Movies This Week – 11-09-19

The movie that no one really asked for, Downton Abbey the movie is released this week. Don’t expect too much from it, but with a ready made market, it should do pretty well!

Otherwise, there’s a couple of good ones, with Extra Ordinary starring Meave Higgins and Hustlers starring J. Lo… I still can’t believe it’s getting good reviews.

Dates for all upcoming movies can be found here.

Our Top Five Films This Week –

5. Extra Ordinary
4. Hustlers
3. For Sama
2. The Souvenir
1. Pain & Glory

In Cinemas Now –

Aniara – 68% on Rotten Tomatoes
Animals – 94% on Rotten Tomatoes
Angry Birds 2 – 80% on Rotten Tomatoes
Angel Has Fallen – 47% on Rotten Tomatoes
Asterix: The Secret Of The Magic Potion – 72% on Rotten Tomatoes
Blinded By The Light – 92% on Rotten Tomatoes
Crawl – 83% on Rotten Tomatoes
Dora The Explorer and the Lost City of Gold – 71% On Rotten Tomatoes
Downton Abbey – ?% on Rotten Tomatoes
Extra Ordinary – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw – 66% on Rotten Tomatoes
For Sama – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Gaza – 100% On Rotten Tomatoes
Honeyland – 98% on Rotten Tomatoes
Hustlers – 95% on Rotten Tomatoes
It: Chapter Two – 76% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Lion King – 59% on Rotten Tomatoes
Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love – 79% on Rotten Tomatoes
Never Grow Old – 92% on Rotten Tomatoes
Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood – 85% on Rotten Tomatoes
Pain & Glory – 92% on Rotten Tomatoes
Rojo – 96% on Rotten Tomatoes
Souvenir, The – 90% on Rotten Tomatoes
Spider-Man: Far From Home – 90% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Sun Is Also A Star – 48% on Rotten Tomatoes
Toy Story 4 – 98% on Rotten Tomatoes
Transit – 95% On Rotten Tomatoes
Uglydolls – 27% On Rotten Tomatoes

13 September 2019

Downton Abbey – 83% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Michael Engler
Writers(s): Julian Fellowes (characters)
Actors: Allen Leech, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern

The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early 20th century.

Extra Ordinary – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman
Writers(s): Mike Ahern, Demian Fox (additional writing by), Enda Loughman
Actors: Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward, Will Forte, Claudia O’Doherty

Rose, a sweet, small town driving instructor, is gifted with supernatural abilities, “The Talents”, which mean she can talk to the spirit world. Rose has a love hate relationship with her …

For Sama – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Honeyland – 98% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov
Writers(s): N/A
Actors: N/A

The last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood. This …

Hustlers – 95% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Lorene Scafaria
Writers(s): Jessica Pressler (magazine article), Lorene Scafaria (screenplay)
Actors: Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Lili Reinhart, Julia Stiles

Inspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

18th September

Ad Astra– 83% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): James Gray
Writers(s): James Gray, Ethan Gross
Actors: Brad Pitt, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Tommy Lee Jones

An Army Corps engineer searches across the galaxy for his father, who disappeared on a mission to find alien life 20 years ago.

20 September 2019

The Farewll – 99% On Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Lulu Wang
Writers(s): Lulu Wang
Actors: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Gil Perez-Abraham, Diana Lin

A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.

The Kitchen – 21% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Andrea Berloff
Writers(s): Andrea Berloff (adaptation), Andrea Berloff, Ollie Masters (comic)
Actors: Melissa McCarthy, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, Tiffany Haddish

The wives of New York gangsters in Hell’s Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands’ rackets after they’re locked up in prison.

Rambo: Last Blood – ?% On Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Adrian Grunberg
Writers(s): Matthew Cirulnick (screenplay by), David Morrell (based on characters created by), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Adriana Barraza, Joaquín Cosio

Rambo goes up against a Mexican cartel in what’s reported to be his last adventure.

The Report – 86% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Scott Z. Burns
Writers(s): Scott Z. Burns
Actors: Adam Driver, Sarah Goldberg, Jon Hamm, Annette Bening

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, CIA agents begin using extreme interrogation tactics on those they think were behind it.