Shake off that Christmas Day food coma by heading down to your local cinema to enjoy one of the six films released today.
There’s plenty on offer: from fun for the kids, with the latest Alvin and the Chipmunks caper, to entertaining adult comedy and drama starring the likes of Will Farrell, Mark Walberg, Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, Helen Mirren, Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Lawrence!
FOTW was a tough call. See all the trailers here…
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Opening today:
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TRUMBO…..FILM OF THE WEEK
USA | 124 minutes | Biography, Drama
Director: Jay Roach (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Meet the Fockers)
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Elle Fanning, Helen Mirren, Alan Tudyk, Diane Lane, Louis C.K., John Goodman, Stephen Root, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Michael Stuhlbarg, Dean O’Gorman
Biopic of writer Dalton Trumbo: from novelist, to Hollywood’s highest paid writer, to his subsequent blacklisting after refusing to name names in the 1940s Communist witch hunt.
Cranston leads a cracking cast. A must for film fanatics, like myself.
Distributor: eOne
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ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE ROAD CHIP
USA | 92 minutes | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Director: Walt Becker (Old Dogs, Wild Hogs)
Cast: Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Bella Thorne, Jason Lee,, Christina Applegate, Anna Faris
Alvin, Simon and Theodore hit the road to prevent Dave from proposing to his girlfriend.
If you liked the others … you’ll probably like this??
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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DADDY’S HOME
USA | 96 minutes | Comedy
Director: Sean Anders (Horrible Bosses 2, That’s My Boy)
Cast: Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini, Thomas Haden Church, Alessandra Ambrosio, Paul Scheer
When a loving-but-dweebish step-dad is confronted by the cool-but-jerkish biological father of his partner’s children, a war for ultimate parenthood commences…
This will have its moments – hopefully more than a handful.
Distributor: Paramount
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JOY
USA | 124 minutes | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: David O. Russell (American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter, I Heart Huckabees)
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Dascha Polanco, Elisabeth Röhm, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini, Édgar Ramírez
Comedic biopic, based on the life of Joy Mangano – inventor and founder of a family business dynasty that has raked in over $1 billion in sales
Are O.Russell and Lawrence still a winning combination? It would appear so.
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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SUFFRAGETTE
UK | 106 minutes | Drama
Director: Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane)
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Romola Garai, Anne-Marie Duff
UK historical drama about the women’s suffrage movement of the late 19th and early 20th century – a feminist movement that saw its foot soldiers forced underground and threatened as a result of their peaceful protest for equality.
A superb cast and a powerful looking film. Close contender for FOTW.
Distributor: Transmission/Madman
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THE BELIER FAMILY
France | 105 minute | Comedy, Drama
Director: Eric Lartigau (The Big Picture, I Do, A Ticket to Space)
Cast: Karin Viard, François Damiens, Eric Elmosnino, Louane Emera, Roxane Duran, Ilian Bergala, Luca Gelberg, Mar Sodupe
A teen girl, and the sole member of her family who isn’t deaf, discovers a previously unknown talent as a singer. But her subsequent decision to take part in a major singing competition will come at a price for her parents and siblings.
Very French and the perfect feelgood Boxing Day film.
Distributor: Palace/Madman
