Wiener-Dog (2016)

Wiener-Dog (2016)

It may be deemed bad form to criticise a child’s performance or casting, because, after all, it’s not their fault. Nevertheless, the part of the child in the 1st section of story is poorly cast & poorly acted which leads to the viewer having very little empathy for the wee tyke. I think the part is best suited for a slightly younger girl as opposed to the odd looking wilted thing that played the role… & if this was done as a juxtaposition to the sausage dog, it didn’t work. By the time your suspicion that the kid is ill is confirmed, the battle is lost.If the person who played the child somehow reads this in later life, don’t let it worry you, we all go through an odd looking period in childhood. I call it ‘the teeth years’.

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Ace the Case: Manhattan Mystery (2016)

Ace the Case: Manhattan Mystery (2016)

When 10-year old Olivia’s Mom goes on a business trip for the weekend, she leaves Olivia home alone with her 17-year-old brother Miles in charge. The first night, Olivia falls asleep on the couch, and wakes up, not realizing how late it is. She walks her dog Charlie without Miles knowing, and witnesses a young woman being kidnapped on the empty New York City streets. Olivia runs home and tells Miles, but he doesn’t believe her. The next morning, she explains what happened to local cops, and they don’t believe her either! Only a cynical female detective named Dottie (played by Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon) listens to Olivia, but she too is skeptical. Undaunted, Olivia bravely launches her own investigation, putting herself into perilous situations. Her can-do spirit ignites one extraordinary adventure after another. Can she outwit the bad guys and convince her brother and Dottie of the truth in time to save the day?

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Blood Father (2016)

Blood Father (2016)

When we first meet John Link, Mel Gibson’s grizzled ex-con anti-hero in his latest thriller Blood Father, he’s in the midst of an impassioned soliloquy at an AA meeting. A self-proclaimed “real success story,” Link is a recovering alky two years out of the slammer, whose wife left him and whose daughter is in the wind, leaving him with no one in his corner and with no one to blame but himself. It’s a fitting noir-esque introduction to Link, but also—perhaps more appropriately, especially as he’s talking straight at the camera when he says it—it seems to be coming from Gibson himself.Directed by Jean-François Richet, who helmed 2008’s gripping gangster diptych Mesrine, Blood Father seems at first glance to be another addition to the tried-and-true Gibson formula: a brutal guy on the wrong side of the tracks takes on those who wronged him, often in typically gruesome fashion. Certainly, John Link could be blood brothers with Porter and Driver, Gibson’s violent protagonists from Payback and Get the Gringo. Living on the fringe of society while scratching out a living as a tattoo artist from his grungy desert trailer, Link is as blunt and terse as his monosyllabic name would suggest. The difference is that Blood Father feels like Gibson confronting the demons that put him and his career on the skids over the last decade. His performance feels like penance, and not in a negative way. Gibson’s mainstay has always been passion—in both definitions of the word—and here he bares himself to the bone.

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The Intervention (2016)

The Intervention (2016)

The couple whose marriage is in the target zone is played by Cobie Smulders (The Avengers, “How I Met Your Mother”) as exhausted mother of three Ruby, and Vincent Piazza (“Boardwalk Empire”) as the long-ago-gave-up-trying Peter. The others are played by Melanie Lynskey (“Two and a Half Men”) as Annie, who has continually postponed her wedding to super nice guy fiancé Matt played by Jason Ritter; Natasha Lyonne (“Orange is the New Black”) as Sarah, long-time partner to Ruby’s sister Jessie (Clea DuVall); and Ben Schwartz (“House of Lies”) as Jack, who brings his free-spirited, much younger girlfriend Lola (Alia Shawkat, State of Grace).

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The Remains (2016)

The Remains (2016)

After a family moves into an old Victorian home, they discover a chest in the attic containing antiques tainted by a malevolent spirit. As the antiques slowly possess each family member, the spirit grows stronger, hellbent on kidnapping the children.

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Black Widows (2016)

Black Widows (2016)

Three friends enact an innocent revenge on one’s rapist but things spiral out of control resulting in the deaths of each of their lovers.

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

Fearing that the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the Man of Steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs.

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Captain America: Civil War Full Movie

Captain America: Civil War

Political interference in the Avengers' activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.

