Movies Opening This Weekend – February 5th – 2016 [videos]

Have you ever been to a fine restaurant and served small portions? What you immediately notice is that, although the servings are small, they are very tasty. That’s the best way do describe what’s on the menu this weekend. The Coen brothers serve up George Clooney and Scarlett Johansson, as they team up in an early Hollywood ‘behind the scenes’ comedy the whole family will love.

Zombies re-appear this weekend, this time in a Jane Austen’s classic. Couples will love the romance and foreign film offered this weekend, while Rebecca Hall, Jason Sudeikis, and Blythe Danner deliver in Tumbledown. Enjoy the movies this weekend – I always do!

Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
(NR) 105 min – Biography
Director: Peter Greenaway
Stars: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen

Sergei Eisenstein, a film maker thrown out of Hollywood returns to Mexico to shoot a new film and discovers that the ties that bind are not so easily broken. If you like foregn/english films that pull back ghe covers of early Hollywood, then this is the movie for you. [watch trailer]

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
(PG-13) 108 min – Horror
Director: Burr Steers
Stars: Lily James, Lena Headey, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith

Zombies are all the rage, and in this Jane Austen’s classic, the upper classes battle an army of zombies. It’s a classic juxtaposition between centuries and theme. Long live the Un-dead! [watch trailer]

Southbound (2015)
(NR) 89 min – Sci-Fi
Directors: Roxanne Benjamin | David Bruckner | Patrick Horvath | Radio Silence
Stars: Kate Beahan, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Susan Burke, Zoe Cooper

A gang of tired travellers look their their worst nightmares stright in the eyes, and the film depicts the longest night for all the memebrs of the cast. [watch trailer]

Tumbledown (2015)
(R) 105 min – Comedy
Director: Sean Mewshaw
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Jason Sudeikis, Blythe Danner, Joe Manganiello

An acclaimed folk singer suddenly dies, and his young wife must deal with a harsh New York winter, and issues betwenher and her ate husband that will never be resolve. The performance by Jason Sudeikis is worth the price of admission. This is the Neil Simon inspired sctipt of today. [watch trailer]

The Choice (2016)
(PG-13) 111 min – Romance
Director: Ross Katz
Stars: Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Alexandra Daddario, Maggie Grace

Neighbors meet and fall in love only to discover that real love is hard work, and must journey through life’s trials and tribulations. This is the best romantic fil of 2016 so far. [watch trailer]

Hail, Caesar! (2016)
(PG-13) Comedy
Directors: Ethan Coen | Joel Coen
Stars: Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes

The star of an early Hollywood days multi-million dollar picture is kidnapped and the studio spends the rest of the film trying to get him back, or do they? Josh Brolin and George Clooney are magnificent in this picture, and it’s a ‘must see’ this weekend. The Coen brothers usually knock it out of the park, and “Hail Caesar” is right up there with their best work. [watch trailer]

Regression (2015)
(R) 106 min – Thriller
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Stars: Ethan Hawke, David Thewlis, Emma Watson, Dale Dickey

Imagine a world where Satan lives in the cult that pulls a dectective and psychoanalyst undercover to solve the rape of a yong girl. Ethan Hawke reminds us why he is deserving of our attention in this classic hollywood thriller. [watch trailer]

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