This week’s column deals with comedy and lots of adventure, intrigue and thrills. Goosebumps revolves around how a famous young adult horror novelist’s characters are set free into the real world. Secret In Their Eyes follows a team of FBI investigators whose close relationship is put to the test when the teenage daughter of one of their own is murdered. Finally, Legend chronicles how a pair of identical twin gangsters terrorized London during the 50s and 60s. All three movies have a multitude of A-list celebrities in their casts, which is sure to bring throngs of their fans to their local theaters on each film’s opening day. In addition, all three motion pictures have distinctive plots that are guaranteed to attract moviegoers. Lastly, all three flicks have their own brand of schemes and kicks that will definitely keep their audiences interested until their very last frame.
Goosebumps is an action adventure flick based on the children’s book series of the same name by R.L. Stine. It centers on a young boy, who teams up with the niece of R.L. Stine, the young adult children’s book novelist, to stop the imaginary demons, who have been set free on a small real-life town. Starring Jack Black as the best-selling author, the film’s trailer shows how the incredible characters from Stine’s novels are transported into the real world and the team of young kids plus the author’s quest to stop them before they do harm. It opens in theaters on Friday, October 16.
Secret In Their Eyes is a thriller starring Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Under the Dome’s Dean Norris and 12 Years A Slave’s Chiwetel Ejiofor. It deals with a team of FBI investigators, who are extremely close and are like family. Yet, their bond is irrevocably shaken when the teen daughter of one of their team is brutally murdered. This mystery movie’s trailer illustrates the anguish the whole team feels at the killing of the daughter of one of their team. They then move into high gear to catch the killer no matter what it takes. It opens in theaters on Friday, October 23.
Legend is a biographical thriller starring Mad Max: Fury Road’s Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis and Chazz Palminteri. It is based on the John Pearson book, “The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins.” The thriller’s trailer displays how the Kray twins became the most feared men in London during the 50s and 60s as they bullied and killed their way to the top while drenching themselves in life’s finer things until their inevitable downfall. It opens in theaters on Friday, October 2.