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ON RELEASE: July 2022
A FILM OF THE MONTH A JULY NOPE
Dir: Jordan Peele (15) (102 mins)
Fire Of Love
MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU (PG) More merchandise grabbing from the yellow nonsense speakers, this time helping a young Gru get his evil on.
HIT THE ROAD (15)
Beautifully played Iranian family drama/road movie as siblings argue and bond; also has a sick dog.
RUMBLE (PG)
Monster wrestling, you know, for kids. A CHIARA (15)
After the excellence of Get Out and Us, the current master of horror-with-a-message Jordan Peele returns, with an apparent alien invasion movie shrouded in the usual mystery. Set in a backwater town in California, there’s not much to go on. Daniel Kaluuya, the hero of Get Out, reteams with Peele as a cowboy, part of a ranch led by historic black horsetraders; Keke Lane co- stars as the Spielbergian threat unfolds. Lights in the sky, scary windsocks, horses in glass boxes and disfigured women, along with rodeos hosted by The Walking Dead’s Steven Yuen, whirlwinds sucking up bodies… and lots of people saying “nope”. This will be the horror film to watch as the summer is upon us: hopefully Peele can pull off a trio of rewarding genre movies with substance, and not do an M. Night Shyamalan. Want to watch Nope? Er… yep.
Out Fri 22 July
DC LEAGUE OF SUPERPETS Dir: Jared Stern/Sam Levine
(PG) (100 mins)
Forget the superheroes – now it’s all about their pets in this animated caper that puts animals, rather than brooding dark knights, front and centre. Krypto, voiced by the ubiquitous Dwayne Johnson, is Superman’s pet dog, and has to use his own canine superpowers when his master – and the rest of the Justice League – are kidnapped by Lex Luthor (GLOW’s Marc Maron). Krypto is going to need help, so he rounds up some shelter pets who’ve been transformed into superanimals themselves following a rogue Krptonite accident – hence Kevin Hart’s superstrong bulldog Ace, PB the size-manipulating pig (Vanessa Bayer), speedy turtle Merton (Natsha Lyonne) and electricity-shooting squirrel Chip (Diego Luna). Keanu Reeves and John Krasinski provide the voices of Batman and Superman respectfully, with Kate Mckinnon on baddie pet duties. A family comedy animation for summer with some superhero satire, this should be caped popcorn fun. Superwoof.
Out Fri 29 July
Italian drama in which a feckless father abandons his family, having a huge impact on his 15-year-old daughter. Powerful and moving.
FIRE OF LOVE (12A)
Documentary following a scientist couple as they fall in love and study volcanoes with tragic results. Spectacular.
SHE WILL (15) Experimental, offbeat drama following Alice Krige as she goes to rural Scotland following a mastectomy and tries to heal.
ROBUST (15) A fractured relationship between father and daughter is reconciled in this offbeat Greek drama.
THE GOOD BOSS (15)
Javier Bardem stars in this workplace comedy, trying to appease his workers to gain an award.
TIGERS (15) A teenage football star tries to navigate the pitfalls of the sport and the business behind it in this true-life tale.
FILM PREVIEWS by KEIRON SELF
NITRAM
Dir: Justin Kurzel (18) (112 mins)
A disturbing telling of the terrible events that unfolded in 1996 in Tasmania, when 35 people were massacred by a nihilistic loner, Nitram looks set to provoke and unsettle. Caleb Landry Jones plays Martin Bryant (Nitram being Martin written backwards) – a blank slate and outsider amongst his community, upsetting his mum and dad, a strict Judy Davis and cuddlier Antony LaPaglia. Martin is unable to form friendships until meeting an older heiress, played by Essie Davis. The slowburn drama unfurls under the direction of Justin Kurzel – who also directed Snowtown, a violent drama again based on a real-life string of murders in 90s Australia, and the recent adaptation of Macbeth with Michael Fassbender. Nitram looks set to be an uncompromising glimpse into the mind of a killer that offers no easy answers to the terrible crimes he committed: a grim watch, no doubt, but grippingly told with an award-winning turn from Landry Jones.
Out Fri 1 July
NOTRE DAME ON FIRE Dir: Jean-Jacques Annaud
(12A) (110 mins)
The burning of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris in April 2019 shocked the world: history went up in flames and a much-loved landmark was, potentially, lost forever. This film tells the story of the firefighters who went in to do what they could to save the building, and its treasures within, under the eye of renowned filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud (The Name Of The Rose, Seven Years In Tibet, The Bear. Visually, this should stun, with plenty of fiery derring-do from within the building aided by well-placed CGI and the performances of Samuel Labarthe and Chloe Jouannet as they do battle with the smoke and awe. Spires collapse and bells fall with blockbuster vim alongside real footage from the event – curated, by Annaud, from anyone who filmed anything at the time. A prestige piece with French pride very much running through it.
Out Fri 22 July
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