Here’s what’s new at the cinema this week and we have trailers for them all to help you decide what to see. Dirty Grandpa probably your choice for some comedic light hearted fun, The 33 and Spotlight both look good if you’re in the market for drama. Perhaps Capture the Flag if you have kids to entertain.
Dirty Grandpa
Director: Dan Mazer
Starring: Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza, Julianne Hough, Dermot Mulroney
Jason Kelly [Zac Efron] is one week away from marrying his boss’s uber-controlling daughter, putting him on the fast track for a partnership at the law firm. However, when the straight-laced Jason is tricked into driving his foul-mouthed grandfather, Dick [Robert De Niro], to Daytona for spring break, his pending nuptials are suddenly in jeopardy. Between riotous frat parties, bar fights, and an epic night of karaoke, Dick is on a quest to live his life to the fullest and bring Jason along for the ride. Ultimately, on the wildest journey of their lives, “dirty” Grandpa and his uptight grandson discover they can learn from one another and form the bond they never had.
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi
Director: Michael Bay
Starring: John Krasinski, Max Martini, Pablo Schreiber, David Giuntoli, Toby Stephens, Freddie Stroma
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Spotlight (15)
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci
Spotlight tells the astonishing true story of the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Spotlight” team of investigative journalists, who in 2002 shook the city and the world by exposing the Catholic Church’s systematic cover-up of widespread paedophilia perpetrated by more than 70 local priests.
Youth (15)
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda
From the Academy Award®-winning director of The Great Beauty, and featuring a career-best performance from Michael Caine, Youth is a warm, witty and deeply moving portrait of love and loss. With dazzling visuals a great soundtrack and a stellar supporting cast that includes Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Jane Fonda, Youth is essential viewing.
33, The
Director: Patricia Riggen
Starring: Naomi Scott, Rodrigo Santoro, Antonio Banderas, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin
In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of people globally, waited and watched anxiously for any sign of hope. But 200 stories beneath the surface, in the suffocating heat and with tensions rising, provisions—and time—were quickly running out.
Capture The Flag (3D) (PG)
Director: Enrique Gato
Starring: Dani Rovira, Michelle Jenner, Carme Calvell, Javier Balas, Camilo García, Toni Mora, Marta Barbará, Fernando García Cabrera, Xavier Casan
A young surfer rallies his friends to stop a billionaire from rewriting history as a way to horde Helium 3, the clean energy of the future.
