The the late, great James Gandolfini’s final film heads this week’s line-up.
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Opening today:
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ENOUGH SAID……FILM OF THE WEEK
USA | 93 minutes | Comedy, Romance
Director: Nicole Holofcener (Please Give, Friends with Money, Lovely & Amazing)
Cast: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, Ben Falcone, Michaela Watkins
A divorcee finds love again with sweet-natured Albert. The only snag, he’s the ex-husband of a woman she’s recently befriended – and her new friend’s comments about him are less than flattering. What’s a girl to do?
Looks utterly charming. And a must see given it’s Gandolfini’s last film.
Distributor: 2oth Century Fox
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DELIVERY MAN
USA | 104 minutes | Comedy
Director: Ken Scott (Starbuck)
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Cobie Smulders, Chris Pratt, Britt Robertson, Jack Reynor, Bobby Moynihan, Simon Delaney, Georgie Lalov
A go-nowhere under-achiever discovers he’s fathered over 500 children after an error at the sperm bank he donated to 20 years prior. Would you come forward and reveal your identity?
Can Vaughan recapture some of his old school magic, or will it be another miss for one of my favourite comic actors.
Distributor: Disney
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NT LIVE: 50 YEARS ON STAGE
UK | 167 minutes | Romance, Live Performance
Cast: Simon Russell Beale, Frances de la Tour, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Alex Jennings, Rory Kinnear, Adrian Lester, Anna Maxwell Martin, Andrew Scott, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Benedict Cumberbatch
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Great Britain’s National Theatre – founded in 1963 by Laurence Olivier – brings together a cast of British actors for an evening of live performances direct from the London stage, including excerpts from King Lear, Hamlet, The History Boys, Guys and Dolls, and War Horse.
How could you say no to this masterclass?
Distributor: Rialto
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KILL YOUR DARLINGS
USA | 100 minutes | Biography, Drama, Thriller, Romance
Director: John Krokidas (debut feature)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, David Cross, Michael C. Hall, Elizabeth Olsen, Dane DeHaan, Ben Foster, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kyra Sedgwick
In this true story, poet Allen Ginsberg, novelist Jack Kerouac and classmate Lucien Carr get caught up in murder mystery at their Columbia University, which coincides with the birth of the beat generation.
Doesn’t look half bad…especially of you’re into that era.
Distributor: Sony Pictures
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MR MORGAN’S LAST LOVE
Germany, Belgium, USA, France | 116 minutes | Drama
Director: Sandra Nettelbeck (Helen, Mostly Martha)
Cast: Michael Caine, Clémence Poésy, Gillian Anderson, Justin Kirk, Jane Alexander
After his wife passes, a Princeton philosophy lecturer retires to Paris and contemplates suicide. But his life is transformed when he meets a disarming young French women on a bus. Ah, those disarming young French women will get you every time.
Hasn’t had the best reviews but who cares…it’s Michael Caine!
Distributor: Umbrella
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20 FEET FROM STARDOM
USA | 90 minutes | Documentary
Director: Morgan Neville (Johnny Cash, The Cool School, Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.)
Featuring: Lou Adler, Stephanie ‘Stevvi’ Alexander, Patti Austin, Chris Botti, Merry Clayton, Sheryl Crow, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, Mick Jagger, Gloria Jones, Jo Lawry, Claudia Lennear
Explore the unsung (pardon the pun) world of backing vocalists, and the fine line they walk between displaying their talent and upstaging the stars they sing for.
For anyone who loves music.
Distributor: Madman
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Some great films this week. Which ones will you be lining up for?