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Hunting Season (2016)

Hunting Season (2016)

Two FBI agents track down a missing person’s case which leads them to a group of stock brokers who hunt people for sport.

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Indiscretion (2016)

Indiscretion (2016)

In director John Stewart Muller’s stylish psychological thriller, Mira Sorvino stars as Veronica, a politician’s wife whose brief affair with a troubled young artist comes back to haunt her when he begins to infiltrate every part of her life. While her husband (Cary Elwes) and daughter (Katherine McNamara) are away, New Orleans psychiatrist Veronica Simon (Mira Sorvino) enjoys a weekend fling with Victor (Christopher Backus), an alluring young sculptor. But after Veronica calls off the affair, Victor refuses to let go and will stop at nothing to have Veronica for himself. Just how far will Victor go to get what he wants, and is there anything Veronica can do to stop his mad obsession before it destroys her family?

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Killer Coach (2016)

Killer Coach (2016)

After a one-night stand with her coach, a pressured swimming phenom finds the lives of herself and her loved ones in danger.

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K – Shop (2016)

K – Shop (2016)

K-Shop is a gritty urban Sweeney Todd inspired horror set in a British Kebab Shop plagued by binge drinking culture. After his father is killed in an altercation with drunken thugs, Salah’s fate is sealed in a fight with an angry customer. With a dead body on his hands the novice kebab shop owner turns vigilante disposing of the body in the one place he knows best…the kebabs. Salah watches gullible customers devour the new flesh kebabs and seizes the opportunity to seek revenge on abusive drunken binge drinkers, killing off those he deems punishable.

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Shelley (2016)

Shelley (2016)

Louise and Kasper, a Danish couple, live in an isolated villa in the middle of the forest away from modern life, technology and even electricity. Louise’s biggest dream is to become a mother but she is unable to have children. She finally decides, out of desperation, to seal a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena. Elena accepts to bear Louise’s child as a surrogate mother in exchange for a large amount of money. The life growing inside of her is taking shape too fast, affecting the lives of everyone like an evil force. Paranoia and horror set in around the inevitable birth…

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Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

Living large and loving life, Po (Jack Black) realizes that he has a lot to learn if he's going to fulfill the next challenge from his beloved instructor (Dustin Hoffman). After reuniting with his long-lost father (Bryan Cranston), Po must transition from student to teacher and train a group of fun-loving, clumsy pandas to become martial-arts fighters. Together, the kung-fu brethren unite to take on the evil Kai (J.K. Simmons), a supernatural warrior who becomes stronger with each battle.

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The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)

The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)

As a war between rival queen sisters Ravenna and Freya escalates, Eric and fellow warrior Sara, members of the Huntsmen army raised to protect Freya, try to conceal their forbidden love as they combat Ravenna's wicked intentions

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The Angry Birds (2016)

The Angry Birds (2016)

In the 3D animated comedy, The Angry Birds Movie, we’ll finally find out why the birds are so angry. The movie takes us to an island populated entirely by happy, flightless birds – or almost entirely. In this paradise, Red (Jason Sudeikis, We’re the Millers, Horrible Bosses),

a bird with a temper problem, speedy Chuck (Josh Gad in his first animated role since Frozen),

and the volatile Bomb (Danny McBride, This is the End, Eastbound and Down) have always been outsiders. But when the island is visited by mysterious green piggies,

it’s up to these unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to. Featuring a hilarious, all-star voice cast that includes Bill Hader (Trainwreck, Inside Out), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids, Sisters), and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), as well as Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters),

Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele), Tony Hale (Veep, Arrested Development), Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Ike Barinholtz (Neighbors, Sisters), …

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God's Not Dead 2 (2016)

God's Not Dead 2 (2016)

When a high school teacher is asked a question in class about Jesus, her response lands her in deep trouble

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Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) Full hd ts

