Movie of the Week – 20-11-19

The big release of the week is obviously Frozen 2, but unless you’re a pre-teen girl you’re probably not getting that excited about it?

A Dog Called Money is also released this week! I was looking forward to anything about the great PJ Harvey, but sadly it seems to have missed the mark! The Amazing Johnathan Documentary is the story of a stage magician with a twist. Otherwise there’s Harriet and the Blue Story.

Really, it was impossible to ignore La Belle Epoque, a dreamy French film about a man visiting his own past! There’s more than a whiff of Charlie Kaufman about this one, and what’s not to love about that!

Movie of the Week – La Belle Epoque –

A couple in crisis. He, disillusioned, sees his life upset the day an entrepreneur offers him to plunge back into the time of his choice.

Dates for all upcoming movies can be found here.

Our Top Five Films This Week –

5. Meeting Gorbachev
4. Harriet
3. The Irishman 
2. Marriage Story
1. La Belle Epoque

Nov 22nd

A Dog Called Money – 20% 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.

21 Bridges – ?% On Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Brian Kirk
Writers(s): Matthew Carnahan, Adam Mervis
Actors: Taylor Kitsch, Sienna Miller, Chadwick Boseman, Keith David

Follows a disgraced detective in the NYPD who is given a shot at redemption. Thrust into a citywide manhunt for a cop killer, he begins to undercover a massive conspiracy that links his …

Amazing Johnathan Documentary, The – 81% On Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Benjamin Berman
Writers(s): Clark Baker (Creative Consultant), Benjamin Berman, Joshua Cohen (Creative Consultant), Kirk C. Johnson (creative consultant)
Actors: The Amazing Johnathan, Eric André, Benjamin Berman, Simon Chinn

What begins as a documentary following the final tour of a dying magician – “The Amazing Johnathan” – becomes an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as the filmmaker struggles to separate truth from illusion.

Blue Story – ?% On Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Rapman
Writers(s): Rapman
Actors: Khali Best, Kadeem Ramsay, Karla-Simone Spence, Rapman

Frozen 2 – 84% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Writers(s): Jennifer Lee (characters)
Actors: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel

This is the sequel to Disney’s 2013 animated feature film, ‘Frozen’.

Harriet – 92% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Kasi Lemmons
Writers(s): Gregory Allen Howard (screenplay by), Kasi Lemmons (screenplay by), Gregory Allen Howard (story by)
Actors: Joe Alwyn, Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Tim Guinee

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

La Belle Epoque – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Director(s): Nicolas Bedos
Writers(s): Nicolas Bedos
Actors: Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier, Fanny Ardant

In Cinemas Now –

21 Bridges – ?% On Rotten Tomatoes
A Dog Called Money – 20% on Rotten Tomatoes
Abominable – 80% On Rotten Tomatoes
Ad Astra– 80% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Addams Family – 39% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Aeronauts – 81% on Rotten Tomatoes
After the Wedding – 43% on Rotten Tomatoes
Amazing Johnathan Documentary, The – 81% On Rotten Tomatoes
Bait – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Black And Blue – 50% on Rotten Tomatoes
La Belle Epoque – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
Blue Story – ?% 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
Driven – 67% on Rotten Tomatoes
Extra Ordinary – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Farewell – 99% On Rotten Tomatoes
Ford v Ferrari/ Le Mans ’66 – 88% On Rotten Tomatoes
Frozen 2 – 84% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Good Liar – 67% on Rotten Tomatoes
Harriet – 92% on Rotten Tomatoes
Housefull 4 – ?% on Rotten Tomatoes
Hustlers – 95% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Irishman – 97% on Rotten Tomatoes
Joker – 76% On Rotten Tomatoes
Judy – 87% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Last Black Man In San Francisco – 93% on Rotten Tomatoes
Last Christmas – 52% On Rotten Tomatoes
Le Mans ’66 – 88% On Rotten Tomatoes
Little Monsters – 83% On Rotten Tomatoes
Luce – 92% on Rotten Tomatoes
Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil – 51% on Rotten Tomatoes
Marriage Story – 97% on Rotten Tomatoes
Meeting Gorbachev – 89% on Rotten Tomatoes
Midway – 42% on Rotten Tomatoes
Non-Fiction – 89% on Rotten Tomatoes
Ready or Not – 88% on Rotten Tomatoes
The Report – 86% 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
Zombieland: Double Tap – 75% on Rotten Tomatoes

Nov 29th

Knives Out – 97% on Rotten Tomatoes

A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.

Director: Rian Johnson
Writer: Rian Johnson
Stars: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas

Charlie’s Angels – 58% on Rotten Tomatoes

When a young systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie’s Angels are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect us all.

Director: Elizabeth Banks
Writers: Elizabeth Banks (screenplay), Evan Spiliotopoulos (story by)
Stars: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska

The Nightingale – 86% on Rotten Tomatoes

Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

Director: Jennifer Kent
Writer: Jennifer Kent
Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, Baykali Ganambar

The Two Popes – 91% on Rotten Tomatoes

Behind Vatican walls, the conservative Pope Benedict and the liberal future Pope Francis must find common ground to forge a new path for the Catholic Church.
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Writer: Anthony McCarten
Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín

Proceder – ?% on Rotten Tomatoes

Director: Michal Wegrzyn
Writers: Maciej Chwedo, Aleksandra Gorecka
Stars: Piotr Witkowski, Agnieszka Wiedlocha, Ewa Ziete