Dad’s Army & Goosebumps
Popcorn Cinema Show takes a look at the weeks cinema releases for 5th February 2016 in the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand, along with their film trailers. So what movies can can you look foward to this week? In the UK you will have the chance to see Dad’s Army, a film based on the BBC 1970’s television series.
Meanwhile in the US you have the comedy Hail, Caesar!, but first the news…
Film News
Kung Fu Panda 3 Top US Box Office
No surprise as Kung Fu Panda 3 goes straight to the top of the US charts taking $41m
John Carpenter To Release New Album
Good news John Carpenter has announced a follow up album to the excellent 2014 Lost Themes. Lost Themes II is due out in April 2016.
You can check out the first album by clicking here
Love films then take a look at our The Possession (Uncut Edition) Blu-ray review
Cinema Releases 5 February 2016
Goosebumps (Adventure)
- Released 5th February 2016 UK (PG) 103 Mins
- Stars:Jack Black ; Odeya Rush ; Halston Sage ; Dylan Minnette ; Amy Ryan
Zach Cooper is teenage boy who has just moved into a small town he meets Hannah his neighbour. Hannah’s father is R. L. Stine (Jack Black) who writes the Goosebumps stories, he keeps all the ghosts and monsters from the series locked up in his manuscripts. However when Zach and his friend unintentionally open one of Stine’s books it releases all the ghosts and monsters.
Dad’s Army (Comedy)
- Released 5th February 2016 UK (PG) 100 Mins
- Stars: Toby Jones; Bill Nighy; Catherine Zeta Jones; Tom Courtenay; Bill Paterson; Daniel Mays; Michael Gambon; Blake Harrison; Mark Gatiss; Sarah Lancashire; Alison Steadman
This is a film version of the classic BBC comedy with a totally new cast. Set in 1944 during WWII this is the story of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard.
Dad’s Army trailer
Point Break (Action)
- Released 5th February 2016 UK (12A) 104 Mins
- Stars: Édgar Ramírez; Luke Bracey; Teresa Palmer; Delroy Lindo; Ray Winstone
Remake of the 1991 film. An FBI agent goes undercover to find a gang who are carrying out a series of heists.
Trumbo (Drama)
- Released 5th February 2016 UK (15) 124 Mins
- Stars: Bryan Cranston; Elle Fanning; Diane Lane; Helen Mirren; Alan Tudyk; John Goodman
The year is 1947, Dalton Trumbo is one of Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists are jailed and blacklisted over their political beliefs.
The Choice (Drama)
- Released 5th February 2016 US (PG-13) Mins
- Stars: Alexandra Daddario, Teresa Palmer, Benjamin Walker
Travis and Gabby meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and end up in a relationship that is tested by one of life’s most defining events.
Hail, Caesar! (Comedy Drama)
- Released 5th February 2016 US (PG-13) Mins
- Stars: Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton
Set in the 1950’s, this is the story of a Hollywood fixer who keeps the studio’s stars in line.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Action Horror)
- Released 5th February 2016 US (PG-13) 107 Mins
- Stars: Lily James; Sam Riley; Jack Huston; Bella Heathcote; Douglas Booth; Matt Smith; Charles Dance; Lena Headey
Jane Austen meets an army of undead zombies.
Regression (Thriller)
- Released 5th February 2016 US (R) 106 Mins
- Stars: Emma Watson, Ethan Hawke, David Thewlis
Ethan Hawke plays Detective Bruce Kenner, he has to investigate the alleged sexual abuse of young Angela (Emma Watson) by her father.
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Movie Releases Down Under
Anomalisa
- Released AU/NZ 4th February 2016 Mins (Animated Comedy)
Room
- Released NZ 4th February 2016 118 Mins (Drama)
Life Off Grid
- Released AU/NZ 4th February 2016 86 Mins (Documentary)
Steve Jobs
- Released AU/NZ 4th February 2016 122 Mins (Drama)
Risen
- Released AU 4th February 2016 107 Mins (Action Drama)
The 33
- Released AU 4th February 2016 Mins (Drama)
The Choice
- Released AU/NZ 4th February 2016 Mins (Drama)
The Finest Hours
- Released AU/NZ 4th February 2016 Mins (Drama/Thriller)
Top 10 Box Office Films
US Box Office
- Kung Fu Panda 3
- The Revenant
- Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
- The Finest Hours
- Ride Along 2
- Dirty Grandpa
- The Boy
- The 5th Wave
- 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
- Fifty Shades of Black
UK Box Office
- The Revenant
- Dirty Grandpa
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Ride Along 2
- Spotlight
- The Big Short
- Capture the Flag
- Daddy’s Home
- Creed
- Turandot – Met Opera 2016 (Opera)
Comment
So there are your movie releases this week, we would say the films that may be of interest are Dad’s Army but that more out of curiosity of how bad it might be for us and that goes for Point Break!
How dare they remake these classics, rant over I’m calm now, no really I’m fine…
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