As the Oscar race heats up, we get to see some of the contenders – this week it’s The Big Short.
Also out this week, wacky Asian action film Detective Chinatown, big budget teen sci-fi in The Fifth Wave, cute Aussie family flick Oddball, and the third Ip Man installment – featuring Mike Tyson!
Check out all the trailers here…
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Opening today:
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THE BIG SHORT……FILM OF THE WEEK
USA | 131 minutes | Drama, Biography
Director: Adam McKay (Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, The Other Guys, Step Brothers)
Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo, Tracy Letts, Finn Wittrock, Hamish Linklater
The true story of four outsiders who predicted the global economic meltdown. No one believed them, so they came up with their own get-rich-quick scheme – betting against the American banks.
Although the trailer didn’t get me racing to box office, the cast and story did. Fingers crossed this lives up to the hype.
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
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DETECTIVE CHINATOWN
China | 136 minutes | Action, Comedy
Director: Sichen Cheng (Beijing Love Story)
Cast: Baoqiang Wang, Haoran Liu, Tong Lia
A man – rejected from police college – and his energetic cousin suddenly become the main suspects in a bizarre murder case. With only seven days to clear their names, the pair must dodge police and find the real criminals before it’s too late.
Could be an absolute blast.
Distributor: Unknown
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IP MAN 3
Hong Kong | 104 minutes | Action, Drama, Martial Arts, Biography
Director: Wilson Yip (Ip Man)
Cast: Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Zhang Jin, Patrick Tam, Mike Tyson
Martial-arts master Ip Man takes on a crooked developer – none other than Mike Tyson – and his gang of brutal thugs.
Loved the first film and I’m hoping the third outing revisits those heights.
Distributor: Unknown
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ODDBALL
Australia | 95 minutes | Family
Director: Stuart McDonald (Stranded)
Cast: Alan Tudyk, Sarah Snook, Deborah Mailman, Coco Jack Gillies, Shane Jacobson, Terry Camilleri, Richard Davies
To save his daughter’s job and keep her from moving away, an eccentric chicken farmer teams up with his granddaughter to implement his controversial idea — to protect an endangered penguin colony using a troublemaking dog.
Good clean family fun.
Distributor: Roadshow Films
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THE 5TH WAVE
USA | 112 minutes | Sci-fi, Thriller
Director: J Blakeson (The Disappearance of Alice Creed)
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Alex Roe, Zackary Arthur, Maika Monroe, Liev Schreiber, Ron Livingston, Nick Robinson
An alien invasion has claimed most of the human race, wiping them out in four strategically different waves of attacks. As the fifth wave looms to secure the victory, a young survivor races against the clock to save her brother.
I would love this to be good but the trailer suggests otherwise.
Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing
