Movie of the Week
The Raid 2
Gareth Evans returns with more beautifully choreographed insanity. While the first one wasn’t quite as great as its rapturous reviews suggested, it was still a blast and a completely different experience from American action flicks. This sequel picks up right where the original left off, so I’m expecting more of the same.
Also opening:
WIDE RELEASE
• Draft Day
• Oculus
• Rio 2
LIMITED RELEASE
• Finding Vivian Maier – The Magnolia
• Jodorowsky’s Dune – Angelika Dallas, Angelika Plano
• Joe* – Angelika Dallas, Angelika Plano
Read my review at College Movie Review.
Blu-ray Pick
Sabrina (1954)
When people say, “They don’t make ’em like they used to,” they’re often referring to movies by Billy Wilder. Here’s a lovely romantic comedy that never, ever feels to cutesy or convoluted. And it’s impossible to beat the effortless chemistry of Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden. Wilder has both a way with actors and a way with story that’s rarely matched these days. This is almost a perfect movie, so go buy it pronto.
New Releases
• August: Osage County (64%)
• Best Night Ever (0%)
Read my review at College Movie Review.
• Grudge Match (30%)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (75%)
• I Am Divine (94%)
• Justin Bieber’s Believe (57%)
• Murph: The Protector (75%)
• Nurse (63%)
• Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (39%)
• A Touch of Sin (92%)
New to Blu-ray
• Black Jack
• A Field in England
• Funny Face
• Young at Heart
*recommended