October 2016 - Storks, The Matchbreaker and more...

October is the month of the London Film Festival so there are a lot of films premièring over the next few weeks, but many of these films will not get a nationwide release and of those that do, it may not be for several more weeks or months. However, there are still plenty of movies coming out over the next thirty-one days.

In fourteen days, Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is back in Inferno, the third movie of the Da Vinci Code series. In an Italian hospital, the famous symbologist awakens with amnesia and has to recover the last thirty-six hours of his memory so he must team up with resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones) who he hopes can help him remember the time he has lost. At the same time, the two have to escape a deadly assassin following them through Florence to start in a race against time across Europe, unravelling a series of codes created the by brilliant scientist Dante Alighieri in order to prevent a deadly, extinction level threat to humanity.

Ethan Cooper (Wesley Elder), an idealistic romantic, becomes a professional Matchbreaker in this romantic comedy when, after losing his job, he is offered a "one-time gig" to break up a girl's relationship, by parents who do not agree with their daughter on her choice in partner. As his success spreads through word-of-mouth, he becomes more and more popular with disapproving parents and is offered increasing amounts of work. However, when he falls in love with Emily (Christina Grimmie), the daughter of one of his clients, he must figure out how to balance his secret job with his love-life.

Based on the novel of the same name, The Great Gilly Hopkins tells the story of Gilly, an unmanageable, wisecracking twelve year old stuck in the foster system. She has bounced from family to family after outwitting them all and is constantly wondering whether her mother is out there, waiting for her... Gilly's latest family, the Trotters, are the weirdest yet and so she's determined not to stick around for long but the affectionate Maime Trotter is not prepared to give up on her. Gilly's determination to escape stands firm, whether that is simply by running or lying her way out but her plan doesn't go as she hoped and she begins to rethink her decision to leave her new foster family. 

The Girl on the Train is another film based on, and named after, a novel. Every day, on her commute to work, divorcée Rachel (Emily Blunt) passes by the house she use to share with her husband. In an attempt to forget about the house, she focuses on Megan (Haley Bennett) and Scott Hipwell (Luke Evans), a seemingly happy couple living a few houses down. One day, from her train, she sees something shocking and is filled with rage. The next day, she wakes up with a horrible hangover, various wounds and bruises, and no memory of the night before and now Megan Hipwell is missing. Is there a connection? Rachel soon becomes entangled in the case, trying to discover exactly what happened.

This is the third film based on a book, but this time on the life story of journalist and author, Ken Baker, whose world was turned upside-down after the removal of a brain tumour which prevented his pituitary system from releasing hormones efficiently for twenty-seven years. The Late Bloomer tells the story of Pete Newmans (Johnny Simmons) as he wrestles with both the physical and emotional changes made by these new hormones, and the reactions of his friends, family and enemies, all whilst attempting to win over Michelle (Brittany Snow), the girl next door, for whom he has fallen.

The final movie is the latest animated film from the Warner Bros. Studios, Storks. Everybody knows that storks deliver babies... or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior (Andy Samberg) is the top delivery stork and is about to be promoted when he accidently activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable but completely unauthorised baby girl. Now Junior, and his friend Tulip (Katie Crown), must begin on a wild and revealing journey to deliver the new bundle of trouble before his boss discovers the mistake, inadvertently restoring the true mission of Storks in the world.

UK Release Dates
The Girl on the Train             05 October 2016  TRAILER
Inferno                              14 October 2016  TRAILER
Storks                               14 October 2016  TRAILER

USA Release Dates
The Great Gilly Hopkins         07 October 2016  TRAILER
The Late Bloomer                07 October 2016  TRAILER
The Matchbreaker               07 October 2016  TRAILER