NEW THIS WEEK
The long awaited sequel to the cerebral sci-fi masterpeice Blade
Runner, the brilliant new thriller 2049 stars Ryan Gosling as Officer K,
a new blade runner who accidentally uncovers an intensely protected secret that
could further destory our already fractured distopian society. Seeking the
answers only he would know, K goes on a quest to find Deckard (original star
Harrison Ford), who’s been missing since the events of the original film.
We Said: “When all is said
and done, Blade Runner 2049 enhances Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, but also
improves upon it. He has taken the seed planted by Scott, nurtured it, and now
it has blossomed into one of the finest works of science-fiction ever. Does it
answer every question we've been pondering all of these years? Of course not,
but in all of its ruminations about the future, Blade Runner 2049 has
opened up a future in which this franchise will continue to grow and evolve.” Rating: 4 out of 5
This new hit horror/comedy focuses on young, rich, and
selfish sororotiy girl Tree, who finds herself inexplicably stuck in a time
loop, repeating her birthday over and over again for no apparent reason. Further
complicating matters, every version of the day ends with her being violently
murdered by a masked killer. Stuck in time until she solves her own murder,
Tree begins her hunt to stop whoever keeps killing her.
We Said: “While there are
pretty big problems with the basic structure of the movie, they don’t detract
too much from the overall fun and inventiveness of Happy Death Day. It’s a
familiar concept, but still entirely its own incredibly strange movie. It’s a
very special brand of odd that I haven’t seen in a mainstream movie for a very
long time.” Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Michael Fassbender stars as washed-up detective Harry Hole in
this adaptation of the acclaimed detective series of the same name. begrudgenly
on the case of the “Snowman Killer”, a mass-murderer who turns his corpses into
snowmen and taunts Hole every step of the way, Harry becomes bound to stopping
the madman and his own demons before time runs out.
We Said: “The unfortunate part
is that The Snowman had all of the right pieces – super successful and
popular source material, talented stars across the board, and the backing of
major Hollywood players… yet it still managed to fall flat. I wanted to like
this one, I really did, but I couldn’t even convince myself that I somewhat
enjoyed it by the end.” Rating: 1.5 out
of 5
A beautiful new film about the mysteries surrounding the life
and death of troubled painter Vincent Van Gough, Loving Vincent is
comprised of beautifully hand painted frames of animation in style of the
beloved artist.
We Said: “Loving Vincent is a gorgeous,
inventive work of art, but some will take more value from it than others. They
say that art is in the eye of the beholder, and that certainly applies here..” Rating: 3 out of 5
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