Wednesday, 14 September 2016

September 2016 - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, My Blind Brother and more...


I have been looking forward to Tim Burton's latest fantasy film for months now and finally, it is almost here. The film is based on Ransom Riggs best-selling novel of the same name and follows Jake (Asa Butterfield), who discovers clues to a mystery that spans different worlds and time leading him to the titular location; Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. There he learns about the little known world and gets to know the residents of Miss Peregrine's (Eva Green) safe haven and their special powers, or peculiarities, but the mystery and danger deepens when he discovers his role as the protector of the peculiar from evil forces knowns as the "Hollows" and "Wights", led by the mysterious Mr. Barron (Samuel L. Jackson). 



In the age of comic book and fantasy movies, The Magnificent Seven redefines the western genre for a new generation. As the town of Rose Krick is taken over by Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard) and his private army, Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett) offers Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington) her life savings in return for his help in liberating her community from Bogue's bloody grip. To do this, Chisolm assembles a colourful group of indivuals with a variety of skills including an explosives expert (Chris Pratt), a former Confederate sharpshooter (Ethan Hawke), a knife throwing assassin (Lee Byung-Hun), an outlaw (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), a warrior (Martin Sensmeier) and a skilled tracker (Vincent D'Onofrio) to stand up for justice in a society overpowered by greed and homogeny.

On the 20th of April, one of the largest man-made disasters in recent history occurred in the Gulf of Mexico when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and eventually sank, leading to the largest environmental disaster in US history - a massive oil spill off of the Louisiana coast. This dramatic retelling of the true story depicts the challenges the oil rig's crew faced and honours the brave men and women whose heroism would save many on board, and change everyone's lives forever.

In another historical drama set around the American Civil War, this time based around true events, Matthew McConaughey plays Newt Knight, a defiant Southern farmer, who leads an armed rebellion of struggling farmers and local slaves against the Confederate Army in Jones County, Mississippi, leading to the creation of a Free State of Jones. Knight continued his struggle into Reconstruction, distinguishing him as a compelling, if controversial, figure of defiance long beyond the War.

Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is back after twelve years away from the big screen for her latest romantic adventure in Bridget Jones's Baby. The unlucky-in-love fortysomething is single again after breaking up with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and has now decided to focus on her top job as a news producer and surround herself with friends both old and new. When Bridget meets a dashing American named Jack (Patrick Dempsey), who is everything the Mr. Darcy is not, her love life seems to take a positive turn. In an unexpected twist, she finds herself pregnant but there's a problem... she can only be fifty per cent sure of the identity of the baby's father.


My Blind Brother is an original take on the love triangle story with two brothers who both like the same woman. Robbie (Adam Scott) is a champion blind para-athlete, seen as incapable of doing wrong by most however his brother, Bill (Nick Kroll), sees the real Robbie but still sticks with him during his athletic career. When Bill meets a Rose (Jenny Slate), he thinks his luck is changing until Robbie introduces him to his new girlfriend, the very same Rose, who he met when she volunteered to work with the blind. Now Bill must decide if he will put himself second again or finally stand up to his blind brother.

Three lifelong friends are stuck in a rut. Kate (Mamrie Hart) is trapped in a job she hates, sucks at dating and is on the cusp of turning 30. Evie (Grace Helbig) is married but has in-laws from hell and Charlie (Hannah Hart) is recently engaged but can’t seem to pull her business (or her act) together. In Dirty 30, with Kate's birthday coming up, her two best friends promise to throw her a wild party but the celebrations turn into a chaotic mix of personalities both past and present and things quickly spiral out of control.

I know that I mentioned Swiss Army Man in the July releases post, but now it is available in the UK which I'm excited about. Like I said before, not everyone is going to like this but I think it is worth a watch. In the film, Hank (Paul Dano) is stranded on a deserted island and as he prepares to leave this world, he spots a man laying by the shore although unfortunately he is dead and quite flatulent. With the help of the dead man, named Manny (Daniel Radcliffe), Hank uses his flatulence to return to the mainland but now he finds himself lost in the wilderness but does not leave Manny behind.  

Small indie film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople is an adventure story about a defiant city kid who finds himself at home with a new foster family; the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupacin in the New Zealand countryside. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he and Hec go on the run in the bush. As a national manhunt ensues, the newly branded outlaws must face their options: go out in a blaze of glory or overcome their differences and survive as a family.  



UK Release Dates
Bridget Jones's Baby                                    16 September 2016  TRAILER
Hunt for the Wilderpeople                             16 September 2016  TRAILER
The Magnificent Seven                                 23 September 2016  TRAILER
Deepwater Horizon                                      29 September 2016  TRAILER
Free State of Jones                                     30 September 2016  TRAILER
Swiss Army Man                                          30 September 2016  TRAILER
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children       30 September 2016  TRAILER

USA Release Dates
My Blind Brother                                          19 September 2016  TRAILER
Dirty 30                                                     23 September 2016  TRAILER

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