This is a filler week of films, while
everyone waits for Captain America: The
Winter Soldier’s release. Cuban Fury
is your pick if you must see a new release. I missed the other opener, Pompeii, but from what I hear I didn’t
miss much.
(My movie Pick
of the week)
CUBAN
FURY ✪✪✪ ½
Opens
in Australia: 20th
March 2014
USA: May 2014 UK:
14th February 2014
Other Countries: Release Information
OUR THOUGHTS
It’s sweet, funny and filled
with overweight jokes, which I kind of feel are somewhat politically incorrect,
but the English seem okay with it. Chris O’Dowd is so off his traditional sweetheart
role in playing Nick Frost’s character’s obnoxious boss, it’s fun just watching
him.
The plot is a mix between the
Australian classic Strictly Ballroom,
Billy Elliot, and, would you believe,
the series The Office. I enjoyed the
silliness, even though it’s a by-the-numbers romance. There is a surprise cameo
by another great English comedian that will give you a laugh. I was also left
thinking I really should join a salsa class. It looks like amazing fun and
great exercise. My feet couldn’t stop tapping the whole way through the film.
STUDIO BLURB
In
1987 a thirteen-year-old natural born dancer with fire in his heels and snakes
in his hips is working himself up to explode all over the UK Junior Salsa
Championships. But then: a freakish bullying incident on the mean streets of
London robs him of his confidence, and our young hero finds his life diverted
down a very different path. Twenty-two-years later, an adult Bruce Garrett
(Nick Frost) finds himself out-of-shape and unloved - trapped in a downward
spiral of self-pity, repression and Nando's take-outs. Only Julia (Rashida
Jones), his smart, funny, gorgeous new American boss, gives him reason to live.
But she's untouchable; out of his league. Luckily for him, she also has a
secret passion. Thus, Bruce is once again brought face-to-face with the darkest
and most powerful of his inner demons. Somehow, someway, Bruce must learn how
to unshackle his dancing beast, regain his long lost fury and claim the love of
his life...and he's going to do it all On The Dance Floor... (c) eOne
Ride
Along ✪✪✪
Other
Countries:
Opens
in Australia: 20th
March 2014
USA: 17th January 2014
UK: 28th February 2014
Other Countries: Release Information
OUR THOUGHTS
There’s a few laugh out loud
moments in this “non-buddy” buddy comedy. In fact, I did laugh more than I
expected. The positives are that there isn’t the usual swearing that you get in
every comedy these days. Thank you for that. The negatives are that we’ve seen
this all before in so many other cop films. Tough guy + newbie = sight gags, jokes
and then at the end the newbie softens up the tough guy when he inadvertently
saves the day. Think a not-so-clever Rush
Hour. If there is nothing else you fancy for a ride, then I say hop on
board. It’s okay for a date night.
STUDIO BLURB
When a fast-talking guy
joins his girlfriend's brother-a hot-tempered cop-to patrol the streets of
Atlanta, he gets entangled in the officer's latest case. Now, in order to prove
that he deserves his future bride, he must survive the most insane 24 hours of
his life. For the past two years, high-school security guard Ben (Hart) has
been trying to show decorated APD detective James (Cube) that he's more than
just a video-game junkie who's unworthy of James' sister, Angela (Tika
Sumpter). When Ben finally gets accepted into the academy, he thinks he's
earned the seasoned policeman's respect and asks for his blessing to marry
Angela. Knowing that a ride along will demonstrate if Ben has what it takes to
take care of his sister, James invites him on a shift designed to scare the
hell out of the trainee. But when the wild night leads them to the most
notorious criminal in the city, James will find that his new partner's
rapid-fire mouth is just as dangerous as the bullets speeding at it.. (C)
Universal
I,
Frankenstein ✪ ✪
Opens
in Australia: 20th
March 2014
USA: 24th January 2014
UK: 29th March 2014
Other Countries: Release Information
It’s an average adventure,
fantasy mash up. I’m not sure if it’s as much a monster as the critics are
saying. I didn’t yawn at least. The trailers for it certainly give you a pretty
good idea of what you are in for and it’s from the creators of Underworld. So you have been warned.
A couple of the gargoyles are pretty cute.
And even when Bill Nighy is woefully miscast I still enjoy watching him. If you
miss it, don’t worry about it.
STUDIO BLURB
Set in a dystopic present where vigilant gargoyles and ferocious
demons rage in a battle for ultimate power, Victor Frankenstein's creation Adam
(Aaron Eckhart) finds himself caught in the middle as both sides race to
discover the secret to his immortality. From the creators of the hit
supernatural saga, UNDERWORLD, comes the action thriller I, FRANKENSTEIN,
written for the screen and directed by Stuart Beattie based on the graphic
novel "I, Frankenstein" by Kevin Grevioux, and brought to life by a cast that includes Aaron
Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, Socratis
Otto, Mahesh Jadu, Caitlin Stasey and Aden Young as Victor Frankenstein. (c)
Lionsgate
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