Film Guide - August 28, 2015

Stillfoto fra filmen "En Chance til" af Susanne Bier og Anders Thomas Jensen. Foto: Henrik Petit

Stillfoto fra filmen "En Chance til" af Susanne Bier og Anders Thomas Jensen. Foto: Henrik Petit

Published Aug 28, 2015

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A Second Chance: The fine cast is not enough to save this tedious melodrama. *** HR

Everything Will be Fine: James Franco is a writer struggling to deal with accidentally killing a child in a car accident in a 3D Wim Wenders drama. *** HR

Impunity: An in-your-face action thriller drama by local writer-director Jyoti Mistry. She explores violence from a social commentary as well as personal perspective by following the actions of a Bonnie-and-Clyde couple on their killing-spree jaunt. Lots of sex, brutality and boobs. ** DT

Jenny’s Wedding: There is a fine film in here somewhere trying to claw it’s away out from under the sappy music, clichés and speechifying. * HR

Mr Holmes: This period drama doesn’t quite live up to Ian McKellen’s stellar performance as an old Sherlock Holmes struggling with his failing memory. *** IND

Schucks! Pay Back the Money: Candid camera by Leon Schuster. (Not reviewed)

Ant-man: Funny, light-hearted and entertaining, this origins story meets passing-the-baton tale about the tiniest of Marvel superheroes is the most kid-friendly of any of their fare. *** TS

Boychoir: Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates and Eddie Izzard star in this movie about a troubled boy who finds his voice through joining a boys’ choir. *** HH

Fantastic Four: Diehards will rubbish this reboot – and they have every right to do so. It does come across as more of a prequel than a reboot. Bottom line, it’s very pedestrian teen fare which is enveloped in gimmicky action scenes and a wafer thin plot. ** DT

Glory Game: The Joost van der Westhuizen Story: Former Springbok rugby golden boy, Joost van der Westhuizen, fights the scourge of a debilitating disease in this moving documentary. (Not reviewed)

Man From U.N.C.LE.: Superman Henry Cavill can’t quite save this reboot of the popular TV series from the 1960s, but it’s fun and good to look at nonetheless. *** HR

Minions: This prequel to the Despicable Me films takes us back to the evolution of the banana-coloured creatures and their search for a new evil boss for their brotherhood. Not much in this one for adults, but kids will love it. *** LD

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation: Forget what you know about the previous Mission Impossible films. This time around we have a more complex script which sees Ethan Burke (Tom Cruise) on the run from both his agency and an organised crime syndicate. **** MV

Paper Towns: Supermodel and actress Carla Delevingne stars as a rebellious teen who runs away from home and is followed by her lovesick neighbour. Strictly for teens. ** MV

San Andreas: A wasted opportunity to tell a good story about a natural disaster striking California. With a bad script and poor acting from The Rock, the film relies on computer graphics to save itself. ** MV

That Sugar Film: Informative documentary with lots of gimmicks that inadvertently turns you off the idea of sugar, though it actually only suggests that you need to more careful about what you eat. *** TS

Trainwreck: Comedy Central star, Amy Schumer, is a comedic tour de force in her auspicious feature film debut in which she plays a single journalist with a voracious sexual appetite. *** WP

Where Hope Grows: Formulaic religious-themed drama in which a developmentally disabled young man gives spiritual guidance to those most in need. * WP

Woman in Gold: Helen Mirren is regal as the woman who successfully took on the Austrian government to get back her family’s art work, looted by the Nazis during WWII. *** TS

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