This week finds the release of American Sniper and Blackhat—two films I have already watched during the Awards, a.k.a. screener season. The former is a Clint Eastwood film perfectly fitting the Oscar mold; the latter being Michael Mann‘s under-sung work, which some imagine if titled “American Hacker” would have had ‘better chances’ in the awards circuits. I have already seen Zig Dulay‘s M (Mother’s Maiden Name) as well, which played as a competing film in the New Wave category of Metro Manila Film Festival. You can read Gab’s review here.
Mortdecai is the latest Johnny Depp-starrer, directed by David Koepp (Premium Rush). It is a tongue-in-cheek espionage film that, if IMDB is to be trusted for its accuracy, “juggles” “angry Russians.” Juggling any foreign land to comic effect hasn’t always met great ends (see: The Interview) but I don’t say it can’t be fun (see: not The Interview). Meanwhile, the David Radcliffe-less sequel The Woman in Black: Angel of Death, interestingly, is set in World War II, a time when the famously haunted Eel Marsh House serves as recluse for London children who are evacuated from warfare.
Annie is also seeing release this week. Directed by Will Gluck (of Easy A fame), the adaptation-of-the-adaptation of the Thomas Meehan stage play locks in a post-modern twist: racial “un-bias,” ‘so jokes Twitter. There’s also the animation feature titled Boonie Bears, to the Rescue! following brother bears who “become super dads to take care of a mysterious little girl.” Should be fun. And finally, there’s #Ewankosau saranghaeyo, a film by Roman S. Perez Jr. that looks to forward the rave of native tween romances, this time casting a high schooler who takes the interest of a K-POP obsessed girl.
The following films open today, January 21st, in Philippine theaters:
- American Sniper
- Annie
- Blackhat
- Boonie Bears, to the Rescue!
- #Ewankosau saranghaeyo
- M (Mother’s Maiden Name)
- The Woman in Black: Angel of Death
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Mortdecai opens a day late, January 22nd.
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Check out these brief run-throughs of the new releases this week:
American Sniper
Synopsis: Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle’s pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can’t leave behind — IMDB.
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written by Jason Hall
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Annie
Synopsis:
A foster kid, who lives with her mean foster mom, sees her life change when business tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. — IMDB.
Starring: Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx
Directed by Will Gluck
Written by Will Gluck, Aline Brosh McKenna
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Blackhat
Synopsis: A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. — IMDB.
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wei Tang
Directed by Michael Mann
Written by Morgan Davis Foehl
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Boonie Bears, to the Rescue!
Synopsis: Logger Vick retrieves a suitcase from the scene of the accident and reveals what is inside. Since he brings back this mysterious box, the forest is no longer peaceful and the Bear Brother’s lives change dramatically. Vick and the Bear Brothers become super dads to take care of a mysterious little girl who suddenly appears. They will have to fight with the bad guys in order to bring the girl back home safe and sound. — IMDB.
Starring: Rick Jay Glen, Siobhan Lumsden, Paul ‘Maxx’ Rinehart
Directed by Ding Liang, Fuyuan Lu
Written by Ding Liang, Fuyuan Lu, Brian Bullock, et al.
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#Ewankosau saranghaeyo
Synopsis: A young man struggles with the unwanted attention of his school’s crazy, KPOP-obsessed bully. — Click the City.
Starring: Francis Magundayao, Barbie Forteza, Jon Lucas
Directed by Ramon S. Perez Jr.
Written by En Villasis
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M (Mother’s Maiden Name)
Synopsis: A woman is diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Unwilling to accept her fate, she explores every possible therapy and remedy available to her. — Click the City.
Starring: Zsa Zsa Padilla, Nico Antonio, Gloria Sevilla
Directed by Zig Dulay
Written by Zig Dulay
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Mortdecai
Synopsis: Juggling angry Russians, the British Mi5, and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai races to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain a code that leads to lost Nazi gold. — IMDB.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor
Directed by David Koepp
Written by Eric Aronson
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The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
Synopsis: 40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house’s darkest inhabitant. — IMDB.
Starring: Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine, Phoebe Fox
Directed by Tom Harper
Written by Jon Croker
