Movies This Week – 2-10-19

This week it’s all about the letter J, as we have the much hyped Joker film release along with the Judy biopic, which arrives with a bit less hype!

Dates for all upcoming movies can be found here.

Our Top Five Films This Week –

5. Hustlers
4. Werewolves
3. Judy
2. Joker
1. Pain & Glory

In Cinemas Now –

Ad Astra– 80% on Rotten Tomatoes
Animals – 94% on Rotten Tomatoes
Don’t Let Go – 38% On Rotten Tomatoes
Downton Abbey – ?% on Rotten Tomatoes
Extra Ordinary – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Farewell – 99% On Rotten Tomatoes
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw – 66% on Rotten Tomatoes
For Sama – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Gaza – 100% On Rotten Tomatoes
The Goldfinch – 25% on Rotten Tomatoes
Honeyland – 98% on Rotten Tomatoes
Hustlers – 95% on Rotten Tomatoes
It: Chapter Two – 76% on Rotten Tomatoes
Joker – 76% On Rotten Tomatoes
Judy – 87% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Kitchen – 21% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Laundromat – 44% On Rotten Tomatoes
The Lion King – 59% 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
Poms – 34% on Rotten Tomatoes
Ready or Not – 88% on Rotten Tomatoes
Rambo: Last Blood – 35% On Rotten Tomatoes
Rojo – 96% on Rotten Tomatoes
Souvenir, The – 90% on Rotten Tomatoes
Toy Story 4 – 98% on Rotten Tomatoes
Transit – 95% On Rotten Tomatoes
Unplanned – 40% On Rotten Tomatoes
Werewolves – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Oct 4th

Judy – 84% on Rotten Tomatoes

Director: Rupert Goold
Writers: Tom Edge (screenplay by), Peter Quilter (based on the stageplay “End of the Rainbow” by)
Stars: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock

Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.

Joker – 77% On Rotten Tomatoes

Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz

An original standalone origin story of the iconic villain not seen before on the big screen, it’s a gritty character study of Arthur Fleck, a man disregarded by society, and a broader cautionary tale.

Unplanned – 40% On Rotten Tomatoes

All Abby Johnson ever wanted to do was help women. As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, she believed in a woman’s right to choose. Until the day she saw something that changed everything.

Directors: Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon
Writers: Cary Solomon (screenplay by), Chuck Konzelman (screenplay by)
Stars: Ashley Bratcher, Brooks Ryan, Robia Scott

Good Posture – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in current day Brooklyn, Good Posture is the gentle comedy story of a lazy but charming and beautiful young woman who has got used to using men to make her life easier, but after finally pushing one man too far, is forced to discover that she can live a happier life by taking responsibility for herself and not rely on those around her as easy props.

Director: Dolly Wells
Writer: Dolly Wells
Stars: Emily Mortimer, Nat Wolff, Grace Van Patten

Werewolves – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

Director: Adrian Panek
Writer: Adrian Panek
Stars: Kamil Polnisiak, Nicolas Przygoda, Sonia Mietielica

Children liberated from a Nazi concentration camp have to overcome hunger, thirst and vicious dogs in an abandoned mansion surrounded by the forest.

Oct 11th

Abominable – 80% On Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Tim Johnson, Todd Wilderman
Writers(s): William Davies
Actors: N/A

A magical Yeti must return to his family.

The Day Shall Come – 75% On Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Christopher Morris
Writers(s): Jesse Armstrong, Christopher Morris
Actors: Anna Kendrick, Miles Robbins, Denis O’Hare, Jim Gaffigan

An impoverished preacher who brings hope to the Miami projects is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for the FBI who plan to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.

Farming – 44% on Rotten Tomatoes

Director(s): Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Writers(s): Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jaime Winstone

Based on the writer/director’s childhood, FARMING tells story of a young Nigerian boy, ‘farmed out’ by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Instead, he becomes the feared leader of a white skinhead gang.

Gemini Man – 22% On Rotten Tomatoes

Director(s): Ang Lee
Writers(s): David Benioff, Jonathan Hensleigh, Darren Lemke, Andrew Niccol, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson
Actors: Will Smith

An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself.

Lootcase – ?% On Rotten Tomatoes

Director(s): Rajesh Krishnan
Writers(s): N/A
Actors: Aakash Dabhade, Kunal Khemu

Lootcase is a Hindi movie starring Kunal Kemmu, Rasika Duggal, Gajraj Rao, Ranvir Shorey and Vijay Raaz. in prominent roles. It is a drama directed by Rajesh Krishnan.