Drama and suspense encompass many of this week’s new films. Secrets play a major role as characters are forced to keep their beliefs and expressions under wraps. Romances are ignited in a sci-fi thriller and in a new adaption of a Nicolas Sparks novel.
A young college student falls for a bull rider in The Longest Ride. Despite their different backgrounds, they have a strong connection. The young woman discovers that their love story parallels the decades old romance between a car accident victim and his wife. The PG-13 romantic drama is based on the Nicolas Sparks novel of the same name. The two hour and eight minute film stars Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Oona Chaplin, Jack Huston and Alan Alda.
A computer programmer becomes a component in an artificial intelligence experiment in Ex Machina. He forms a relationship with a female robot but can’t distinguish if her feelings are real or if she’s just playing him. The sci-fi thriller runs for one hour and fifty minutes. It’s rated R for nudity, language, sex and violence.
An actress returns to the stage in a play she performed in twenty years earlier in Clouds of Sils Maria. Now much older, the aging actress struggles with growing old in Hollywood while watching her young, scandalous co-star take the spotlight in a role that she once owned. Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart and Chloe Grace Moretz star in the limited released drama. The two hour and three minute film is rated R for language and nudity.
A hit-man is hired to kill a man’s wife in Kill Me Three Times. While on his mission, he discovers that he’s not the only one out there trying to assassinate her. When things go awry, he finds himself entangled in a number of plots. Simon Pegg stars in the limited released film. The crime comedy runs for one hour and thirty minutes. It’s rated R for violence, language and nudity.
A young Iranian man and his friends start an underground dance group in Desert Dancer. Set in a nation with political unrest where dancing is illegal, the group must keep their talents a secret or risk serious punishment. The limited released film is based on the true story of aspiring dancer Afshin Ghaffarian. The PG-13 biopic plays for one hour and thirty-eight minutes.
A group of teen girls form a secret society that meets every evening in the woods in The Sisterhood of Night. When one classmate claims to have suffered at the hands of the group, the teens are thrust into the spotlight and accused of being witches and devil worshipers. The PG-13 drama runs in limited theaters for one hour and forty-four minutes.
Take a journey through the history of aviation with Living in the Age of Airplanes. The forty-seven minute documentary highlights the impact airplanes have had on society throughout the years. The unrated film is playing in limited theaters.
This week drama and suspense filled the box office, but next week Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 plans to bring in the laughs. Another family film hitting theaters on April 17 is Disney Nature’s Monkey Kingdom.
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