It's been another eclectic week at the cinema, with a very, very wide range of movies to watch. Sophisticated audience will love the nuances in
Materialists, Celine Song's second film, which plays on the romcom formula. It stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans. Rather a lot more low-brow,
Smurfs features voice work from Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman and John Goodman. It's very silly, and also occasionally funny.
The sweeping Irish romance
Four Letters of Love stars powerhouse actors Helena Bonham Carter, Pierce Brosnan and Gabriel Byrne, but its strongest roles go to the terrific Fionn O'Shea and Anne Skelly. A prickly bromance is at the centre of the provocative black comedy
Friendship, starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd. Despite its three-hour running time and rather grim title, the German drama
Dying is mesmerising, witty and wonderfully thoughtful. The first film in the Oslo Stories Trilogy,
Dreams is an astute and involving look at teen longing. And because I'm seeing the sequel this weekend, I finally caught up with the animated action comedy
The Bad Guys, which is cool, funny escapism.
This coming week we have Pedro Pascal in
The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Liam Neeson in
The Naked Gun, Sam Rockwell in the animated sequel
The Bad Guys 2, Fiona Shaw in
Park Avenue, the mystery thriller
Gazer, Slovenian drama
Little Trouble Girls, and the second chapter in the Oslo Stories Trilogy,
Love. I'm also looking forward to the 100-year restoration of Eisenstein's iconic
Battleship Potemkin, which I've never seen projected. And there's a special 3D premiere of the new trailer for
Avatar: Fire and Ash.
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