Let's Talk Movies #34 - Kingsmen, Murder, Blade Runners and...IT!

[Buzz]

There are a couple of pieces of good news for Inhumans fans and that is the TV show/movie made more money per screen that the top movie this weekend and it easily beat Tulip Fever.

 

[watchthis!!]

Lion was so good!! But it packed a real emotional whollop. Glad Dev Patel got recognition for his work, but the young actor who played him as a child was equally as good and deserved the same amount of recognition. I didn't realize that their parts were about the same size. I thought the boy's part of the movie was only about 30 minutes and Patel came into the picture then and played the role for the other 90 minutes. Made me wonder if this happened with a more famous young actor that maybe both would get nominated in the supporting role. But Hollywood has been doing weird stuff about which roles are lead and which are supporting. But this movie is perfect...a whole-hearted recommendation.

 

[PeterG]

Today's heatwave film were Spider-Man: Homecoming and Annabelle: Creation. Thumbs up to both.

Spider-Man had a great lightness to it, made me think a bit of the lightness of Ant-Man (whereas some of the superhero movies are so heavy to me...probably because of excessive violence). I really enjoyed the humour in Spider-Man. Tom Holland is uber-sweet and Jacob Batalon, who plays his best bud Ned is funny and endearing. I liked how the movie focussed probably more on Peter's journey into the superhero world over lots of time about some big bad evil person who the superhero is battling pretty much every minute of the film. I missed the Avengers where Spider-Man was introduced. I need an explanation as for why Peter can be blasted into buildings and vehicles and whatever else is around and not end up each time with every single bone in his body being broken.

Annabelle: Creation wasn't even on my To See list, but I thought I'd give it a shot and just enjoy the air-conditioning if it ended up being a write-off. But it was much better than I expected. Good acting from everyone involved, mainly two girls under the age of ten who were the lead characters. Anthony LaPaglia and Miranda Otto [24: Legacy, Homeland] are both good as an older couple inviting a group of orphans into their home. But the overall story was probably the highlight for me. Often horror movies can be rather than, story-wise. But this one had some depth to it and the thrills and chills didn't wear out their welcome and instead became new and interesting and bigger as the movie progressed. This movie is a prequel to The Conjuring movies, which I haven't seen (or don't remember well enough) to be able to see how it lines up with the storyline of The Conjuring series. That didn't matter, this movie stands on it's own just fine.

P.S. Annabelle: Creation was made for 15 million and has made 254 million worldwide. And it's still at #2 in North America after four weeks of release.

 

[jenny12]

It's reviews look very strong so far! Really looking forward to it! The trailers gave off a nice Stand By Me coupled with all the horror aspects.

 

[VGThuy]

Mother! has been trending on Twitter and I didn't realize there was a full trailer released earlier last month:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpICoc65uh0

I'm seriously looking forward to this. I can't get enough of this poster:

http://www.indiewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/mother.jpg

 

[Buzz]

This summer box office receipts has hit all kinds of terrible new lows!

Revenue plummeted 14.6 percent to $3.83 billion, tying with summer 2014 to mark the worst year-over-year decline in modern history, according to final numbers released Tuesday by comScore. When adjusting for inflation, it's even worse.

To boot, it is the first time since 2006 that overall revenue didn't reach $4 billion.

The downturn in attendance was even more alarming. Roughly 430 million consumers went to the movies between May 5 and Labor Day, by far the worst showing in at least 25 years.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...-hits-25-year-low-as-revenue-plummets-1035459

 

[PeterG]

Today (hopefully) was the last day of our hot spell. So this could be my last double-bill, although I bought an eight-ticket package thinking that I had to buy it before Sep. 30th and now I think I have to USE all tickets before then. So hopefully there's some good movies coming out this month!

First up was The Glass Castle. It was good (enough). I think the problem I had with the movie was the script. So much melodrama. I'm sure Jeannette Walls' life WAS that dramatic, but to condense one person's life into two hours and ONLY put in all the most dramatic stuff. It just became too over-the-top. Making everybody over-act, although Larson showed restraint most of the time. Ella Anderson as the young Jeannette was probably the best thing about this movie. I'd say "skip it" for this movie unless you're madly in love with someone in the cast and feel that they can never do anything wrong.

