4 films to see on the week of May 5-May 12, 2017
The Circle
WHEN MAE (Emma Watson) is hired to work for the world’s largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity of a lifetime. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company’s founder, Eamon Bailey (Tom Hanks), to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Directed by James Ponsoldt, and also starring John Boyega and Patton Oswalt. The film is very unpopular with the critics on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, which gave it a measly score of 16%. “As a satire, The Circle might have been worth a few giggles, but as a deadly serious drama, it’s laughable in an entirely different way,” wrote David Sims of The Atlantic.
MTRCB Rating: PG
Luck At First Sight
A VIVA FILMS rom-com, Luck At First Sight is about a gambler who believes that a girls is bringing him good luck. Then they fall in love. Directed by Dan Villegas, it stars Jericho Rosales and Bela Padilla.
MTRCB Rating: PG
Eat Local
AS BRITAIN’S vampires gather for their once-every-50-years meeting in a quiet countryside farmhouse, a detachment of Special Forces vampire killers find that they may have bitten off more than they can chew. Directed by Jason Flemyng, it stars Charlie Cox, Mackenzie Crook, and Vincent Regan. “Suffice to say that patience comes to who knows how to wait. This is certainly not the film of the century nor the break, but it is that the script, the plot, the protagonists (and their arrival to the image) are simply fabulous! It is true that this feature has airs of Assault on Precinct 13 but not that and especially, especially with a very, very British humor and actors/actresses perfectly involved in their roles,” writes Charles de Clercq of Cinecure.
MTRCB Rating: R-13
