Happy New Year film fans! There’s a lot to look forward to in 2016, but let’s start with the three big films released today.
Our first FOTW for 2016, Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie, will stir fond childhood memories; while the Point Break remake offers us another opportunity to take a stroll down memory lane. Not to be outdone, we also have Pixar’s latest animated gem, The Good Dinosaur, to enjoy.
Check out all the trailers right here…
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Opening today:
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SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE……FILM OF THE WEEK
USA | 93 minutes | Animation, Comedy, Family
Director: Steve Martino (Horton Hears a Who!, Ice Age: Continental Drift)
Cast: Noah Schnapp, Hadley Belle Miller, AJ Tecce, Noah Johnston, Venus Schultheis, Alexander Garfin
Beloved comic strip characters Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and Co return to the big screen. When a sweet red-headed girl arrives in the neighbourhood, Charlie attempts to re-invent himself in order to win her heart – with help from his best pal Snoopy.
With a script written by Charles M. Schulz’s son and grandson, this promises to be everything you’d hope it would be.
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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POINT BREAK
USA | 113 minutes | Action, Drama
Director: Ericson Core (Invincible)
Cast: Ray Winstone, Teresa Palmer, Luke Bracey, Édgar Ramírez, Tobias Santelmann, Bojesse Christopher, Judah Lewis
An FBI agent infiltrates a gang of extreme sports enthusiasts suspected of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists.
Everything points to this being a cash-grab in more ways that one – which is very disappointing.
Distributor: Roadshow
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THE GOOD DINOSAUR
USA | 101 minutes | Animation, Comedy, Family
Director: Peter Sohn (debut feature)
Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Judy Greer, Bill Hader, Frances McDormand, John Lithgow, Raymond Ochoa, Jeffrey Wright, Jack Bright, A.J. Buckley, Anna Paquin, Sam Elliott
In a world where dinosaurs and humans live side-by-side, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
Early buzz says that this is good…but not great. Looks quite sweet though, and has a fab voice cast.
Distributor: Walt Disney
