![]() Top 3. 0 Best New Movies Of 2. Let’s explore the best new movies 2. We’ve got Sir Spielberg, Wilderpeople, Mr.’Pool, Harry Potter universians and the biggest ever superhero scrap. What do you think were the top movies of 2. Let me know in the comments. Grimsby (aka The Brothers Grimsby)Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson. Director: Louis Leterrier. BravoFact.com your exclusive source for Canadian short films and HD movies, watch full documentaries, comedies, live action and animation films, including TIFF. Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return, rebooted with a cast of hilarious new characters. Thirty years. Out: March 1. 1, 2. U. S. Release Dates)Grimsby football- mad father of 1. Nobby (Cohen) finally finds his long lost brother (Strong), who in the intervening years has become a polished super spy. But when he accidentally makes his brother chief suspect in an assassination, and causes Daniel Radcliffe to get AIDS, the two go on the run. He isn’t as sure- footed with Nobby, or as amusing – when out promoting the film in character and during early scenes in the movie it’s not quite working. ![]() But that all changes when he teams up with Strong, with whom he makes a great double act. Strong’s a brilliant straight man, his looks of bafflement and concern are constantly amusing, in between barking ridiculous lines with sincere urgency. Cohen and Strong both do whatever it takes to get a laugh, neither leaves with their dignity intact. It’s extremely filthy and pushes the boundaries, but while the likes of . If you’re amused by someone lighting a firework between their buttocks and you’re British, it’s a must see. Under The Shadow. Starring: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi. Director: Babak Anvari. Out: October 7, 2. During the Iran- Iraq war of the 8. Tehran apartment with her young daughter while her husband goes to serve. An unexploded bomb through the roof spooks the other residents into leaving, but also unleashes an evil spirit which threatens to rip her daughter away. It was filmed in the latter. The Top Upcoming Chick Flicks in 2016. Although there aren’t an abundance of chick flicks lined up for a big screen release, there are more than enough 2016.The Iranian time and place setting is a powerful one and is presented with compelling authenticity, the war climate alone would be unnerving enough to carry the film. And the sincerity and reality in that drama means that when supernatural notions start dropping into conversation they have more . As things build, some simple conversations can send a chill. The movie loses a little of its uniqueness as the war and other characters are pushed to the background, but tension is kept on edge. The typical serviceable- but- immersion- breaking cgi does turn up eventually, which is a shame because the fx could easily have all been practical. Eye In The Sky. Starring: Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam. ![]() Director: Gavin Hood. Out: April 1, 2. 01. A drone unit tracks some of East Africa’s most wanted terrorists to a Kenyan house where they prepare for a suicide bombing, observed from Surrey, London and Texas by the mission commander (Mirren), an army colonel (Rickman), the drone’s pilot (Paul) and many others in the military/political chain of command. When a innocent Kenyan girl positions herself in the potential drone- bomb radius, a legal and ethical debate breaks out over whether it should be dropped. The director has done well on similar ground with . It all boils down to an old premise: would you take one innocent life to save many others? The final decision creates more tears and anguish than would be plausible from professionals, while the emotional impact on the audience is not as strong as they presume. But it makes for a thought- provoking and very modern warfare scenario. It’s well acted, the different arguments succinctly presented, and the military/political chain of command is intelligently researched and handled. Alan Rickman’s final film is one to be proud of. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. Starring: Joe Alwyn, Garrett Hedlund, Vin Diesel, Kristen Stewart, Steve Martin. Director: Ang Lee. Out: November 1. 1, 2. A 1. 9- year- old private (newcomer Alwyn) and his company survive a harrowing battle that’s captured by news cameras. In response they are brought home by the U. S. Vin Diesel plays his Sgt. Chris Tucker is a Hollywood producer type while Steve Martin is the fictional owner of the Dallas Cowboys. Based on the 2. 01. Simon Beaufoy of . ![]() It’s helmer Ang Lee that makes this so anticipated. It’s hard to think of a more versatile director, and he’s coming off the back of the intellectually robust/visually spectacular . Here he is shooting again in native 3. D, but with an ultra- high frame rate of 1. The movie has impact as a funny yet sobering dissection of the American way of watching war. Even if as a protest it feels a decade too late. With Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse. After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the. Like every year, 2016 was not without its fair share of sleeper hits and blockbuster juggernauts. Just this past month, we were treated to the first Star Wars. The Lobster. Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, L. Reilly. Director: Yorgos Lanthimos. Out: May 1. 3, 2. In an absurdist version of modern society, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they must pair with a romantic partner within 4. The newest arrival (Farrell) is soon among those suppressing his true self in order to couple up, before he breaks free to try living with the loners in the woods. It’s a desert dry comedy that mocks society’s obsession with everyone being in couples past a certain age, and the nature of those unions. As someone involved in the mad, sad scramble of late- 3. The speech and mannerisms are stilted, boiling down the truths of this situation to ridiculously simple, often highly amusing, statements. It’s brilliant comic filmmaking, unique and thematically rich, but the humour and commentary have a tone that if you don’t tap into it you’ll simply find this puzzling, bleak and boring. Finding Dory. Starring: (voices) Ellen De. Generes, Albert Brooks, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy. Directors: Andrew Stanton, Angus Mac. Lane. Out: June 1. Six months after . Remembering something about “the jewel of Monterey, California”, and accompanied by Nemo and Marlin (Brooks), she sets out to find her parents. Their adventure includes a dip through the Pacific Ocean where shipping containers have fallen off boats, a frightening encounter with a giant squid and wading past a kelp forest on California’s northern coastline. Also new friends in the form of an octopus (Ed O’Neill, . The main voice cast returns, except Alexander Gould who has been replaced as Nemo since the actor is no longer a kid. Pixar’s sequels have produced mixed results from the excellent . Trace's 5 Worst Horror Movies of 2. Mr. Disgusting’s Top 1. Horror Films. Unfortunately, even the best years have to have a clunker or two, and that is why “worst of” articles exist. It’s not enjoyable to trash films, but it’s a necessary evil that must be done. I didn’t get to see quite as many horror films as I would have liked (only about 7. I watched on my Letterboxd page. Let’s get started, shall we? There weren’t many truly atrocious horror films released in 2. First there’s the disappointing (sorry) The Disappointments Room (my review). Then there’s the Inception/The Exorcist hybrid that is Incarnate (my review). Thomas Dekker’s ambitious but lackluster directorial debut Jack Goes Home (my review) meant well but was more a pretentious mess than a substantial character study. You can’t forget about the ghost story Visions (my review)*, which was unceremoniously dumped on Netflix back in January, no matter how much you would like to. Wes Craven’s final producing gig gave us the mean- spirited and sloppily put together The Girl in the Photographs. Finally, there’s Greg Mc. Lean’s first major American horror film The Darkness, which is so dull that you’d be forgiven for not realizing it was a horror film.*I just realized I used the exact same phrase in the title of my reviews for Incarnate and Visions. My New Year’s resolution for 2. The films listed above may be mediocre, but they cannot compare to the five worst horror films of the year. So without further ado, I give you these turds. The films listed on the next page earned a pretty strong reaction from me, and had I reviewed them they would have earned a 1.
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