Logan Lucky was movie #2. I thought it started off really strong. I enjoyed the performances of Channing Tatum, Adam Driver and then Daniel Craig. I thought their accents were good and their delivery of dialogue was excellent. In the middle of the movie I felt things lagged a bit. So I pulled out my cell phone and started playing Bejewelled. I thought I could follow the movie without watching the screen, but I was wrong. Later in the movie, I couldn't figure out what was happening, although later still in the movie, we get to see flashbacks about how things were done. So maybe I wasn't supposed to know what was happening and these flashback scenes revealed the mystery of what went down. But I didn't really care, I had fun playing Bejewelled in a very well air-conditioned theatre. So that's not a glowing recommendation, huh? I did feel the direction was strong, not sure if there was a problem with the middle of the movie or if I was just movie-ed out after so many double bills in the last two weeks. Now I'm free with cool weather ahead and being able to do whatever I want. Like watch some DVD's from the library.

 

[watchthis!!]

How Two Filmmakers Confronted Their Biggest Fear With a Documentary
http://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/death-in-the-terminal-filmmakers-asaf-sudry-tali-shemesh-1201873360/

This documentary sounds amazing and shocking and challenging...among other things. It's about an attack in a city in southern Israel where a group of people corner a suspected terrorist and end up beating him to death. But later, it is found out he was an asylum seeker from Africa on his way to work. If the movie is anywhere as captivating as this article, it's going to be one not to miss.

 

[Cachoo]

I keep returning to the same film and I've mentioned this before too. I think these are dark days for our country with Trump in office. I find myself watching (of all movies) "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" not only for the wonderful beasts but for the themes in that film that echo what is happening now. Also I didn't know a thing about Dan Fogler (TONY award winner apparently) and Alison Sudol (Queenie)am so impressed with these two. Sudol has more credits as a musician and Fogler is comfortable on Broadway and both held their own with the much more experienced Redmayne and Katherine Waterston. I don't know if J.K. Rowling had a say in casting---if she did I say "Well done!" I'm glad some "new blood" had a chance to co-star in such a big film.

 

[PeterG]

Trailers for Movies Released 2017-09-08th
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuI4-fSHhipSZq4RIZCpjPCTlVO8e3Vp4

Once again, I'm late with this week's playlist. Too busy watching movies to watch trailers! Like last week, I haven't watched the playlist, so nothing is in bold because I have nothing to recommend. But I'm pretty sure the first two will be on my To See list.


September 8th – It (Wide) – Horror, new cast. Based on the Stephen King novel

Sep. 8th - Home Again (Wide) - Romance, Comedy with Reese Witherspoon, Candice Bergen, Michael Sheen, Lake Bell and Nat Wolff

Sep. 8th – 9/11 (Wide) - Drama with Charlie Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg, Gina Gershon, Luis Guzmán, Jacqueline Bassett and Bruce Davison

Sep. 8th - Rememory (Limited) – Sci-fi with Peter Dinklage, Anton Yelchin, Henry Ian Cusick [The 100, Lost] and Julia Ormond

Sep. 8th - Rebel in the Rye (Limited) - Drama with Zoey Deutch, Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Hope Davis, Eric Bogosian and Victor Garber

Sep. 8th - Man In Red Bandana (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “This is a story of how the courageous and selfless actions of one man can touch and inspire thousands. A documentary about Welles Remy Crowther, who saved at least ten people on September 11, 2001 at the cost of his own life.”
…not trailer at youtube…

Sep. 8th - The Limehouse Golem (Limited) – Horror thriller with Olivia Cooke [Bates Motel], Eddie Marsan, Bill Nighy and Douglas Booth

Sep. 8th - The Good Catholic (Limited) - Comedy with Danny Glover and John C. McGinley

Sep. 8th - Trophy (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.”

Sep. 8th – Fallen (Limited) – Fantasy with Jeremy Irvine and Joely Richardson

Sep. 8th – Gun Shy aka Salty (Limited) – Action with Antonio Banderas and Olga Kurylenko [Quantum of Solace]

Sep. 8th - School Life (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “Long careers are drawing to a close for John and Amanda, who teach Latin, English, and guitar at a stately home-turned-school, where they are legends with a mantra: "Reading. 'Rithmetic. Rock 'n' roll!" But leaving is the hardest lesson.”

