From Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment comes The Grinch, the third screen adaptation of the 1957 classic Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The newest version is a 3D computer-animated version directed by Scott Mosier & Yarrow Cheney, with a script written by Michael LeSieur and Tommy Swerdlow.
Computer hacker Lisbeth Salander returns to the big screen in Columbia Pictures The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story from director Fede Álvarez. The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Storyis an adaptation of the fourth book in the Swedish crime novel series known as Millennium. The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story serves as both a sequel to 2011’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoos well as a soft reboot given that we have a brand new cast.
Shady Films & YouTube Premium explore the world of battle rap in the new film Bodied from director Joseph Kahn. Produced by Hip Hop superstar Eminem, Bodied is the comedic story of Adam Merkin (Calum Worthy) a California grad student who has an obsession with battle rap. Adam decides he wants to write his thesis on battle rap and the use of the N-word. Adam is thrust into the world when local champion Behn Grymm (Jackie Long) decides to not only take Adam under his wing but also help Adam with his thesis.
Tiffany Haddish headlines director Tyler Perry’s latest comedy Nobody’s Fool from Paramount Pictures. Haddish portrays Tanya a woman is released from prison after a five-year sentence. Reuniting with her sister Danica (Tika Sumpter), Tanya immediately turns Danica’s world upside down with her inept social skills as she readjusts to life after prison. Danica, a woman on the fast track in the business world, is currently in an online relationship with Charlie (Mehcad Brooks) a man she’s never met. Danica ignores the advances of local coffee shop owner Frank (Omari Hardwick), who just may be her perfect man, but Danica is blinded by her love for Charlie.
From Amazon Studios comes director Luca Guadagnino’s reimagining of the 1977 horror classic Suspiria. Patricia Hingle (Chloe Grace Moretz), a student at Markos Dance Academy, makes an appointment with Dr. Josef Klemperer (Lutz Ebersdorf) to control some paranoia she is experiencing. Naturally, Dr. Klemperer thinks that Patricia is just delusional, however after Patricia disappears, the doctor realizes that the young girl was telling the truth. Patricia’s disappearance sets our plot in motion as it creates an opening for Ohio native Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) at the studio.
It’s not very often that a film can boast both a well-written script and dynamic acting. In the rare instance that this combination does occur, it is almost impossible to leave the theater unmoved. In director Elizabeth Chomko’s directorial and screenwriting debut, tragedy and comedy collide to create one of the most realistic family dramas in recent years.
Actor Paul Dano is known for his honest portrayals of young men desperately trying to find themselves. Whether it’s a military bound son whose life path is disrupted when he discovers he’s colorblind in Little Miss Sunshine or musical savant Bryan Wilson trying to juggle fame, mental illness, and an abusive childhood, Dano has mastered playing the archetype of a young man coming of age. In Wildlife, his first film in the director’s chair, Dano’s uses his mastery of the coming of age genre to breathe life into an otherwise derivative plot.
Rowan Atkinson returns as the bumbling and inept spy Johnny English in Johnny English Strikes Again from Universal Pictures. The third entry in the franchise finds Johnny enjoying life as a geography teacher at an elite boarding school. However, Johnny actually spends most of his days training his students how to be spies.
Jonah Hill makes an impressive directorial debut with Mid90s from A24 Pictures. Stevie (Sunny Suljic) is a thirteen-year-old living a life in Los Angles with his bullying older brother Ian (Lucas Hedges), and a hardworking single mom Dabney (Katherine Waterson). It is apparent that Stevie has no friends, nor does he have his own identity. When the film starts out, Stevie is in awe of his older brother’s room, in particular Ian’s impressive Hip Hop CD collection. Instead of hanging out with Stevie or teaching him about Hip Hop, Ian spends his days physically bullying Stevie.
Gerard Butler returns to the screen in Hunter Killerfrom Summit Pictures. Directed by Donovan Marsh with a script by Arne L. Schmidt, Hunter Killersan adaptation of the novel “Firing Point” by authors George Wallace and Don Keith. After a perplexing incident in the Arctic Ocean resulting in the sinking of both a US and Russian sub, Rear Admiral John Fisk (Common) senses all is not right. With the permission of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Gary Oldman), Fisk tasks Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler) with saving the day.
