Making cinema plans for the weekend? A few tips:
THE GRANDMASTER
Expanding on Friday after a moderately successful limited release last weekend, Wong Kar Wai's first film in six years is The Weinstein Company's big bet on foreign language success at this year's Oscars. Reviews have been good, and the visuals look as outstandingly pretty as you'd expect from Wong. Americans, go see it!
CLOSED CIRCUIT
John Crowley and Steven Knight's thriller opens today in the US. The Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall-starring film will be hoping to replicate previous late August / early September mild hits for Focus Features The American and The Debt. So instead of seeing We're the Millers again, why not seek this out?
YOU'RE NEXT
Check back later for my review of Adam Wingard's horror / thriller. It debuted to a soft opening in the US last weekend, after having sat on the shelf at Lionsgate for two years (not a reflection on its quality). Make sure it doesn't experience the standard heavy horror drop-off at the box office! Also, it opened here in the UK today, so get your arse off the sofa and get it onto a cinema seat to see You're Next instead!
When is The Grandmaster is opening in UK? You must be really looking forward to it. Any idea about the nature of the print to be circulated?
ReplyDeleteCan't find a UK release date for it atm, but it probably won't be too far away. It's expanding through some of Europe in September. That's maybe too soon if it still doesn't have a date set here, but it's rare that the UK is one of the last territories to receive a major international film such as The Grandmaster. Not sure about which version we'll be getting either, but it'll likely be the same one as screened in the US. It'll have the same subtitles at least.
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