Sep. 8th - The 60 Yard Line (Limited) – Family comedy drama with Randall Park, Mindy Sterling and Jeff Dye

Sep. 8th - Year by the Sea (Limited) – Romantic comedy with Yannick Bisson [Murdoch Mysteries], Karen Allen and Celia Imrie [The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]

Sep. 8th - The Challenge (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “Focused on the world of wealthy Qatari sheikhs with a passion for amateur falconry, 'The Challenge' combines cinematic beauty with rare access and trailblazing form.”

Sep. 7th - The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume 1 (DirectTV Only) – Adventure drama with Kellan Lutz and Rachel Griffiths

Sep. 8th - Paradise Club (Limited) – Drama with a new cast & Eric Roberts. From imdb.com: “During the height of the social revolution, a young dancer searches for salvation when she chooses to leave paradise.”

Sep. 8th - Motherland (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “Taking us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital, the viewer is dropped like an unseen outsider into the hospital's stream of activity. At first, the people are strangers. As the film continues, it's absorbingly intimate, rendering the women at the heart of the story increasingly familiar.”

Sep. 8th - Second Nature (Limited) – Comedy, new cast. From imdb.com: “A woman and man compete in an unusual race for mayor when gender roles magically reverse.”

Sep. 8th - The Unknown Girl (Limited) – Crime drama from Belgium. From imdb.com: “A woman gets obsessed with the case of a dead woman after learning that the woman had died shortly after having rung her door for help.”

Sep. 6th - Spettacolo (Limited) – Documentary from Italy. From imdb.com: “Once upon a time there was a tiny hill town in Tuscany that found a remarkable way to confront their issues - they turned their lives into a play. "Spettacolo" is a portrait of this 50-year-old tradition, where their piazza becomes their stage and every villager from 6 to 90 plays a part - the role of themselves”

Sep. 8th - Poster Boys (Limited) – Comedy from India. From imdb.com: “Life of three men comes in trouble when their photos appear on advertisement for sterilization.”

Sep. 8th – Napping Princess, aka Hirune-hime: Shiranai watashi no monogatari (New York/Los Angeles) – Animated from Japan. From imdb.com: “Kokone has university exams to prepare for, but instead she dozes off. Even when her father is unceremoniously arrested prior to the Tokyo Olympics and the family is hiding away a mystery or two she finds herself taking refuge in sleep where thrills await her. Could there be more to her dreams?”

 

[Buzz]

IT = VERY scary but very enjoyable! The cinema was full!

 

[Seerek]

Lion was so good!! But it packed a real emotional whollop. Glad Dev Patel got recognition for his work, but the young actor who played him as a child was equally as good and deserved the same amount of recognition. I didn't realize that their parts were about the same size. I thought the boy's part of the movie was only about 30 minutes and Patel came into the picture then and played the role for the other 90 minutes. Made me wonder if this happened with a more famous young actor that maybe both would get nominated in the supporting role. But Hollywood has been doing weird stuff about which roles are lead and which are supporting. But this movie is perfect...a whole-hearted recommendation.

The good news is that Sunny Pawar already has a couple other projects lined up for 2018 releases, so you'll be seeing more of him in the future.

 

[Buzz]

Crazed clown goes on rampage at the box office! Sorry couldn't help myself... Stephen King's IT is now estimated to make as much as $101m over the weekend! That is nearly three times as much as the movie cost to make and King's best ever showing at the box office. I have always loved Stephen King and I'm so happy for him!
http://deadline.com/2017/09/stephen-king-it-home-again-box-office-1202163667/

 

[watchthis!!]

Coherence is a film where I should have paid more attention than I did. Towards the end, things weren't making sense to me, probably because I was doing some housework and checking my phone when I should have been paying closer attention. The movie is about a comet or some kind of astronomy situation which creates a situation for the group of people at a dinner party which turns their meetup into something very chaotic. Coherence has a 7.2 rating at imdb.com, which is quite high, but my rating would be much lower.

There's two reasons why I stopped paying proper attention to the movie. First, it appeared as if some parts of the movie were not scripted and the director let the cast improvise. So people started talking over each other. Which is fine if that is limited, but it happened way too often and for too long a period each time it happened.

