It's another poor week in terms of new releases. The horror biopic "Winchester" starring Helen Mirren is the only new wide release, and not a particularly remarkable one, either, it seems. The film has received some harsh reviews from critics. In limited release we have the Foreign Film Oscar nominee "A Fantastic Woman", the action film "Braven" starring Jason Momoa, and the animated film "Bilal: A New Breed of Hero".
Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.
WINCHESTER
Official Synopsis
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, (Academy Award (R)-winner Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms. To the outsider it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman's madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece (Sarah Snook) or for the troubled Doctor Eric Price (Jason Clarke) whom she has summoned to the house. She is building a prison, an asylum for hundreds of vengeful ghosts, and the most terrifying among them have a score to settle with the Winchesters...
Film Details
- Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
- Starring: Helen Mirren, Sarah Snook, Jason Clarke, Angus Sampson, Bruce Spence, Laura Brent
- Genre: Biography, Fantasy, Horror
- Running Time: 99 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, drug content, some sexual material and thematic elements
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 10% (5 fresh, 46 rotten, score: 3.9/10)
- Metacritic: 31 out of 100 (1 positive, 4 mixed, 9 negative).
A FANTASTIC WOMAN
Official Synopsis
Marina and Orlando are in love and planning for the future. Marina is a young waitress and aspiring singer. Orlando is 20 years older than her, and owns a printing company. After celebrating Marina's birthday one evening, Orlando falls seriously ill. Marina rushes him to the emergency room, but he passes away just after arriving at the hospital. Instead of being able to mourn her lover, suddenly Marina is treated with suspicion. The doctors and Orlando's family don't trust her. A woman detective investigates Marina to see if she was involved in his death. Orlando's ex-wife forbids her from attending the funeral. And to make matters worse, Orlando's son threatens to throw Marina out of the flat she shared with Orlando. Marina is a trans woman and for most of Orlando's family, her sexual identity is an aberration, a perversion. So Marina struggles for the right to be herself. She battles the very same forces that she has spent a lifetime fighting just to become the woman she is now - a complex, strong, forthright and fantastic woman.
Film Details
- Director: Sebastián Lelio
- Starring: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco, Aline Küppenheim
- Genre: Drama
- Running Time: 104 min.
- Rating: R for language, sexual content, nudity and a disturbing assault
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 90% (61 fresh, 7 rotten, score: 8.0/10)
- Metacritic: 89 out of 100 (23 positive, 1 mixed, 0 negative).
BRAVEN
Official Synopsis
Jason Momoa takes no prisoners in this intense action-thriller. When Joe (Momoa) and his father (Stephen Lang) arrive at their remote hunting cabin, they're hoping for a quiet weekend. What they find is a stash of heroin, hidden in the cabin by drug traffickers. When the criminals suddenly descend upon the cabin, Joe and his father must make a kill-or-be-killed stand for survival.
Film Details
- Director: Lin Oeding
- Starring: Jason Momoa, Jill Wagner, Garret Dillahunt, Stephen Lang, Zahn McClarnon
- Genre: Action, Drama
- Running Time: 94 min.
- Rating: R for violence and for language throughout including some sexual references
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 68% (13 fresh, 6 rotten, score: 5.5/10)
- Metacritic: 60 out of 100 (5 positive, 1 mixed, 1 negative).
BILAL: A NEW BREED OF HERO
Official Synopsis
A thousand years ago, one boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior is abducted with his sister and taken to a land far away from home. Thrown into a world where greed and injustice rule all, Bilal finds the courage to raise his voice and make a change. Inspired by true events, this is a story of a real hero who earned his remembrance in time and history.
Film Details
- Director: Khurram H. Alavi, Ayman Jamal
- Starring: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ian McShane, China Anne McClain, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Michael Gross, Jacob Latimore
- Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
- Running Time: 105 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for violence/warfare and some thematic elements
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 57% (17 fresh, 13 rotten, score: 5.9/10)
- Metacritic: 52 out of 100 (4 positive, 6 mixed, 1 negative).
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