TRAILERS: Films showing on big screen this weekend (November 13)
These are newly released films showing at cinemas on November 13.
Blinky Bill
Animation
Blinky Bill is a koala with a big imagination. An adventurer at heart, he dreams of leaving the little town of Green Patch and following in his explorer father’s footsteps. Mr Bill went missing in the Outback some time ago and Blinky is the only one who believes his father is still alive.
Brooklyn
Drama
Starring: Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson and Emory Cohen.
Young Irish immigrant Eilis Lacey navigates her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of the USA, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Grandma
Drama, comedy
Starring: Lily Tomlin, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer and Julia Garner.
Lily Tomlin stars as Elle who has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle’s granddaughter, Sage, unexpectedly shows up needing $600 before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.
How to make love like an Englishman
Comedy
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Jessica Alba and Salma Hayek.
An unmarried Cambridge poetry professor rejects literary theory as a tool to understanding the Romantic poets in favour of naked hedonism.
The Loft
Thriller, romance, mystery
Starring: Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller, Eric Stonestreet and Matthias Schoonaerts.
Five married guys conspire to secretly share a penthouse loft in the city – a place where they can carry out hidden affairs and indulge in their deepest fantasies. But the fantasy becomes a nightmare when they discover the dead body of an unknown woman in the loft and they realise one of the group must be involved.
The Program
Drama, biography
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Ben Foster, Jesse Plemons and Chris O’Dowd.
A biography about Lance Armstrong, based on David Walsh’s book, Seven Deadly Sins. An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong’s performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