The second reason I stopped paying close attention was because I found most of the characters to be annoying...vapid and self-centred to be more specific. I am unclear whether most of the characters were written this way or if the cast were fighting for screen time. So I'm not sure if I found the characters or the cast annoying. Probably the former, but it became a drag to try to follow a story when I found myself irritated by pretty much everyone on the screen. I'm guessing the characters were antsy and chatted so much and talked over one another was done to build up tension. If this is the case, the director failed in my opinion. But I must be in the minority because rotten tomatoes has an 88% fresh rating from the critics and 80% fresh from the audience. The only famous person I recognized in this is Nicholas Brendon, who played Xander in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Trailer for Coherence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxAOewNzz-8

 

[jenny12]

Saw It today! Very big crowd! I enjoyed the movie overall. Perhaps a bit long, but the children were charming and it had some good scares. Works really well as a coming-of-age story as well. Pennywise was great, but I just wish they toned down the CGI.

 

[Buzz]

The estimates for IT is now $117m and IT is the second highest grossing R-rated movie of all time behind Deadpool.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4323&p=.htm

 

[Buzz]

Well I'll be!!! The final numbers for IT are in and IT made a MASSIVE $123m at the box office and that is despite cinemas in Florida being shutdown. IT also made $62m internationally for a total of $185m on a $35m budget.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/he...x-office-massive-123-million-us-debut-1037536


In more good news for the movie industry. Spider-man Homecoming finally opened in China with a huge $70.8m opening weekend. It is the best opening in China for a Spider-Man movie. Hopes are high that the movie will eventually gross $900m worldwide making it the highest grossing Spider-Man movie of all time. It has already surpassed Wonder Woman at the WW box office.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/spider-man-homecoming-soars-franchise-high-debut-china-1037351

 

[watchthis!!]

‘I, Tonya’ Director Reveals Tonya Harding’s Reaction to the Breakout Biopic — TIFF
http://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/i-tonya-craig-gillespie-interview-harding-contributions-1201874755/

What emerges is a funny and flinty look at the embattled ice princess that doesn’t skimp on the gory details, including Harding’s abuse at the hands of both Gillooly and her own mother (played by Allison Janney). But it’s also a compelling look inside one of America’s first stories of the 24-hour news cycle, one that has been writ large (and often incorrectly) for over two decades.

Looking forward to this one. There seems to be talk about Margot Robbie possibly receiving a best actress Oscar nomination. Would be cool if Janney got an Oscar nod as well.

 

[Vash01]

This is not about current movies but about movies filmed in Kauai, Hawaii, which I visited last week. There was a tour that showed movie locations along with video clips from those movies. The list is very long but the locations I remember seeing were from these films:

The descendants
LILO and Stitch
Six days seven nights
Outbreak
Jurassic Park
Honeymoon in Vegas
Throw Mama from the train
Raiders of the lost ark
Donovan's Reef
Blue Hawaii
South Pacific
Tropic Thunder
Avatar
Islands in the stream
She Gods of Shark Reef

I have seen only The descendants, Jurassic Park, Raiders of the lost ark, Avatar, and South Pacific.

Going to rent Blue Hawaii, Outbreak, Hawaii, None but the brave, Tears if the sun, Soul surfer, Donovan's Reef, She Gods of Shark Reef.

I am going to be very busy.

 

[VGThuy]

Lilo and Stitch is one of my sentimental favorites. I think it's an incredibly underrated Disney film and better than any of their latest offerings (from Tangled to Frozen on).

 

[PeterG]

Ugh.

Just watched Mulholland Drive.

Worst. Movie. Of. All. Time.

I'm starting to hate Entertainment Weekly, because I think it played a part in making me seek this one out. They often create lists of things worthy of your attention, and I think they mentioned this one enough times that I added it to my list. It's just so weird and stupid and non-sensical. But apparently I'm in the minority of people who feel this way. It has an 8.0 rating at imdb.com (movies rarely make it to an 8 or higher number). David Lynch won best director at Cannes for this movie and received an Oscar nomination for best director. Fortunately that's the only Oscar nod it got.

 

[Bellanca]

Ugh.

Just watched Mulholland Drive.

