An iconic movie monster returns! Godzilla stomps his way into cinemas this week – hopefully crushing any remaining trace of the 1998 Roland Emmerich disaster.
But if the world’s most famous Kaiju isn’t for you, there are five other movies to choose from, including two great looking documentaries: Aim High in Creation and In Search of Chopin.
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Opening today:
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GODZILLA……FILM OF THE WEEK
USA | 123 minutes | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director: Gareth Edwards (Monsters)
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanabe, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, CJ Adams, Sally Hawkins, Richard T. Jones
Humankind’s scientific arrogance unleashes a giant winged beast that threatens our very existence, and the only thing that can stop it is an ancient alpha predator that the governments of the world have kept secret for decades. Prepare for an epic monster showdown.
My excitement level has been through the roof since Gareth Edwards was named as director. I can’t wait to see the result.
Distributor: Warner Brothers
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AIM HIGH IN CREATION
Australia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan | 96 minutes | Comedy, Documentary
Director: Anna Broinowski (Forbidden Lie$)
Featuring: Anna Broinowski
A comedic documentary in which an Aussie filmmaker wants to make a propaganda film to stop the construction of a gas mine near her Sydney home, so she travels to North Korea to learn from the masters.
Looks utterly brilliant. Really want to see this.
Distributor: Unknown
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FADING GIGOLO
USA | 98 minutes | Comedy
Director: John Turturro (Passione, Romance & Cigarettes)
Cast: John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofia Vergara, Liev Schreiber, Vanessa Paradis, Max Casella, Bob Balaban, Aida Turturro
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend.
With Turturro and Allen bouncing off each other for 90+ minutes, how could you say no?
Distributor: Madman
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IN SEARCH OF CHOPIN
UK | 110 minutes | Documentary, Music
Director: Phil Grabsky (Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World, In Search of Haydn, In Search of Beethoven)
Featuring: David Dawson, Juliet Stevenson
Grabsky travels through Europe to investigate Chopin; a man terrified of public performance, who fled his Polish homeland never to return, took up with the most notorious transvestite in France and, despite a life of ill-health, wrote some of the most famous compositions ever created.
Another great looking documentary this week.
Distributor: Arkles
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NAKED AMBITION 3D
Hong Kong | 106 minutes | Comedy
Director: Lee Kung-lok (My Ex-Wife’s Wedding)
Cast: Chapman To, Josie Ho, Kato Taka, Okita Anri
An honours graduate in literature, stuck writing cheap erotic fiction, somehow ends up starring in an adult film (yeah right) and discovers a whole new world of pleasure and pain.
An Asian film called Naked Ambition. I think you’ll already know if you want to see this or not.
Distributor: Unknown
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SON OF GOD
USA | 138 minutes | Christian, Drama
Director: Christopher Spencer (TV mini-series The Bible)
Cast: Diogo Morgado, Roma Downey, Louise Delamere, Amber Rose Revah, Andrew Brooke, Darwin Shaw
A spin-off from the popular Christian mini-series, Son of God chronicles the life of Jesus, from birth to his crucifixion and resurrection.
It might be epic in scale but can this film do justice to the words of the Bible?
Distributor: Rialto
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Will you be stomping into your local cinema to see any of these?
