Weekend Movies Little Men Nine Lives Suicide Squad
Weekend Movies: Little Men, Nine Lives, Suicide Squad Movies for Grownups
In his story of two young teen Brooklyn boys whose friendship is torn asunder by their feuding parents, cowriter-director Ira Sachs manages to penetrate the elusive world of kid-dom — while painting a sensitive portrait of adult responsibility. is outstanding as a conflicted dad.
Mean-spirited, derivative and sloppily slapped together, this flick will nevertheless attract millions of 14-year-old boys — who 20 years from now will watch it with their kids, slap their foreheads and cry, “What was I thinking?” (Theaters and Netflix) Two-time Oscar-nominated animator Mark Osborne () brings Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic children’s book to the screen, featuring the voices of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, , Benicio Del Toro, Albert Brooks and Paul Giamatti. New at Home * Designates a Movies for Grownups Editors’ Choice * Think it’s tough being single? In this dark futuristic comedy, single folks must find a mate in 45 days — or be turned into animals. Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz and are among those racing the clock. Gabriel Byrne stars as a father coping with the loss of his wife, a famed photographer played by . Jesse Eisenberg costars as their son. Despite the star power of , and Kate Hudson, the best Mother’s Day gift you could give Mom would be to stay away from this bad and undisciplined comedy. Puerto Ricans in Paris and Edgar Garcia are fun as a pair of NYPD cops dispatched to the City of Light to nab some fashion pirates. It would have been more fun if the guys had brought along their costars, and Rosario Dawson, who are wasted as their better halves back home in Noo Yawk. — Receive access to exclusive information, benefits and discounts Still Out There * Designates a Movies for Grownups Editors’ Choice Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley return for a big-screen sequel to their long-running British sitcom, starring as a pair of hard-drinking, bad-mannered publicists. On the run after apparently killing Kate Moss (it was an accident!), they encounter dozens of star cameos. * Oscar winner Mark Rylance () brings a ton of heart to the titular character, a Big Friendly Giant. expertly balances his appetite for sentiment with author Roald Dahl’s rascally sense of delightful danger. * latest, the story of a young New York man (Jesse Eisenberg) trying to remake himself in 1930s , starts out as a love letter to the Golden Age of Hollywood, then morphs into a meditation on life choices and regrets. is blustery at first, then appealingly melancholy as the hero’s talent-agent uncle. Viggo Mortensen is splendid as a latter-day Thoreau who raises six children in a Pacific Northwest forest, hectoring them about the superiority of their lifestyle compared with us space-age softies. After a while, though, the backwoods boasting starts to chafe like wood chips in your hiking boots. * Ellen DeGeneres leads an A-list of veteran stars — including Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, and Eugene Levy — giving voice to the endearing aquatic characters in Pixar’s latest animated masterpiece. There are laughs aplenty, but also — as in every Pixar epic — moments of poignance and beauty. * Paul Feig () remakes the of supernatural comedies, this time with an all-female cast of ghost hunters: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. Look for appearances by Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson. * disappears into yet another character — this time a U.S. customs official who goes undercover in 1980s Miami to trap Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. costars as his streetwise partner. Matt Damon returns nearly 10 years after last playing author Robert Ludlum’s amnesia-stricken secret agent, and like the character’s past, this update is instantly forgettable. The film adopts a determinedly humorless attitude: You know when the only guy who cracks a smile in the whole two hours is poker-faced , it’s one grim affair. This live-action version of the 1967 Disney cartoon is about as close to Kipling’s literary classic as Angry Birds is to Audubon’s Birds of America. Still, the computer animation is jaw-dropping, and Bill Murray enjoys himself as the voice of Baloo the Bear. After 98 years of movie Tarzans, they’re still coming up with new stories for the original swinger. Alexander Skarsgård plays Tarzan this time, returning from his adopted home of London to set things right in his old jungle digs. Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson costar. Albert Brooks, Laraine Newman, Louis C.K. and Dana Carvey are among the familiar voices in this animated tale of how the critters will play when the master’s away. You’d think by now they would have run out of places “where no man has gone before,” but in the 13th big-screen adaptation of the , Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto) and company find themselves stranded on an unknown planet. There are, of course, bad guys hiding up there in the rocks. Featured AARP Member Benefits See more Entertainment offers > See more Entertainment offers > See more Entertainment offers > See more Entertainment offers > Cancel You are leaving AARP.org and going to the website of our trusted provider. The provider’s terms, conditions and policies apply. Please return to AARP.org to learn more about other benefits. Your email address is now confirmed. 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Weekend Movies Greg Kinnear Perfect Dad … Kevin Spacey Purrfect Cat
Plus Suicide Squad doesn t exactly kill it
Courtesy of EuropaCorp Kevin Spacey in "Nine Lives" Kevin Spacey: One Cool Cat? , the new family comedy about a busy father () who finds himself trapped in the body of the family cat, was not shown to film critics, and that’s seldom a good sign. In fact, we rolled our eyes at the premise, thinking the dad-turns-into-family-pet plot has already been worked to death. But in the end we could find only two other such films: (Dean Jones goes canine) and (Matthew Modine). So let’s not judge too harshly. Besides, Nine Lives also has as a weird pet store owner, so there’s that. In any case, it could NOT be worse than this weekend’s other big attraction, Suicide Squad (see below). EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Little Men Director Ira Sachs: Why I Don’t Rehearse As his new film Little Men gets rave reviews nationwide (see below), we recalled this 2014 chat with writer-director Ira Sachs, telling Movies for Grownups why he never rehearses actors before filming a scene. New in Theaters * Designates a Movies for Grownups Editors’ Choice *In his story of two young teen Brooklyn boys whose friendship is torn asunder by their feuding parents, cowriter-director Ira Sachs manages to penetrate the elusive world of kid-dom — while painting a sensitive portrait of adult responsibility. is outstanding as a conflicted dad.