Worst. Movie. Of. All. Time.

I'm starting to hate Entertainment Weekly, because I think it played a part in making me seek this one out. They often create lists of things worthy of your attention, and I think they mentioned this one enough times that I added it to my list. It's just so weird and stupid and non-sensical. But apparently I'm in the minority of people who feel this way. It has an 8.0 rating at imdb.com (movies rarely make it to an 8 or higher number). David Lynch won best director at Cannes for this movie and received an Oscar nomination for best director. Fortunately that's the only Oscar nod it got.

Thanks for the heads-up, think I will skip it.

 

[Japanfan]

Lion was so good!! But it packed a real emotional whollop. Glad Dev Patel got recognition for his work, but the young actor who played him as a child was equally as good and deserved the same amount of recognition. . . But this movie is perfect...a whole-hearted recommendation.

For me it was okay. Just okay. It was entirely predictable and I knew how the story would go and would end just from seeing a few clips of the film.

 

[cocotaffy]

Ugh.

Just watched Mulholland Drive.

Worst. Movie. Of. All. Time.

I'm starting to hate Entertainment Weekly, because I think it played a part in making me seek this one out. They often create lists of things worthy of your attention, and I think they mentioned this one enough times that I added it to my list. It's just so weird and stupid and non-sensical. But apparently I'm in the minority of people who feel this way. It has an 8.0 rating at imdb.com (movies rarely make it to an 8 or higher number). David Lynch won best director at Cannes for this movie and received an Oscar nomination for best director. Fortunately that's the only Oscar nod it got.

Those type of brainy/psychedelic/wanna-be-deep movie which ends up being cult tend to make me feel stupid. They always include so many metaphorical messages I feel I need subtitles. I'm probably just that stupid but as I get older I tend to think the director themselves often don't know what any of it means. I sometimes imagine them playing some kind of prank on us thinking :" let see if those idiots will buy it as the most magnificent masterpiece ever done" or maybe they were just high on an acid trip.

 

[Vash01]

For me it was okay. Just okay. It was entirely predictable and I knew how the story would go and would end just from seeing a few clips of the film.

Many movies that are based on true stories have that in common. We know the end but the success of those movies lies in the development of a known story. This movie held my interest due to how it is developed. They did a great job of holding my attention and keeping me emotionally connected.

 

[PeterG]

Interesting week for movies. Pretty much every movie coming out this week held some kind of interest for me, but only one grabbed me enough to put it on my To See list. But that's because my main career has been that of a library worker, so it was pretty much a given that I'd be seeing Ex Libris. I might go see American Assassin as I have four movie tickets to use before the end of the month. I quite like Dylan O'Brian but Michael Keaton is wearing out his welcome in my book. He's like Woody Harrelson, Mark Wahlberg and Jeff Bridges. Basically just playing himself over and over and over again. Because of Grácia looks like it might be quite a sweet movie, as does In Search of Fellini. And First They Killed My Father is Angelina Jolie's most recent project. Watching this trailer made me think she's a bit like James Franco in that both are doing what they want to do, much more than doing things which will bring big box office and greater success. They're more interested in passion projects rather than becoming more successful, richer, or more famous. Inspiring. And here's this week's movies:


Trailers for Movies Released 2017-09-15th
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuI4-fSHhipR5VI_zFXlpVDC-4BiNWyZO


Sep. 15th - Mother! (Wide) - Horror with Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Ed Harris and Kristen Wiig

Sep. 15th - American Assassin (Wide) – Action thriller with Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton and Taylor Kitsch

Sep. 15th - Brad's Status (Limited) - Comedy with Ben Stiller, Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson, Mike White, Jemaine Clement and Jenna Fischer

Sep. 15th - In Search of Fellini (Limited) – Adventure with Maria Bello and Nancy Cartwright [The Simpsons]

Sep. 13th - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (New York) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.”

Sep. 15th - Infinity Chamber (Limited) -Sci-fi thriller, new cast. From imdb.com: “A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape and try and find his way back to the outside world that may already be wiped out.”

Sep. 15th - First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (Netflix only) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.”

