A Quiet Place from Paramount Pictures & Platinum Dunes is sure to be ranked as one of the best horror films of 2018. Director & star John Krasinski has crafted a smart & spooky film that will have audiences on the edges of their seats.
From Universal Pictures & Good Universe Productions comes Blockers. Screenwriter Kay Cannon known primarily for the Pitch Perfect trilogy makes her big screen directing debut with Blockers, passing the script duties to Brian & Jim Kehoe. The plot is quite simplistic, as it involves three parents try to stop their daughters from having sex on prom night.
Lionsgate & Tyler Perry Studios present Tyler Perry’s Acrimony which reunites Taraji P. Henson with director Tyler Perry for the third time The film opens up in a courtroom with Robert Gayle (Lyriq Bent) receiving a restraining order against his wife Melinda Gayle (Taraji P. Henson). In addition to the restraining order, Melinda is also ordered to undergo from the judge. From there Melinda tells her story and how over time her marriage to Robert became undone.
The latest reboot makes its way into this theater with the second adaption of the classic video game series Tomb Raider. From Warner Bros. Pictures and director Roar Uthaug, Tomb Raider is based on the same-titled 2013 video game reboot for fourth generation systems. The older games were previously adapted in an earlier film and its sequel starring Angelina Jolie in 2001 & 2003.
Aviron Pictures in association with Rogue Pictures presents the long-awaited follow up to 2008’s The Strangers with The Strangers Prey at Night. Fresh off last summer’s sleeper horror hit, 47 Meters Down, director Johannes Roberts gives us another terrifying thrill ride with a script by Ben Ketai and Bryan Betino (who wrote the first film).
MGM Pictures presents a modernized take on seventies classic Death Wish. Initially staring Charles Bronson as architect Paul Kersey, a man who becomes a vigilante after his wife is murdered and his daughter sexually assaulted during a home invasion. The remake sees Bruce Willis taking on the role of Kersey with an updated profession of a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence as it’s rushed into his ER.
Looking for a movie experience that will have you buying your second ticket before it is over? Check. Ready for a movie that will make you think and damn near cry over a villain? Double Check. Black Panther exceeds all expectations in this beautifully created film from the visions of Marvel Comics, Ryan Coogler, Nate Moore, Ruth E. Carter, and a slew of other talents. I cannot talk about this film without talking about the connection and love story of family and community. Black Panther covers an array of topics in the film from technology and how it is used to why no one should be left behind in the community. All of this is done through a near 2-hour experience of visual and special effects that will keep you literally in Wakanda, forever. Or at least yearning to go back and visit.
The final chapter in the “Fifty Shades” series arrives with Universal Pictures’ Fifty Shades Freed. Anastasia “Ana” Steele (Dakota Johnson) and Christian Grey (Jamie Doman) are in a blissful mood as their wedding day opens the film. Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But, just as Ana steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and Christian relaxes into unfamiliar stability, new threats jeopardize their happy ending.
From CBS Films & Lionsgate comes the lone new release of the weekend, the horror film Winchester. Directed by The Spierig Brothers, who also scripted along Tom Vaughn, Winchester is inspired by true events. On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end.
Universal Pictures & Blumhouse Productions provide us with the 2018’s first new release, Insidious: The Last Key. The fourth film in the franchise finds Adam Robitel taking on directing duties this time around, while franchise veteran Leigh Whanell returns to handle the script.
