Opening in cinemas across Australia this week we have two widely anticipated sequels (Wall St: Money Never Sleeps, The Girl Who Played With Fire) and then some not so anticipated films like Brendan Fraser’s latest family comedy Furry Vengeance and the Zach Efron wannabe tear jerker Charlie St. Cloud. Continue reading for film details, trailers and recommendations!
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Genre: Drama
Rating: M
Running Time: 133 min
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Frank Langella, Carey Mulligan, Vanessa Ferlito, Charlie Sheen,
Official Website: Link
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Studio’s Synopsis:
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader’s mentor.
Worth seeing?
Making a sequel some 23 years after the original hit the screens is always going to be a gamble but then again most belated sequels don’t have a character as memorable or ingrained in popular culture as Gordon Gekko. If the trailer is any indication it looks like greed is still good.
Check out Glynn Morgan’s four star review here.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS0PJSKJoxw
Genre: Drama/Mystery/Thriller/Sweedish
Rating: MA 15+
Running Time: 129 min
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Cast: Lisbeth Salander, Sofia Ledarp, Peter Andersson, Michael Nyqvist
Official Website: Link
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Studio’s Synopsis:
In THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE – the second installment in the “Millennium” trilogy following THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Mikael Blomkvist is about to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society. On the eve of publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander.
Worth seeing?
While it may have a hard time living up to its predecessor, this will surely be another big hit with audiences.
Check out Shannon Wright’s three and a half star review here.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdwvAvXUxc4&feature=fvw
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG
Running Time: 92 min
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Cast: Zachary Gordon, Steve Zahn, Connor Fielding
Official Website: Link.
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Studio’s Synopsis:
Based on the best seling novel, this movie is about a school student, Greg Heffley and his first year of middle school with both friends and enemies. His journey is told through his diary and his cartoon drawings.
Worth seeing?
This film continues the popular trend of turning minor childrens books into films. Reviews overseas have been mixed but it has fared better at the box office than most of its kind and a sequel is already scheduled for release next year. It should most likely please the tween set.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYv1yNuv3sI
Genre: Drama/Romance
Rating: M
Running Time: 99 min
Director: Burr Steers
Cast: Zac Efron, Amanda Crew, Ray Liotta, Kim Basinger, Chris Massoglia
Official Website: Link.
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Studio’s Synopsis:
Charlie St. Cloud is a young man overcome by grief at the death of his younger brother. So much so that he takes a job as caretaker of the cemetery in which his brother is buried. Charlie has a special lasting bond with his brother though, as he can see him. Charlie meets up with his brother (Sam) each night to play catch and talk. Then, a girl comes into Charlie’s life and he must choose between keeping a promise he made to Sam, or going after the girl he loves
Worth seeing?
While Mr Efron still has a long way to go to win over the majority of the male movie going population, he has proved that he has a certain charm by not only making fluffy teen fare like 17 Again watchable but was also one of the hightlights of the excellent Me And Orson Welles. However, the trailer for this does make it look like another sappy and manipulative drama aimed at making teenage girls spend all their pocket money on Kleenex. Maybe Efron needs to choose his projects more wisely if he ever wants to be considered the next Michael J. Fox.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l-KEIQtMQs
Furry Vengeance
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG
Running Time: 91 min
Director: Roger Kumble
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Ricky Garcia, Eugene Cordero
Official Website: Link:
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Studio’s Synopsis:
FURRY VENGEANCE is a live action family comedy in which an ambitious young real estate developer, Dan Sanders, faces off with a band of angry animals when his new housing subdivision pushes too far into a pristine part of the wilderness. Led by an incredibly clever raccoon, the animals stymie the development and teach our hero about the environmental consequences of man’s encroachment on nature.
Worth seeing?
You know a film is going to be bad when you turn the trailer off half way through. Brendan Fraser’s career is one of the modern world’s greatest mysteries. How can a relatively charismatic leading man who is able to carry a blockbuster franchise like The Mummy, end up starring in so many awkwardly bad PG comedies (Monkeybone anyone?!) Furry Vengeance is guaranteed to be yet another critical and commercial bust at the box office for poor Mr Fraser.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9vRrYrgjAk
Anjaana Anjaani
Genre: Comedy/Musical/Hindi
Rating: TBA
Running Time: TBA
Director: Siddharth Anand
Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra
Official Website: Link.
This film is in limited release. For session times in your area, click here.
Studio’s Synopsis:
This is the story of two strangers on an odyssey of discovery — down a path that is ridden with the exquisite pain and joy of falling in love, only… This is the story of two strangers on an odyssey of discovery — down a path that is ridden with the exquisite pain and joy of falling in love, only they don’t realize it. A series of hilarious misadventures trace their bi coastal road journey as they go about fulfilling their last wishes. But then life interrupts, as is its habit; and painful choices must be made. The duo part with the understanding that their days together were a brief interlude of insanity that had to succumb to real life. They part as they met – as strangers.
Worth seeing?
There really isn’t much info out there about this film, bar a few early reviews from India. The trailer is quite energetic, as is the soundtrack so it might be worth a look if this genre is a favourite of yours.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y79fqrTBnFc&ob=av3e
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