This week’s column runs the gambit of movie genres from drama to comedy and even a romantic dramedy. Youth tells the story of two old friends, one a retired composer/conductor and the other a still working film director, who while on vacation together, one works while the other just wants to enjoy retirement until the Queen of England desires to hear him conduct once more. Love the Coopers chronicles the annual Christmas Eve get-together of four generations of the Cooper family and the unforeseen visitors and revelations that occur throughout the celebration. Ashby deals with the friendship that develops between a high school student and his neighbor, a retired CIA assassin, who only has months to live. All three movies have top-shelf celebrities in their casts, some of which are true Hollywood royalty. In addition, each film’s plot has unique features that will surely draw in moviegoers on their individual opening days.
Youth is a drama starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano and Jane Fonda. The film follows two old friends, Fred and Mick, (Caine and Keitel, respectively) while they’re on vacation together at a luxury hotel in the Alps. Fred is a retired composer/conductor and Mick is a working film director. Mick is working on a screenplay while Fred has no intention of restarting his music career until Queen Elizabeth wishes to hear him conduct one final time. The film’s trailer displays the two men’s distinctive friendship, how each looks back on their own lives and the lives of their children, both their triumphs and missteps. It opens in theaters on Friday, December 4.
Love the Coopers is a comedy starring Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Amanda Seyfried, Marisa Tomei, Ed Helms, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, Jon Tenney, June Squibb and Ant-Man’s Anthony Mackie. The flick details the annual Christmas Eve assemblage of four generations of the Cooper family. The laughfest’s trailer shows how over the course of the gathering, uproarious comedy ensues by way of uninvited guests and unexpected occurrences, which in the end, leads each member of family to rediscover the true spirit of the holiday. It opens on Friday, November 13.
Ashby is a romantic dramedy starring Mickey Roarke, The Fault in Our Stars’ Nat Wolff, Emma Roberts and Sarah Silverman. The film centers on the friendship that is forged between high school student, Ed Wallis (Wolff) and his neighbor, Ashby Holy (Roarke,) a retired CIA assassin, who only has months to live. The motion picture’s trailer illustrates how Ed is trying to fit into his new surroundings and his new school along with the awkwardness of being a teenager. He then becomes friends with his next door neighbor, Ashby, who just happens to be a retired CIA assassin, who is dying. Their friendship grows as Ashby teaches Ed how to defend himself against school bullies, gives him self-esteem and teaches him to not be afraid to take chances. It opens in theaters on Friday, September 25.