Movies This Week – 30-10-19

So, the sequel to the Shining (Doctor Sleep) has finally arrived, only 39 years after the original. It’s a strange concept and always difficult for a director to be compared to someone as good (perfect?) as Kubrick, but… early word is that it isn’t bad? Other new releases this week include Brittany Runs a Marathon and the new Ken Loach Sorry We Missed You.

For all fans of Bruce Springsteen, you’ve a treat in store with the re-release of Western Stars. Full details of screenings can be found here.

Dates for all upcoming movies can be found here.

Our Top Five Films This Week –

5. Joker 
4. The Peanut Butter Falcon
3. The Last Black Man In San Francisco
2. Monos
1. By The Grace Of God

In Cinemas Now –

A Bump Along The Way – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Abominable – 80% On Rotten Tomatoes
Ad Astra– 80% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Addams Family – 39% on Rotten Tomatoes
After the Wedding – 43% on Rotten Tomatoes
Bait – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Black And Blue – 50% on Rotten Tomatoes
By The Grace Of God – 95% on Rotten Tomatoes
Dark Lies the Island – 67?% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Day Shall Come – 75% On Rotten Tomatoes
Doctor Sleep – 78% On Rotten Tomatoes
Downton Abbey – 85% on Rotten Tomatoes
Extra Ordinary – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Farewell – 99% On Rotten Tomatoes
Gemini Man – 22% On Rotten Tomatoes
The Goldfinch – 25% on Rotten Tomatoes
Housefull 4 – ?% on Rotten Tomatoes
Hustlers – 95% on Rotten Tomatoes
Joker – 76% On Rotten Tomatoes
Judy – 87% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Last Black Man In San Francisco – 93% on Rotten Tomatoes
Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil – 51% on Rotten Tomatoes
Mystify: Michael Hutchence – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Never Grow Old – 92% on Rotten Tomatoes
Non-Fiction – 89% on Rotten Tomatoes
Official Secrets – 82% on Rotten Tomatoes
Pain & Glory – 92% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Peanut Butter Falcon – 95% on Rotten Tomatoes
Ready or Not – 88% on Rotten Tomatoes
A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – 88% on Rotten Tomatoes
Sorry We Missed You – 74% On Rotten Tomatoes
Terminator: Dark Fate – 56% on Rotten Tomatoes
Transit – 95% On Rotten Tomatoes
Unplanned – 40% On Rotten Tomatoes
Werewolves – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Zombieland: Double Tap – 75% on Rotten Tomatoes

31 October 2019

Doctor Sleep – 78% On Rotten Tomatoes

Director(s): Mike Flanagan
Writers(s): Stephen King (based on the novel by), Akiva Goldsman, Mike Flanagan (screenplay)
Actors: Rebecca Ferguson, Ewan McGregor, Zahn McClarnon, Carl Lumbly

Danny Torrance is a middle-aged man drifting through America in order to shed his father’s alcoholism, which passed down to him in order to forget the events of “The Shining”.

1 November 2019

After the Wedding – 43% on Rotten Tomatoes

Director(s): Bart Freundlich
Writers(s): Susanne Bier (original screenplay), Bart Freundlich, Anders Thomas Jensen (original screenplay)
Actors: Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup, Will Chase

A manager of an orphanage in Kolkata travels to New York to meet a benefactor.

Brittany Runs a Marathon – 89% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director: Paul Downs Colaizzo
Starring: Jillian Bell, Jennifer Dundas, Patch Darragh

A young woman decides to make positive changes in her life by training for the New York City Marathon.

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound – 100% On Rotten Tomatoes

Director(s): Midge Costin
Writers(s): Bobette Buster
Actors: Christopher Nolan, David Lynch, Robert Redford, Ryan Coogler

An exploration of the history, artistry, and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look…

Sorry We Missed You – 74% On Rotten Tomatoes

Director(s): Ken Loach
Writers(s): Paul Laverty
Actors: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood, Rhys Stone, Katie Proctor

A hard-up delivery driver and his wife struggle to get by in modern-day England.

6 November 2019

The Aeronauts – 83% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Tom Harper
Writers(s): Tom Harper (story by), Jack Thorne (story by), Jack Thorne
Actors: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tim McInnerny, Phoebe Fox

Pilot Amelia Wren and scientist James Glaisher find themselves in an epic fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a hot air balloon.

A Dog Called Money – ?% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Seamus Murphy
Writers(s): Seamus Murphy
Actors: PJ Harvey

Accompany PJ Harvey and Seamus Murphy on a journey through the creative process behind PJ Harvey’s new album, conceived by their travels around the globe.

Driven – 67% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Nick Hamm
Writers(s): Colin Bateman
Actors: Erin Moriarty, Lee Pace, Judy Greer, Jason Sudeikis

Intense thriller where politics, big business and narcotics collide.

The Good Liar – ?% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Bill Condon
Writers(s): Jeffrey Hatcher, Nicholas Searle (novel)
Actors: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Nell Williams, Jim Carter

Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself …

Luce – 92% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Julius Onah
Writers(s): J.C. Lee (play), J.C. Lee (screenplay), Julius Onah (screenplay)
Actors: Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Tim Roth, Kelvin Harrison Jr.

A married couple is forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted from war-torn Eritrea, after an alarming discovery by a devoted high school teacher threatens his status as an all-star student.

Meeting Gorbachev – 89% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Werner Herzog, Andre Singer

The life of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final President of the Soviet Union in chronological order.

Midway – ?% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Roland Emmerich
Writers(s): Wes Tooke (screenplay)
Actors: Mandy Moore, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Alexander Ludwig

The story of the battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the soldiers who fought it.