In world cinema, March is proverbially not reserved for films that are predicted to be huge successes. Or is it? This March offers a bunch of movies that will be talked about for a long time... Namely, King Kong, Wolverine, Power Rangers, Smurfs and others are coming to the screens.
Kong: Skull Island (Kong: Skull Island)
March 9, 2017 / Cineplexx
Adventure movie, fantasy movie
(USA, 2017)
Directed by: Jordan Vogt-Roberts. Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins, Toby Kebbell, Tom Wilkinson, Terry Notary, John Goodman, John C. Reilly.
With this film, Warner Bros. is reviving the film classic from 1933. This will be the second part of the Godzilla-Kong film universe (after the 2014 film Godzilla), which will count four films, in addition to the aforementioned Godzilla 2 (2019) and Godzilla vs. Kong (2020) ). The story is set in the 1970s, when a team of researchers goes to an unmarked island somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, not knowing (except for one) that they will stumble into the "nest" of a massive gorilla, which immediately lets you know, that people are not welcome on this island.
Logan
March 2, 2017 / Cineplexx, Colosseum
Action sci-fi adventure
Directed by: James Mangold. Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Richard E. Grant, Stephen Merchant.
Logan is the final act of Wolverine, a mutant and the most recognizable member of the unusual group of heroes X-Men, with which the Australian actor Hugh Jackman became famous. Although it is a superhero story, Logan is set quite differently from previous films and marks a kind of passing of the baton to the female version of Wolverine. It is partially based on the Old Man Logan comics, which ran for six issues and are considered the conclusion of the story of this popular mutant. The film bears the censor stamp R.
Highway of Death (Collide)
16/03/2017 / Coliseum
Action crime thriller
(Great Britain, Germany, 2016)
Directed by Eran Creevy. Cast: Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Clemens Schick, Erdal Yildiz, Michael Epp, Aleksandar Jovanović, Markus Klauk.
The film stars rising movie stars Felicity Jones and Nicholas Hoult, as well as seasoned actors Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley. American tourist Casey tries to raise money for his girlfriend, who landed in a Munich hospital. With clenched teeth, he agrees to the offer of the mobster Gerano, who wants to smuggle drugs through Germany. The plan backfires and Casey finds himself on the run on German highways. In addition to the angry boss and the police, the cruel criminal Hagen interferes in the prosecution, who wants his piece of the pie and threatens to kidnap Casey's girlfriend.
Power Rangers
23/03/2017 / Coliseum, Cineplexx
Action fantasy adventure
(Canada, USA, 2017)
Directed by: Dean Israelite. Starring: Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Banks, Becky G., Naomi Scott, Bill Hader, David Denman, Dacre Montgomery, Patrick Sabongui, Emily Maddison, Ludi Lin, Fiona Vroom, Sarah Grey, Lisa Berry
Popular action heroes from our youth are returning to the big screen with the help of a new generation of teenagers who receive unusual super powers. Although they don't know each other, they have to forget past problems, iron out differences and help each other learn and master new weapons and martial arts. The world is on the brink of destruction, as the witch Rita threatens it with her innumerable army of stone giants and a golden monster. This time, the five heroes are dressed in armor worthy of Iron Man, and no longer in cloth costumes or plastic.
Liberation Day
23/03/2017 / Coliseum, Cineplexx
Documentary musical
(Norway, Latvia, Great Britain, Slovenia, 2016)
Directed by: Ugis Olte, Morten Traavik. Cast: Boris Benko, Tomaz Cubej, Milan Fras, Janez Gabric, Committee for Cultural Relations of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Slavoj Žižek.
The Slovenian band Laibach recently became the first foreign rock band to ever perform in North Korea. She performed on the 70th anniversary of Liberation Day, which marks the end of Japanese colonial rule, and audiences there had never been exposed to alternative rock and roll before. It's probably the most spectacular cultural event in recent memory, and it's undoubtedly the most surprising documentary of the year, a slickly edited and wicked account of an event that became historic simply because it happened.
