The Big Short & The Boy
Popcorn Cinema Show takes a look at the weeks movie releases (22nd January 2016) for the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand at the cinema, along with film trailers. The Big Short starring a strong cast gets it’s UK release this Friday.
Meanwhile the US is treated to Dirty Grandpa along with the horror movie The Boy, but first the news…
Film News
BBC To Make Laurel and Hardy Film?
So it appears that BBC films is making a Laurel and Hardy biopic starring Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel and John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy.
The film will show the comedy genuises at the end of their careers whilst on their final tour of the UK in 1953.
For more on this story click here
X-Files Third Movie?
The Hollywood Reporter report that X-Files creator Chris Carter has written a third X-Files movie.
However it’s not yet been greenlit and no more episodes have yet been commissoned by Fox. No doubt they are waiting to see how the current set of six new episodes does.
But remember “The Truth Is Out There”
Love films then take a look at our The Bag Man Blu-ray review
Movie Releases
Dirty Grandpa (Comedy)
Released 22nd January 2016 US (R) 102 Mins
Starring Robert De Niro ; Zac Efron ; Aubrey Plaza ; Zoey Deutch
Jason (Zac Efron) is corporate lawyer about to get married. He has to drive his ‘Dirty Grandpa’ Dick (Robert De Niro) to Florida for spring break.
The Boy (Horror, Thriller)
Released 22nd January 2016 US (PG-13) 97 Mins
Starring Lauren Cohan ; Rupert Evans ; James Russell
When an American nanny arrives in a remote English village to take up a position she is somewhat shocked to find the family’s boy is actually a life-sized doll. She is given a list of strict rules regarding his care, however after violating the rules some disturbing events occur making her believe that the doll is really alive.
The 5th Wave (Sci-fi, Thriller)
Released 22nd January 2016 US/UK (PG-13/15) 112 Mins
Starring Chloë Grace Moretz; Liev Schreiber; Maika Monroe
Following four waves of attacks on the Earth have left it devastated. Cassie is out to save her brother enlisting the help of a young man. That’s not her only concern as has to prepares for the impending fifth wave.
The Big Short (Drama)
Released 22nd January 2016 UK (15) 130 Mins
Starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Marisa Tomei, Finn Wittrock
Four guys on outside of high finance come together as they predict the global collapse of the economy, with idea of taking the banks on and profiting from the collapse.
Ride Along 2 (Comedy)
Released 22nd January 2016 UK (12A) 102 Mins
Starring Ice Cube ; Kevin Hart ; Ken Jeong ;
Ben and James are sent Miami to work on a case that involves the mysterious drug lord Pope.
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Movie Releases Down Under
Dirty Grandpa
Released AU 21th January 2016 102 Mins (Comedy)
Brooklyn
Released NZ 21th January 2016 111 Mins (Drama)
The Hateful Eight
Released AU / NZ 21th January 2016 187 Mins (Western)
The Big Short
Released NZ 21th January 2016 130 Mins (Drama)
Top 10 Box Office Films
US Box Office
Ride Along 2
The Revenant
Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Daddy’s Home
Norm of the North
The Forest
The Big Short
Sisters
The Hateful Eight
UK Box Office
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Creed
Daddy’s Home
The Hateful Eight
The Danish Girl
Room
Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie
Joy
Les Pecheurs de Perles – Met Opera 2016 (Opera)
Comment
So there are your movie releases this week, we would say the two films that may be of interest are The Big Short and The Boy and if you are in Austraila or New Zealand it’s has to be Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight.
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