This week’s column talks about an assortment of exciting movie genres such a dramatic western, intense mystery and an adventurous drama.
Jane Got A Gun is a western that follows a determined woman who asks for her ex-lover’s help to save her family from a gang intent on killing her. A Bigger Splash details how the vacation of a rock superstar and filmmaker are interrupted by two unexpected guests. Finally, The Huntsman Winter’s War is a fantasy adventure where a pair of evil sisters with incredible powers plan to plummet the land into eternal darkness and how the Huntsman and his lover are determined to stop them.
Each of these three films are brimming with intrigue, mind-blowing action sequences, A-list Hollywood actors and actresses and extraordinary plot devices, all in their joint effort to bring throngs of moviegoers to their local theaters to their opening days and beyond.
Jane Got A Gun is an action Western starring Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro (Focus), Noah Emmerich (The Americans), Joel Edgerton, Boyd Holbrook (Gone Girl), Alex Manette (Lee Daniels' The Butler) and Todd Stashwick (The Originals). The film revolves around Jane Hammond (Portman), who asks her ex-lover, Dan Frost (Edgerton) to help her save her family from a band of men led by Colin McCann (McGregor) from destroying her family. This enthralling Western’s trailer depicts Portman’s character kicking ass and taking names as she confronts her past to protect her future, specifically her young daughter and fugitive husband, Bill (Emmerich). It opens in theaters on Friday, Jan. 29.
A Bigger Splash is a dramatic crime/mystery flick starring Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey), Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton and Matthias Schoenaerts (The Danish Girl). It centers on the high-profile couple of rock star Marianne Lane (Swinton) and filmmaker Paul De Smedt (Schoenaerts) as they vacation on a remote Italian island. Yet, their island getaway is disrupted by the surprise arrival of an old friend named Harry Hawkes (Fiennes) and De Smedt’s daughter, Penelope Lanier (Johnson). The feature’s trailer illustrates the tornado of suspicion, lust, scheming and peril that result between the foursome. It opens in theaters on Friday, May 13.
The Huntsman Winter’s War is an action adventure starring Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron and Sam Clafin (The Hunger Games). This prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman has The Huntsman (Hemsworth) joined by his warrior lover, Sara (Chastain), who work together to halt the plans of two sisters, Ravenna and Freya (Theron and Blunt, respectively) to plunge the land into everlasting darkness. The trailer shows how The Huntsman and Sara fall in love, thus defying Freya, the Ice Queen’s edict to harden their hearts to love. Freya then resurrects her deceased sister, Raveena and they plot together to kill the two warriors and drive the land into never-ending blackness. Its tremendous special effects make the story even more riveting. It opens in theaters on Friday, April 22.