Movies This Week – 04-09-18

Lots of new releases this week and most of them are good! Well, we’d recommend three of them which is rare enough! Puzzle, American Animals and Under the Wire are all well worth seeing. Cameron Post is also worth checking out, but don’t expect too much.

Your thoughts are always welcome in the comments section below!

Our Top Five Films This Week –

5. Under the Wire
4. Puzzle
3. BlacKkKlansman
2. American Animals
1. Cold War

American Animals – 86% on Rotten Tomatoes

Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.

Director: Bart Layton
Writer: Bart Layton
Stars: Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk

Black 47 – 50% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family.

Director: Lance Daly
Writers: Lance Daly, P.J. Dillon (story by)
Stars: Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea

Final Score – ?% on Rotten Tomatoes

Some scores will never be settled.

Director: Scott Mann
Writers: Jonathan Frank, David T. Lynch
Stars: Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan, Ray Stevenson

Puzzle – 83% on Rotten Tomatoes

Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world – where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.

Director: Marc Turtletaub
Writers: Polly Mann (screenplay by), Oren Moverman (screenplay by)
Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, David Denman

The Miseducation of Cameron Post – 84% on Rotten Tomatoes

In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.

Director:  Desiree Akhavan
Writers: Desiree Akhavan (screenplay), Cecilia Frugiuele (screenplay)
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Steven Hauck, Quinn Shephard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEdngvMGjg0

The Nun (2018) – ?% On Rotten Tomatoes 

A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.

Director: Corin Hardy
Writers: Gary Dauberman (screenplay by), James Wan (story by)
Stars: Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet

Under the Wire – ?% On Rotten Tomatoes 

On 13 February 2012, two journalists entered war-ravaged Syria. One of them was celebrated Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin. The other was photographer, Paul Conroy.

Director: Christopher Martin
Writer: Christopher Martin (Chris Martin)
Stars: Ziad Abaza, Janine Birkett, Julian Lewis Jones