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This Week's New Film Releases: Friday 21 June 2013
World War Z
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Genre:
Horror / Action
Director:
Marc Forster
Running time:
116 mins
The world descends into chaos when large sections of the population start turning into ferocious zombies overnight. Ex-United Nations investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) and his wife (Mireille Enos) and two daughters are stuck in a traffic jam when mob panic takes over and they have to abandon their car. Commandeering a van, they travel to Newark so that they can be airlifted to somewhere more secure with the help of Gerry's former boss. In return, Gerry has to help find a cure for the deadly infection. Surprisingly, America has become an arena of devastation while other countries fare better with some inventive methods of zombie control: Israel builds a giant wall to keep the infected out while North Korea removes the teeth of all its inhabitants, making it harder for the infection to spread. Gerry travels the globe garnering information from Army Rangers and government agents and it seems that no land, building or plane is safe.
A Haunted House
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Genre:
Comedy / Horror
Director:
Michael Tiddes
Running time:
86 mins
Continuing the tradition of unimaginatively-named spoof comedies, A Haunted House makes fun of haunted house movies, most notably the phenomenally successful Paranormal Activity series and its many found-footage style imitators. Goofy, cuddly-toy-loving Malcolm (veteran of the earlier movies in the Scary Movie franchise, Marlon Wayans) decides to show his girlfriend Kisha (Essence Atkins) that he is committed and asks her to move into his suburban home in Los Angeles. Having set up cameras to document their new domestic bliss, Malcolm soon becomes aware of strange occurrences around the house. It appears that a demon is fixated on Kisha. They call in a shady priest (Cedric The Entertainer) to exorcise the property as well as an electronics expert (David Koechner) and a psychic (Nick Swardson) who takes a shine to Malcolm.
Before Midnight
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Genre:
Drama / Romance
Director:
Richard Linklater
Running time:
109 mins
This sequel to Before Sunrise and Before Sunset continues the story of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy). They spent the previous films arguing and falling in love. At the start of this film they are finally together and have two daughters. But after the romance, the anti-romance, the truth-telling and the endless conversations, can their love survive the trials of everyday life? They seem to have a charmed existence in Paris but Jesse, a successful novelist, has a desire to go home to America while environmental activist Celine is wary of of starting all over again somewhere else. He does not push her at first but she recognises his longing; he wants to be closer to his son from his previous marriage. From strolls through the streets to dinner parties with voluble friends, Jesse and Celine battle with each other as they head toward an end - or could it be another beginning?
Like Someone In Love
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Genre:
Drama / Foreign Language
Director:
Abbas Kiarostami
Running time:
109 mins
Akiko (Rin Takanashi) is a pretty Tokyo student who moonlights as an escort. One night after another strained phone call spent trying to convince her jealous boyfriend Noriaki (Ryo Kase) that he can trust her, she is dispatched on a special assignation in the suburbs. Reluctant to go as her grandmother is waiting to meet her at the train station, Akiko nonetheless hails a cab. She is surprised to find that her client, shy and elderly retired professor of sociology Takashi (Tadashi Okuno) isn't really interested in sex. Instead, he has prepared a dinner and the pair simply talk. Akiko falls asleep before her attempts to seduce Takashi are successful. The next day, he insists on driving her to her university. They run into Noriaki who assumes that Takashi is Akiko's grandfather and the lie has unexpected results for all involved.
Snitch
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Genre:
Action / Crime
Director:
Ric Roman Waugh
Running time:
112 mins
Construction company owner John Matthews (Dwayne Johnson) finds out that his son Jason (Rafi Gavron) has been arrested for drug trafficking and decides to try to help him, despite the pair not being on good terms. Jason is no hardened criminal, as his friend set him up and the mean ol' justice system decrees that he will get a harsh prison sentence even though this is his first offence. John is at his wits' end trying to argue for a lighter punishment and he eventually convinces the DEA and an opportunistic attorney (Susan Sarandon) to let him become an informant. With the help of an employee who used to be a drug dealer, John risks his life running drugs for local kingpin Malik (Michael Kenneth Williams).
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