A Cure for Wellness
23/03/2017 / Coliseum, Cineplexx
Psychological thriller, horror
(Germany, USA, 2016)
Director: Gore Verbinski. Cast: Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Celia Imrie, Mia Goth, Carl Lumbly, Susanne Wuest, Ivo Nandi, Adrian Schiller, Lisa Banes, Jason Babinsky.
Velnes in the heart of the Swiss Alps sounds like a place you'd like to be right now. Maybe not. In Gora Verbinski's film (The Circle, Pirates of the Caribbean), this is the place where horrible things happen. It's about an ambitious businessman who goes to a mysterious spa to pick up his boss. Soon after his arrival, he discovers that there are dark secrets behind the miraculous healing procedures. The search for the truth pushes him to the edge of his mind, as he is also diagnosed with a strange disease and experiences horrible therapies firsthand.
Traces of Life (Life)
23/03/2017 / Cineplexx
Science fiction thriller
(USA, 2017)
Directed by: Daniel Espinosa. Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson, Olga Dihovichnaya, Ariyon Bakare, Hiroyuki Sanada.
The action is set on the International Space Station, where a space expedition is confronted by an extraterrestrial organism, which is the first evidence of life beyond Earth. But a ground-breaking discovery from Mars quickly turns into a battle for the lives of the six-man crew after the microscopic organism turns out to be far more intelligent than first thought and goes on the killing spree. Not only their lives hang in the balance, but also the fate of humanity. The film was directed by Danie Espinosa, who entrusted the main role to Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds.
Smurfs: The Lost Village (Smurfs: The Lost Village)
30/03/2017 / Coliseum, Cineplexx
Animated comedy
(USA, 2017)
Directed by: Kelly Asbury. Voices: Joe Manganiello, Mandy Patinkin, Rainn Wilson, Demi Lovato, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi.
After four years, the Smurfs are returning to the big screen. But the film by Kelly Asbury (Spirit: The Wild Stallion, Shrek) has nothing to do with the live-animated versions of 2011 and 2013. After two trips to the real world, this time we are witnessing a pure-bred animated family comedy. In it, Smurfette (Demi Lovato) goes on an exciting adventure with the help of a mysterious map and in the company of Glavca, Klada and Bright through a forbidden forest full of magical creatures in order to find a mysterious hidden village from the evil wizard Gargamel.
Ghost in the Shell
30/03/2017 / Coliseum, Cineplexx
Sci-fi action movie
(USA, 2017)
Director: Rupert Sanders. Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt, Michael Wincott, Juliette Binoche, Pilou Asbaek, Rila Fukushima, Takeshi Kitano, Ran Wei, Chin Han, Chris Obi, Adwoa Aboah, Peter Ferdinando.
The film is based on the Japanese animated film from 1995, which was made by Mamoru Oshii based on the manga from 1991. The director of the spectacle Snow White and the Huntsman tackled the Hollywood version, and it is about a future in which the boundaries between humans and artificial intelligence are blurred. The story takes place in 2029, when many people are cyborgs. We follow a sexy policewoman, the head of the Section 9 unit, who is also a hybrid between a human and a cyborg. Their main target is an extremist who is passionately opposed to cybernetic technology and wants to destroy progress.
Squeezer! (Radin!)
Comedy
16/03/2017 / Coliseum
(France, 2016)
Director: Fred Cavayé. Cast: Dany Boon, Laurence Arné, Noémie Schmidt, Patrick Ridremont, Christophe Canard, Sébastien Chabal, Christophe Favre, Yvonne Gradelet, Karine Marimon, Isabelle Ziental, Audrey Rhodes-Greig.
Violinist Francois has a successful career and a charming exterior, but he is a sworn presser. He pays attention to every cent in the store, he practically doesn't turn on the lights at home, and salty prices in restaurants regularly ruin his dates. But his life is turned upside down when a teenage daughter he never knew existed shows up on his doorstep. After she moves into his apartment, he finds her habits quite extravagant and it drives him crazy. But with her help, he begins to realize that stinginess does not fulfill him.
