, 13 Hours:
The production nightmare of Jane Got a Gun garnered more media attention than a film of its size could hope for. Acclaimed director Lynne Ramsay quit one day before shooting was scheduled to begin, leading to a cast and crew shake-up and a very public (and very nasty) lawsuit. Once the film was in the can, distributor Relativity Media pushed the release for over a year only to be delayed further by the company’s bankruptcy filing.
I’m not a fan of directors like Brett Ratner. You may have a gift in appealing to a certain audience base but don’t bumble around using established lore. Comic stories, especially iconic Marvel and DC storylines, are what the old Greek myths were millenia ago.
Emma (Ashley Benson), a graduate student living alone in NYC, is being watched by a stalker who hacks into the technology that surrounds her – laptop, cell phone, and other web connected devices. This obsession continues to grow as the hacker records Emma’s most intimate moments. When the thrill of watching isn’t enough, the situation escalates to a dangerous and terrifying level.
It’s no longer your dad’s Star Trek, or even mine. The Next Generation was awesome and we’ll probably never get anything like it again. Instead, welcome to the trailer for Star Trek:
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: The Revenant, Anomalisa, Yosemite, The Forest, The Masked Saint, Wazir, Anesthesia and The Treasure.
Coming soon is the story of aid workers and their involvement in fixing a crisis centered around an armed conflict zone. It’s difficult to explain the film’s gravitas or lack thereof but it tries to be akin to the old MASH TV series. When dealing with difficult situations, you might assume people take a somber or serious attitude to cope, but what if you’re constantly surrounded by events and situations involving death and heartbreak such as wars?
Reese Donahue (Jessica Rothe), an aspiring writer, leads a seemingly ideal life, with a bright future ahead of her. One day, she finds out her mother left her 10 million dollars, but her father kept it from her. She’s faced with a dilemma – she feels betrayed and alone, and is going to have to decide whether or not to take what her mother wanted for her.
Anomalisa is the upcoming film by screenwriter-turned-director Charlie Kaufman, who is famous for writing scripts for great (and quirky) movies such as Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Anomalisa is, interestingly enough, a stop-motion film. It tells the story of Michael Stone, who writes books about costumer service, and struggles with his inability to connect to people.
This is the trailer for Jonás Cuarón’s first feature length film, Desierto. Brother of Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás was Alfonso’s co-writer for Gravity, as well as for Alfonso’s upcoming project, A Boy and His Shoe. In Desierto, a handful Mexican migrant workers are hoping to find a better life in the United States.