Whatever you’re into – music, dance, family, comedy, drama, thriller, New Zealand film, French cinema, old school horror – there’s something for everyone this week. But it’s the homegrown flick that’s our pick of the bunch.
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Films opening today:
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MT ZION……FILM OF THE WEEK
New Zealand | 93 minutes | Drama, Music | Director: Tearepa Kahi (debut feature)
A film based around Bob Marley’s visit to New Zealand in 1979, where a young musician (Stan Walker) attempts to become the support act for Marley’s one and only New Zealand concert. Shot on film and with a sweet soundtrack, this family flick will have people of all ages grooving in their seats.
http://youtu.be/N0gHwasfR7g
Distributor: Sony Pictures NZ
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FLIGHT
USA | 139 minutes | Drama, Thriller | Director: Robert Zemeckis (Forest Gump, Cast Away)
Hero or Villain? Denzel Washington plays a pilot whose drinking may have caused the mid-air emergency which forced him to save the lives of those on board in spectacular style. Reasons to see it: the trailer looks great, I’ll watch Denzel in anything, it’s a Robert Zemeckis film, and that landing sequence has to seen on the big screen.
Distributor: Paramount Pictures NZ
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Films opening tomorrow:
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HITCHCOCK
USA | 99 minutes | Biography, Drama | Director: Sacha Gervasi (debut feature)
The life and times of Alfred Hitchcock – or at least the part when he made Psycho. With one of the greatest thrillers ever made as its setting, and Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren in the lead roles, how could this film not deliver?
Distributor: 20th Century Fox NZ
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ON AIR
France | 87 minutes | Comedy, Drama | Director: Pierre Pinaud (debut feature)
A famous radio host is forced to confront her past when she goes in search of a woman she believes to be her long lost mother. Described by critics as both poignant and humourous, this looks like yet another French charmer.
Distributor: Rialto Distribution
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MOVIE 43
USA | 98 minutes | Comedy | Directors: Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner
Be warned: this is what happens when you let a bunch of stars loose without supervision.
(Note: Red Band Trailer)
Distributor: Roadshow Distribution
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Films opening Friday:
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ABCD (Any Body Can Dance)
India | 160 minutes | Comedy, Dance | Director: Remo D’Souza (F.A.L.T.U.)
India’s first 3D dance film. Think Step It Up… Bollywood style.
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SPECIAL 26
India | 143 minutes | Thriller | Director: Neeraj Pandey (A Wednesday)
Real is Fake. Fake is Real. At least that’s what the trailer tells us to expect from this Indian police thriller.
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Special screening on Sunday (select cinemas only, so check with your local):
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Double Feature: AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON / THE THING
217 minutes of retro heaven. It will be amazing to see these on the big screen again; especially The Thing – one of my all-time favourites!
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Will would be seeing our Film of the Week? How about the retro Double Feature?