Sep. 11th - September Morning [aka September 12th] (Limited) – Comedy drama, new cast. From imdb.com: “When the world was falling apart, they came together. In the first dark hours of September 12th, 2001, five college freshmen stay up all night in a dorm room confronting the promises of youth that have been severed by national tragedy.”

Sep. 15th - Because of Grácia (Limited) – Romance with a new cast & John Schneider

Sep. 13th - May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers (Limited) – Musical documentary. From imdb.com: “An intimate documentary following acclaimed North Carolina band the Avett Brothers, as they create their 2016 hit album "True Sadness."”

Sep. 14th - The Heart of Man (Special Engagement) - Christian documentary. From imdb.com: “The Heart of Man is a timeless tale of a father's relentless pursuit of his son -- interwoven with interviews of top thought-leaders on brokenness, identity, and shame.”

 

[Buzz]

Doesn't look like there is anything new that I want to see this weekend. I'm just waiting for Thor now. LOL

 

[VGThuy]

Interesting week for movies. Pretty much every movie coming out this week held some kind of interest for me, but only one grabbed me enough to put it on my To See list. But that's because my main career has been that of a library worker, so it was pretty much a given that I'd be seeing Ex Libris. I might go see American Assassin as I have four movie tickets to use before the end of the month. I quite like Dylan O'Brian but Michael Keaton is wearing out his welcome in my book. He's like Woody Harrelson, Mark Wahlberg and Jeff Bridges. Basically just playing himself over and over and over again. Because of Grácia looks like it might be quite a sweet movie, as does In Search of Fellini. And First They Killed My Father is Angelina Jolie's most recent project. Watching this trailer made me think she's a bit like James Franco in that both are doing what they want to do, much more than doing things which will bring big box office and greater success. They're more interested in passion projects rather than becoming more successful, richer, or more famous. Inspiring. And here's this week's movies:


Trailers for Movies Released 2017-09-15th
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuI4-fSHhipR5VI_zFXlpVDC-4BiNWyZO


Sep. 15th - Mother! (Wide) - Horror with Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Ed Harris and Kristen Wiig

Sep. 15th - American Assassin (Wide) – Action thriller with Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton and Taylor Kitsch

Sep. 15th - Brad's Status (Limited) - Comedy with Ben Stiller, Michael Sheen, Luke Wilson, Mike White, Jemaine Clement and Jenna Fischer

Sep. 15th - In Search of Fellini (Limited) – Adventure with Maria Bello and Nancy Cartwright [The Simpsons]

Sep. 13th - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (New York) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.”

Sep. 15th - Infinity Chamber (Limited) -Sci-fi thriller, new cast. From imdb.com: “A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape and try and find his way back to the outside world that may already be wiped out.”

Sep. 15th - First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (Netflix only) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.”

Sep. 11th - September Morning [aka September 12th] (Limited) – Comedy drama, new cast. From imdb.com: “When the world was falling apart, they came together. In the first dark hours of September 12th, 2001, five college freshmen stay up all night in a dorm room confronting the promises of youth that have been severed by national tragedy.”

Sep. 15th - Because of Grácia (Limited) – Romance with a new cast & John Schneider

Sep. 13th - May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers (Limited) – Musical documentary. From imdb.com: “An intimate documentary following acclaimed North Carolina band the Avett Brothers, as they create their 2016 hit album "True Sadness."”

Sep. 14th - The Heart of Man (Special Engagement) - Christian documentary. From imdb.com: “The Heart of Man is a timeless tale of a father's relentless pursuit of his son -- interwoven with interviews of top thought-leaders on brokenness, identity, and shame.”

Thank you for putting the date of First They Killed My Father. I was wondering when it would be available on Netflix and have been waiting for that one. I remember reading the book for college and it has stayed with me since.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

I'm excited for Mother!. The reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are hilariously divisive, which is always fun:

Aronofsky's visionary biblical allegory always seems on the verge of exploding. Lawrence, Bardem and an Oscar-caliber Pfeiffer are all on fire. Love it or loathe it, the film is an artist's cry from his own corrupt heart. You won't know what hit you.

Or:

A Horrible, Unpleasant, Infuriating Movie No One Should See

 

[VGThuy]

I'm excited for Mother!. The reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are hilariously divisive, which is always fun:



Or:

Just skimming some of the reviews, both good and bad and in-between, I have to go see it.