No shortage of treats at South African cinemas this week, as four new movies make their big screen debut.
And that’s not even accounting for the screenings of concert experience Depeche Mode: M that kick off from this coming Tuesday, and the Screams on Screen horror shorts set that is hitting Sandton on Saturday evening. Then there’s the Throwback Cinema return of serial killer classic The Silence of the Lambs, and the Sing-along re-release of Wicked: Part One (including at IMAX) before Part Two premieres next month.
We’re sliding into award season… which means one thing: musical biopics, with actors giving uncanny portrayals of rock icons. This year’s biggie is Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, with The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White playing a 31-year-old Bruce Springsteen on the brink of global stardom. Shocking his record label, he changed direction with the recording of his folk-style Nebraska album, which was born out of the pressures of success and past demons. Directed by Scott Cooper, who also made Crazy Heart.
Look out for our Deliver Me from Nowhere review tomorrow.
Surprisingly only showing at Ster Kinekor cinemas is Roofman, a crime comedy based on a true story. An Army Ranger (Channing Tatum) turns to robbing fast food outlets to support his family, and, after escaping prison, he hides inside a Toys “R” Us for six months. His plans are complicated when he falls for Kirsten Dunst’s toy store employee. Also with Peter Dinklage, Ben Mendelsohn and Juno Temple.
Filmmaker Chris Stuckmann is being heralded as a promising new voice in horror, and that reputation stems from his feature directorial debut Shelby Oaks, which he also wrote, and which is executive produced by genre maestro Mike (Hush, The Haunting of Hill House) Flanagan. In the film, a woman (Camille Sullivan) pursues a lead to the abandoned town of Shelby Oaks to find her long-missing sister.
Look out for our review soon.
Ensuring the whole family can get in on the Halloween fun on the big screen, there’s cute and kooky animated comedy Stitch Head, based on the 2011 novel by Guy Bass. Voiced by Asa Butterfield, the title character is a reanimated being who works for the Mad Professor in his castle, helping to protect the inventor’s other monstrous creations from the panicked townspeople of Grubbers Nubbin.