Trailers For Movies Released 2017-05-26th
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuI4-fSHhipQr2_jtU8UOFyh38sdKNQbn
None of the movies coming out this week are going on my To See list. Not because there isn't lots of good stuff here though. But movies with plots we've seen before. And movies that focus on the worst in human nature. An example of this is Berlin Syndrome, which I so wanted to be able to add to my list because the two leads are so talented. But another movie about a (mentally unstable) man abducting a woman for God knows what reasons...we just don't need to see this movie again. Same with Drone...such a talented cast, interesting premise, but it looks like it's just another revenge flick. Yuck.
(At least it looks to be a quality revenge flick, unlike Black Butterfly which looks like it's a frontrunner for next year's Razzie awards.) Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan is worth a mention though, this dance documentary has a trailer full of movement which draws you in. Just wish it didn't consist of darkly dressed dancers performing in front of a pitch-black background. Weird staging choice! Interested to hear what people think of this one if you ending up seeing it.
@kwanfan1818 - do you ever poke your head into this thread?
May 26th - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Wide) – Action adventure fantsy with Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Paul McCartney [Give My Regards To Broad Street], Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightley
May 25th - Baywatch (Wide) – Action comedy with Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra [Quantico], Hannibal Buress, David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson
May 26th - Black Butterfly (Limited) – Thriller with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Antonio Banderas and Abel Ferrara
May 26th - War Machine (Streaming) – War comedy drama with Brad Pitt, Topher Grace, Ben Kingsley, Meg Tilly and Michael Anthony Hall
May 26th - Drone (Limited) – Thriller with Sean Bean and Mary McCormack
May 26th - Buena Vista Social Club - Adios (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “Revisit with the remaining original members of the Buena Vista Social Club and explore their contribution to the unknown history of Cuba.”
May 26th - Berlin Syndrome (Limited) – Thriller with Teresa Palmer [Hacksaw Ridge, Warm Bodies]. From imdb.com: “.. Clare meets Andi…a night of passion ensues. But what initiallyappears to be the start of a romance suddenly takes an unexpected and sinister turn when Clare wakes the following morning to discover Andi has left for work and locked her in his apartment.”
May 23rd - In Our Hands: The Battle for Jerusalem (Special Engagement) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “Produced by CBN Documentaries and Biblical Productions, "In Our Hands" tells the story of the Battle of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War through the eyes of the IDF's 55th Paratrooper Brigade, highlighting their role in the liberation of Jerusalem.”
May 26th - 96 Souls (Limited) – Sci-fi mystery, new cast. From imdb.com: “A university research scientist, about to lose funding and status, has a lab accident and discovers he can see people's true intentions -- making his situation even worse.”
May 26th - Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation (Limited) – From imdb.com: “The documentary follows The Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team on the road as they compete in the 2015 World Box Lacrosse Championships. For the first time ever, the Championship Games were held on an Indian Reservation, in Onondaga in upstate New York, the Capitol of the Iroquois Confederacy.”
May 26th - Hermia & Helena (Limited – New York) - Comedy drama, new cast. From imdb.com: “…a film of dead ends and new beginnings, navigating different hemispheres and languages with amorous detours, where the written words of Shakespeare clash with the entanglements of modern, digital life.”
May 24th - Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (Limited) – From imdb.com: “Documentary on the great American ballerina Wendy Whelan.”
May 26th - Long Strange Trip (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Never-before-seen footage and interviews offer this unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.”
May 26th - The Here After (Limited) – Polish drama. From imdb.com: “On returning home to his father and younger brother after serving time in prison, teenager John is looking forward to starting new life again…feeling abandoned by his former friends and the people he loves, John loses hope and the same aggression that previously sent him to prison starts building up again. Unable to leave the past behind, he decides to confront it.”
Just wish I knew what on earth is going on at WB and why they are not promoting this movie more.
Pretty much every other character was written rather one-dimensionally. Only Woody Harrelson was given much to work with (other than Steinfeld). Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kyra Sedwick hopefully got a big paycheque for this because there wasn't much for her to sink her teeth into. Hayden Szeto as the "geek" Edwin was a nice surprise, he managed to make a lot out of his smaller part. I think I enjoyed him more than Steinfeld. Edwin stammers here and there, so he is the school's geek, but there's a pool scene where geeky Edwin comes out with this sculpted body and six pack abs. Nothing like the geeks I went to school with! 
I just don't get what...everybody it seems...sees in this movie. The re-make, 1960's Magnificent Seven did it right. Took only the basic premise and got rid of everything else while adding a strong script, brilliant director, great performances and an apt running time of 128 minutes.
I won't go deeper than that.
