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Bring your friends, buy some popcorn, and leave your cynicism at the door, because Eddie the Eagle isn’t hiding its feel-good roots. Based on the story of Great Britain’s first Olympic ski jumper (who oddly went to the same Olympics as the guys from Cool Runnings), this looks to have all the clichés of our most beloved sports movies. Eddie’s going to have the world against him, but with a down-on-his-luck coach and a plucky spirit, he’ll fight to make his dreams come true.
The fading of print news and the rise of legal marijuana in the United States meets in the festival documentary Rolling Papers, but this clever intersection might not be its main selling point. The trailer plays up a jaunty, engaging style, and the world it explores looks filled with good-natured, quirky folks. Characters make or break this kind of society-exploring documentary, and it seems that Rolling Papers will deliver on that front.
James Wan returns to horror and one of his most successful series with The Conjuring 2, which also brings back stars Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as the paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. This time the couple hop across the pond to take a case in England, and if the trailer is any indication, it looks like the sequel is sticking close to what made The Conjuring so successful. I anticipate a slow-building haunter with lots of classic horror imagery (like those upside-down crosses) and a big ending.
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?