THIS MONTH AT THE UK CINEMA
Hey guys! Welcome to the second half of this month's movie roundup. As with the first half, there are plenty of good movies that came out last week and plenty more for the week ahead, so let's get started...
It may be considered cheating, and I stand by my original decision of choosing The Jungle Book as Movie of the Month, especially now after having seen it, but I will choose another movie for this post... lets call it Movie of the Fortnight, and it is Captain America: Civil War. Considered by many as a mini Avengers movie, Civil War has a very large cast including a lot of well-established and relatively new characters to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Set a year after the events of Sokovia, in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) disagree over the idea of political accountability and the need for a governing body who decides what the Avengers can and cannot do. This disagreement then ultimately leads to a war between the heroes who side with Tony and those who side with Cap'.
The fracture between the Marvel heroes may be receiving the most attention but there are a number of other films worth a view out that same weekend including Demolition, in which Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal) writes a complaint letter to a vending machine company after losing his wife. The letter catches the attention of Karen (Naomi Watts), a customer services representative and the two form a unlikely connection through a series of letters.
Also out this weekend is God's Not Dead 2 is an interesting film that sees teacher Grace Wesley (Melissa Joan Hart) land in hot water when she uses a biblical quote in answer to a student's question. When it is discovered that she has quoted Jesus in the classroom, Grace suddenly faces an epic court battle which could lead to not only her losing her career but also see God permanently expelled from the classroom.
Golden Years is a comedic British movie about bank heists carried out by the people you would least suspect. When Arthur (Bernard Hill) and Martha Goode (Virginia McKenna) refuse to take the loss of their pensions lying down, they decide to take back what was theirs in the first place and start robbing banks.
Hard Tide is another British film, this time a thriller based on the true story of Jake (Nathanael Wiseman), a small-time drug dealer from a seaside town in the UK who is forced to go on the run with neglected nine-year-old Jade (Alexandra Newick) after a tragic accident.
On the eve of a national celebration for France, the titular Bastille Day, Zoe Naville (Charlotte Le Bon), a political activist plans to set off a bomb in Paris but she is stopped by a change of heart. Before she can disarm the bomb, a pickpocket named Michael Mason (Richard Madden) steals her bag, along with the bomb, and after retrieving the useful items inside, he discards the bag. When the bomb explodes, newly desk-bound CIA agent Sean Briar (Idris Elba) is determined to find the suspect behind it. The three characters then become embroiled in something bigger than an accidental explosion; a conspiracy of corruption and greed.
In Jane Got a Gun, Jane's (Natalie Portman) new life is turned upside-down when her husband (Noah Emmerich) returns home covered in bullet wounds after a duel with gang leader Colin (Ewan McGregor). She has to turn to her former fiancé (Joel Edgerton) for help protecting her family from the blood-thirsty Bishop Boys gang.
Louder Than Bombs is the final film out this weekend that I will mention. The film centres on the death of a famous photographer (Isabelle Huppert) and how her husband (Gabriel Byrne) and two sons (Jesse
Eisenberg and Devin Druid) cope with their loss whilst having to confront with different memories and feelings as well as unravelling the truth behind her mysterious accident.
I haven't done this before but there are also two films out this month that I will mention as I would definitely love to see them and if you can get to the USA, then you can them too.
The first is The Meddler. After her husband dies, Marnie Minervini (Susan Sarandon) moves from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be closer to her daughter Lori (Rose Byrne), but when her mother forces Lori to draw strict personal boundaries, Marnie uses her eternal optimism and generosity to change the life of others and, in turn, herself.
The other film that I'm jealous of is Safelight. The story of Charles (Evan Peters), a high school senior, who takes Vickie (Juno Temple), a troubled teen turned prostitute away from her current life and on a road as he plan to photograph the lighthouses along the California coastline but things turn dangerous when Vickie's psychotic pimp (Kevin Alejandro) with a chip on his shoulder.
UK Release Dates
Bastille Day 22 April 2016 TRAILER
Captain America: Civil War 29 April 2016 TRAILER
Demolition 29 April 2016 TRAILER
God's Not Dead 2 29 April 2016 TRAILER
Golden Years 29 April 2016 TRAILER
Hard Tide 29 April 2016 TRAILER
Jane Got a Gun 22 April 2016 TRAILER
Louder Than Bombs 22 April 2016 TRAILER
US/Aus Release Dates
Safelight 17 April 2016 TRAILER
The Meddler 22 April 2016 TRAILER
