There are only two
new wide releases this week, and with good reason. These studios and
theater chains know where their bread is buttered. A mega sequel of
one of the biggest franchises on the planet is given as much room to
breathe as it wants. It will make lots of money, send off one of its
stars in his last role, and hopefully some warm fuzzies will be had.
Oh, and there's a prestige picture, oddly placed on the release
schedule, for your counter programming needs.
Furious 7
Director: James Wan
Writer: Chris
Morgan
Starring: Vin
Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana
Brewster, Dwayne Johnson
I'm probably not
the right guy to write this preview. I've only seen the first and
fourth entries in this series. I liked them a great deal but it's one
of those things where something falls through the cracks. I will say
I am very confused that Michelle Rodriguez's character, Letty, is in
this seventh movie because I thought we watched her die in 4.
Whatever, it looks like fun.
In this one, Jason
Statham plays the bad guy. He fights Dwayne Johnson. Cars leap from
buildings and airplanes. Paul Walker, whose untimely death pushed the
production of this movie to a halt midway through shooting, will
reportedly be “retired” from the series, with the help of
Walker's real brothers acting as his stand-ins for scenes he was
unable to perform in. For a series ostensibly about family, that's a
nice gesture and hopefully one that works well within the dramatic
construct.
Woman in Gold
Director: Simon
Curtis
Writer: Alexi Kaye
Campbell
Starring: Helen
Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Charles Dance
Based on a true
story, Woman in Gold explores Maria Altmann's (Mirren)
attempts to be reunited with a painting of her aunt stolen by Nazis
in World War II. After the war, the Austrian government commandeered
it and displayed it as one of the country's great pieces of art.
Decades later, living in America, Maria hires a friend's lawyer son,
played by Reynolds, to take the Austrian government to court to
return the painting to her.
That is all in the trailer. That's pretty much the whole movie right there. It's a problem of modern trailer making, but that's a discussion for a different day. It looks like a handsome movie, with lots of high drama about big issues of ownership and family and memories. It might make for a weird double feature with the first movie on this list.
That is all in the trailer. That's pretty much the whole movie right there. It's a problem of modern trailer making, but that's a discussion for a different day. It looks like a handsome movie, with lots of high drama about big issues of ownership and family and memories. It might make for a weird double feature with the first movie on this list.
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