Cinema Goggles – March 20
Films are starting earlier this week, due to the public holiday, so pop over to the cinemas on Thursday, March 20, to watch one of these films:
Mr Peabody and Sherman
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Starring Voices: Allison Janney, Ariel Winter, Leslie Mann, Max Charles, Mel Brooks, Patrick Warburton, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Colbert, Ty Burrell
Mr Peabody is the world’s most accomplished dog, with a genius-level IQ. When his pet boy Sherman lets his new friend Penny talk him into using Mr Peabody’s time machine without permission, moments in history begin to change and things start to spiral out of control.
Now it is up to Peabody and his pal, Sherman, to go back in time and turn things back to normal before the space-time continuum is completely destroyed.
Need for Speed
Genre: Action, Thriller
Starring: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Michael Keaton,Ramon Rodriguez, Scott Mescudi
Based on the popular racing video game franchise of the same name, this racing action film centres on muscle car mechanic Tobey, who gets out of jail with one thought in mind: to exact revenge on the man who had him locked up.
Thus, he embarks on a gritty, high-speed, cross-country journey that begins as a race for reprisal, but ends up being one of redemption.
Reasonable Doubt
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Dylan Taylor, Erin Karpluk, Gloria Reuben, Ryan Robbins, Samuel L. Jackson
When up-and-coming district attorney Mitch Brockden commits a fatal hit-and-run, he’s horrified when he has to defend Clinton Davis, the man who’s been accused of the crime. Worse is to come, though, when Brockden discovers that Davis is a violent career criminal. Then Brockden discovers that the man he killed ran in front of his car because he was trying to flee Clinton, who was torturing him to death in an alley.
Brockden realises that his next move could free a guilty man, and so he tries to right the wrong without putting his own life or those of his family in danger.
The Grand Buddapest Hotel
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Adrien Brody, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, F. Murray Abraham, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman, Jeff Goldblum, Jude Law, Mathieu Almaric, Owen Wilson, Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton,Tony Revolori, Willem Dafoe
This comedy drama from Wes Anderson recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune – all against the backdrop of a suddenly and dramatically changing continent.
The Single Moms Club
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Amy Smart, Cocoa Brown, Eddie Cibrian, Nia Long, Terry Crews, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Zulay Henao
When their children are caught spray-painting graffiti on school property, a group of four single mothers from different backgrounds have to work together as a group to chair the annual fund-raiser.
When they get together to commiserate, they find shared empathy and start a support group for single moms. While searching for people to help with the fund-raiser, they each meet a man.
