The only genre offering this week is a zombie movie called Daylight’s End, so I would rather go with Mechanic: Resurrection with Jason Statham and Jessica Alba. I enjoyed the original movie, and when Jason did the remake it was even better, so I can’t wait to see what they do with this one.
I haven’t noticed many trailers on TV (possibly because I don’t actually watch commercial TV as a general rule), so I thought I would post one here.
Kubo And The Two Strings looks like the winner this time around, with some excellent animation and a great vocal cast. Kubo needs to find a magic suit of armor to defeat a vengeful spirit. Some towns and theaters also get Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV is more about empires at war than the personal battles of the first film. But it is also animated, although in the Machinema style rather than Kubo’s stop-motion style. Finally, there is a documentary that looks pretty interesting: Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, with Werner Herzog’s exploration of the Internet. I like all the choices, I will definitely be at a minimum of one of them this weekend.
The best so far, yesterday the Star Wars: Rogue One Olympic Trailer aired and was posted on line, so for the 27 people world wide who have not seen it yet, here you go! Enjoy.
The live action remake of Pete’s Dragon could be quite amusing. It certainly benefits from the advances in CGI animation and compositing that have been made over the last several decades. If you are in the mood for something less family friendly, the animated film Sausage Party features a sausage trying to discover the truth about his existence, and what he learns is terrifying. I don’t know that I find either of them compelling enough to make me actually part with my money to see them in the theater.
There are several good choices this time, starting with Suicide Squad, which I have more hope for now that they retooled it somewhat to add more humor. DC saw the box office Deadpool pulled and figured they would give it a shot, I am hoping this makes it a bit more fun than their entirely dark take from the recent Superman/Batman outing. If you are looking for something lighter and more family friendly, the classic tale The Little Prince is brought to life in an animation format for the first time, and it looks excellent. Finally the fantasy Nine Lives is about a business man who gets trapped in the body of his cat. I ordinarily wouldn’t even consider this one, but it has Kevin Spacey and Christopher Walken, so it could be good.