The only genre piece I could find this week is the fantasy Inferno, based on the Dan Brown book. But there are a lot of great films coming out this season, some very soon indeed. I think this weekend would be a good time to catch up on some binge streaming while I wait for them.
No way to know yet, but if the trailer is any indication, this could be the best film of the franchise to date. ‘Nuff said!
There really aren’t any genre movies this week, but Keeping Up with the Joneses could be amusing if they didn’t go too over the top. Or it could be a good week to catch up with something you missed that is still in the theaters.
Ever wonder what The Great Wall was built to protect them from? Starring Matt Damon in Zhang Yimou’s (Hero, House of Flying Daggers) first English Language movie, this is supposed to be the largest film ever shot entirely in China. It will be on the big screen in February, and I will be in the theater for this one.
Shin Gojira AKA Godzilla Resurgence is in theaters as of tomorrow, and runs for one week. On Friday Max Steel is the combination of human Max McGrath and alien Steel, who become the superhero when they have to. This is a spinoff of a TV series based on an action figure, so it is somewhat Transformers-like in its genesis. Considering it was filmed in the Carolina’s and the toy company producing the movie is Mattel, I am not sure why the only official web site I could find for it is in Japan.
The announcement is even more exciting than the trailer; the theatrical release of Sword Art Online The Movie -Ordinal Scale- on February 18, 2017, is no longer exclusive to Japan. It will simultaneously be released in a thousand theaters world wide, including here in the US. Based on a brand new story by Reki Kawahara, the creator of this series, I am ready to see this one on the big screen!