5 films to see on the week of November 4-November 11, 2016
Tunnel
A KOREAN drama about a man who finds himself trapped inside a tunnel that collapses as he drives through it. As days pass and his cell phone battery power drains and rescuers might give up before they locate him, his family fights for his rescue. Directed by Seong-hun Kim, it stars Dal-su Oh, Doona Bae, and Jung-woo Ha. “Infusing its nightmarish scenario with bracing doses of satirical humor, Tunnel is smarter and more sophisticated than most Hollywood attempts at the genre,” writes Frank Scheck of the Hollywood Reporter.
MTRCB Rating: PG
The Escort
CHRISTOPHER DE LEON, Derek Ramsay, and Lovi Poe star in this Regal film, directed by Enzo Williams, about a young woman who works as a secretary for a high class escort service.
MTRCB Rating: R-13
A Monster Calls
VERY POPULAR with the critics on the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, which gave the film a score of 83%, the film follows a 12-year-old boy who encounters a giant monster who guides him through a difficult time. Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, the film stars Lewis MacDougall, Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver, Geraldine Chaplin, and Felicity Jones. The Hollywood Reporter’s John DeFore calls the film “A sensitive and beautifully made lesson in the limits and power of storytelling.”
MTRCB Rating: PG
Mulat
DIANE VENTURA directs Jake Cuenca, Loren Burgos, and Ryan Eigenmann in a tale of a young woman who seeks to leave behind the memories of a former love as she pursues the affections of a new man in her life.
MTRCB Rating: R–16
Trolls
POPULAR WITH the critics on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes which gave it a score of 78%, the animated film focuses on the princess of the happy-go-lucky Trolls (voiced by Anna Kendrick) who teams up with the only unhappy member of her kingdom (Justin Timberlake) and sets off on an adventure to rescue her friends far outside the kingdom. The film also features the voices of Zooey Deschanel, Gwen Stefani, James Corden, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. The Tribune News Service’s Katie Walsh wrote: “There’s something about the neon-tinted, sugar-smacked highs of Trolls that can be bizarrely infectious. When it’s weirder, it’s better.”
MTRCB Rating: PG
