Cinema Goggles – movies showing from July 4
Romance is in the air this week, with a variety of romances and dramas to choose from, not to mention a little something for the young ones.
The following movies will start running in cinemas on July 4.
Hateship, Loveship
Genre: Drama
Starring: Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld, Kristen Wiig
Johanna Parry, a quiet caregiver, starts a new job working for elderly Mr McCauley and his teenage granddaughter, Sabitha. A cruel trick by Sabitha lands Johanna in an awkward one-way relationship with Ken, Sabitha’s estranged father, but her newfound ambition and desire give her courage to transform her awkward gloom into real contentment.
House of Magic
Genre: 3D, Adventure, Animation
Starring: Cinda Adams, Edward Asner, Emily Blunt
In this new feature-length 3D animated film, Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos.
Not everyone welcomes the new addition to the troupe, and Jack Rabbit and Maggie Mouse plot to evict Thunder. The situation gets worse when the magician lands in hospital and his scheming nephew sees his chance to cash in by selling the mansion.
Our young hero is determined to earn his place and so he enlists the help of some wacky magician’s assistants to protect his magical new home.
Blended
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler, Wendi McLendon-Covey
After a bad blind date, a man and woman find themselves stuck together at a resort for families, where their attraction grows as their respective kids benefit from the burgeoning relationship.
The Invisible Woman
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ralph Fiennes
In the 1850s, Ellen Ternan is a minimally talented actress who catches the eye of the hailed British author, Charles Dickens. Bored with his intellectually unstimulating wife, Dickens takes the educated Ellen as his mistress, with the cooperation of her mother. What follows is a stormy relationship with this literary giant, who provides her with a life few women of her time can enjoy. Yet, Ellen is equally revolted by Charles’s emotional cruelty and determination to keep her secret. In that conflict, Ellen must judge her own role in her life and decide if the price she pays is bearable.
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse, Veerle Baetens
The Broken Circle Breakdown tells of the love story between Elise and Didier. She has her own tattoo shop, he plays the banjo in a band. It is love at first sight, in spite of major differences.
He talks, she listens. He is a dedicated atheist, although, at the same time, a romantic. She has a cross tattooed in her neck, even though she has both feet firmly on the ground.
Their happiness is complete after their little girl, Maybelle, is born. But when Maybelle becomes seriously ill, Didier and Elise respond in very different ways. The Broken Circle Breakdown is an intense melodrama, full of passion and music. A film about how love can sometimes conquer fate, and sometimes not. – @BoksburgNews
