We’re spoiled for choice this week. For your consideration, we have: a gripping tale of eviction set during the global financial crisis, a dark Australian comedy about a vengeful dressmaker, a creepy horror in which a powerful spirit terrifies some Kiwi ghost hunters, a new Bill Murray comedy from legendary director Barry Levinson, and a Highlander-esque witch hunting yarn starring Vin Diesel.
Check ’em all out here…
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Opening today:
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99 HOMES……FILM OF THE WEEK
USA | 112 minutes | Drama
Director: Ramin Bahrani (Goodbye Solo, Man Push Cart, Chop Shop)
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Tim Guinee, J.D. Evermore, Jordyn McDempsey
After being evicted from their home, a family’s father – desperate for cash – becomes the reluctant employee of the ruthless real estate broker who kicked them out.
Inspired by true events – making this even more frightening – 99 Homes is gripping watch.
Distributor: Madman
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ROCK THE KASBAH
USA | 106 minutes | Comedy
Director: Barry Levinson (Wag the Dog, Sleepers, Toys)
Cast: Bill Murray, Zooey Deschanel, Kate Hudson, Bruce Willis, Danny McBride, Scott Caan
When Richie takes his last remaining client on a USO tour of Afghanistan, she gets cold feet and leaves him penniless and without his passport in Kabul. Trying to find his way home, he discovers a young girl with an extraordinary voice.
Critics have not been kind. Time to find out for ourselves if this is as bad as they say it is.
Distributor: Studio Canal
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THE DEAD ROOM
New Zealand | 80 minutes | Horror
Director: Jason Stutter (Predicament, Tongan Ninja)
Cast: Jed Brophy, Jeffrey Thomas, Laura Petersen
When a terrified family flees a desolate southern New Zealand farmhouse, two cynical scientists and a young psychic are sent to investigate their claims of a haunting. There they encounter a powerful spirit that will protect the house’s secrets at all cost.
Looks genuinely creepy – one ticket please!
Distributor: Self Distributed
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THE DRESSMAKER
Australia | 119 minutes | Comedy, Drama
Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse (A Thousand Acres, How to Make an American Quilt, Proof)
Cast: Kate Winslet, Isla Fisher, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Debicki, Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, Caroline Goodall, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney
Tilly Dunnage makes a surprise return to her tiny hometown of Dungatar, to look after her ailing mother. It doesn’t take long for the glamorous, single globetrotter to set dusty small town tongues wagging, and old resentments to present themselves.
I’ve heard very good things!
Distributor: Universal Pictures
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THE LAST WITCH HUNTER
USA | 106 minutes | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Breck Eisner (The Crazies, Sahara)
Cast: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Michael Caine, Julie Engelbrecht
The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.
If you don’t go in expecting too much, this could be a fun ride.
Distributor: eOne