Mean-spirited, derivative and sloppily slapped together, this flick will nevertheless attract millions of 14-year-old boys — who 20 years from now will watch it with their kids, slap their foreheads and cry, “What was I thinking?” (Theaters and Netflix) Two-time Oscar-nominated animator Mark Osborne () brings Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic children’s book to the screen, featuring the voices of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, , Benicio Del Toro, Albert Brooks and Paul Giamatti. New at Home * Designates a Movies for Grownups Editors’ Choice * Think it’s tough being single? In this dark futuristic comedy, single folks must find a mate in 45 days — or be turned into animals. Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz and are among those racing the clock. Gabriel Byrne stars as a father coping with the loss of his wife, a famed photographer played by . Jesse Eisenberg costars as their son. Despite the star power of , and Kate Hudson, the best Mother’s Day gift you could give Mom would be to stay away from this bad and undisciplined comedy. Puerto Ricans in Paris and Edgar Garcia are fun as a pair of NYPD cops dispatched to the City of Light to nab some fashion pirates. It would have been more fun if the guys had brought along their costars, and Rosario Dawson, who are wasted as their better halves back home in Noo Yawk. — Receive access to exclusive information, benefits and discounts Still Out There * Designates a Movies for Grownups Editors’ Choice Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley return for a big-screen sequel to their long-running British sitcom, starring as a pair of hard-drinking, bad-mannered publicists. On the run after apparently killing Kate Moss (it was an accident!), they encounter dozens of star cameos. * Oscar winner Mark Rylance () brings a ton of heart to the titular character, a Big Friendly Giant. expertly balances his appetite for sentiment with author Roald Dahl’s rascally sense of delightful danger. * latest, the story of a young New York man (Jesse Eisenberg) trying to remake himself in 1930s , starts out as a love letter to the Golden Age of Hollywood, then morphs into a meditation on life choices and regrets. is blustery at first, then appealingly melancholy as the hero’s talent-agent uncle. Viggo Mortensen is splendid as a latter-day Thoreau who raises six children in a Pacific Northwest forest, hectoring them about the superiority of their lifestyle compared with us space-age softies. After a while, though, the backwoods boasting starts to chafe like wood chips in your hiking boots. * Ellen DeGeneres leads an A-list of veteran stars — including Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, and Eugene Levy — giving voice to the endearing aquatic characters in Pixar’s latest animated masterpiece. There are laughs aplenty, but also — as in every Pixar epic — moments of poignance and beauty. * Paul Feig () remakes the of supernatural comedies, this time with an all-female cast of ghost hunters: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. Look for appearances by Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson. * disappears into yet another character — this time a U.S. customs official who goes undercover in 1980s Miami to trap Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. costars as his streetwise partner. Matt Damon returns nearly 10 years after last playing author Robert Ludlum’s amnesia-stricken secret agent, and like the character’s past, this update is instantly forgettable. The film adopts a determinedly humorless attitude: You know when the only guy who cracks a smile in the whole two hours is poker-faced , it’s one grim affair. This live-action version of the 1967 Disney cartoon is about as close to Kipling’s literary classic as Angry Birds is to Audubon’s Birds of America. Still, the computer animation is jaw-dropping, and Bill Murray enjoys himself as the voice of Baloo the Bear. After 98 years of movie Tarzans, they’re still coming up with new stories for the original swinger. Alexander Skarsgård plays Tarzan this time, returning from his adopted home of London to set things right in his old jungle digs. Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson costar. Albert Brooks, Laraine Newman, Louis C.K. and Dana Carvey are among the familiar voices in this animated tale of how the critters will play when the master’s away. You’d think by now they would have run out of places “where no man has gone before,” but in the 13th big-screen adaptation of the , Captain Kirk (Chris Pine), Mr. Spock (Zachary Quinto) and company find themselves stranded on an unknown planet. There are, of course, bad guys hiding up there in the rocks. Featured AARP Member Benefits See more Entertainment offers > See more Entertainment offers > See more Entertainment offers > See more Entertainment offers > Cancel You are leaving AARP.org and going to the website of our trusted provider. The provider’s terms, conditions and policies apply. Please return to AARP.org to learn more about other benefits. Your email address is now confirmed. 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