We always knew they were coming back. After INDEPENDENCE DAY redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Independence Day: Resurgence went quietly into the night this weekend, taking second at the box office to Finding Dory with $42 million. Digitally the movie performed well with over 135 million trailer views shared across Facebook FB -2.73% and YouTube, although a lack of true wider interest could be indicated by the 120,000 tweets prior to release. If ID:R had driven closer to 200,000 tweets that would have been a good indicator of a real blockbuster opening being on the cards.
The digital campaign had some nice touches such as the webcam showing what would have happened to your street after the alien invasion and vox pops from the perennially popular Jeff Goldblum in character. The movie’s weekend performance probably rests more with the lack of Will Smith and the strength of the competition than with what happened online.
At the other end of the scale we have The Shallows, which leveraged a digital heavy campaign to reach distinct genre target audiences and deliver messaging tailored specifically to those groups. The campaign hit home with its target, which saw The Shallows beat expectations and take over $16 million when many had it pegged to barely break into double digits.
The key demo for modern horror movies is younger women and The Shallows created partnerships with brands, publishers and platforms which speak strongly to this audience. The movie took over the film section of Refinery 29 “Blockbust-her” which also seeded content inspired by the movie’s star Blake Lively. Buzzfeed sent their most popular video stars “The Try Guys” to swim with sharks alongside a branded custom content series which lived on site. Motherboard also produced a documentary on shark attacks in conjunction with the movie.
All of these videos clocked up millions of views on branded content in addition to an already impressive 20 million trailer views prior to release, alongside over 90,000 tweets, demonstrating the wide interest the campaign stirred up which fueled the over-performance this weekend.

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Furious 7 (2015)

Furious 7 (2015)

After defeating international terrorist Owen Shaw, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) and the rest of the crew have separated to return to more normal lives. However, Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), Owen's older brother, is thirsty for revenge. A slick government agent offers to help Dom and company take care of Shaw in exchange for their help in rescuing a kidnapped computer hacker who has developed a powerful surveillance program

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Beta Test (2016)

Beta Test (2016)

Champion gamer Max Troy discovers events in a new video game are being mirrored in the real world, and must join forces with the game's protagonist, Orson Creed, to unravel the conspiracy before the game's sinister plot overwhelms the city.

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The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment. Here is a fun fact- Tarzan is the most rebooted and reimagined franchise of all time. Here is another fun fact- The Legend of Tarzan adds nothing to the legacy and really has no purpose for existing unless you REALLY want to see Alexander Skarsgård’s shirtless chiseled up body for almost 2 hours. It’s beyond ridiculous how in your face it is, but I digress and go back to my original point that this movie is nothing more than extraordinarily boring. The Legend of Tarzan picks things up with our revered hero after all the classic stories have already happened, which at first glance seems like a good idea considering that a refreshing story will probably be told. Not really, as there are about 50 different flashbacks to the origins of Tarzan anyway (is there anyone really going to see this movie that doesn’t know the original story of Tarzan) with a few reworked tidbits here and there, but for the most part all of this adds nothing. The first half of the movie (a.k.a. the scenes Alexander Skarsgård wears clothes in) shows Tarzan as an aristocratic trade emissionary, which is about as boring as it sounds. He lives in a castle leading a normal civilized life, viewed as a pariah to the locals of the land, while Jane (played by Margot Robbie in the first misfire of her career as far as acting and project picking goes) wants him to get back into the jungle. By the way, there is a flashback of how they meet, and it is completely ridiculous.

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Everest (2015)

Everest (2015)

On the morning of May 10, 1996, climbers (Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin) from two expeditions start their final ascent toward the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. With little warning, a violent storm strikes the mountain, engulfing the adventurers in one of the fiercest blizzards ever encountered by man. Challenged by the harshest conditions imaginable, the teams must endure blistering winds and freezing temperatures in an epic battle to survive against nearly impossible odds.

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Hitman: Agent 47

Hitman: Agent 47

Genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, he's the culmination of decades of research, endowed with unprecedented strength, speed, stamina and intelligence. Known only as Agent 47 (Rupert Friend), his latest target is a corporation that plans to unlock the secret of his past to create an army of killers even more powerful than him. With help from a young woman, the elite assassin confronts revelations about his own origins in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.

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Pixels ( 2015 )

Pixels ( 2015 )

When aliens intercept video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack Earth, using the games as models. Knowing that he must employ a similar strategy, President Will Cooper (Kevin James) recruits his childhood pal, former video-game champ and home-theater installer Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), to lead a team of old-school arcade players and a military specialist (Michelle Monaghan) in an all-out battle to save the planet.

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