Welcome back to “Now in Theaters: 5 New Movies for the Weekend.”
This week we get yet another entry into the “sexy dying teenagers” canon.
WIDE RELEASE:
Five Feet Apart
Some things just go together – peanut butter and jelly, salt and vinegar, romantically-inclined teens and crippling disease. You cried during A Walk to Remember when that girl died from leukemia. You cried during The Fault in Our Stars when that guy died from cancer. You’ll probably cry during this one too, because these teens both have cystic fibrosis, meaning they need to stay six feet apart at all times or else they’ll die. But wait, this movie is called Five Feet Apart. Does that mean…? Yup. Life-threatening disease can’t stand in the way of young love, so they’re gonna smooch even if it kills one of them. Which it definitely will. And yes, the guy is half of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase Trailer #1 (2019) | Movieclips Trailerswww.youtube.com
Sophia Lillis (Beverly from It) stars as the legendary teen detective in the newest reboot of Nancy Drew. This iteration sees Nancy Drew as the new kid in town, bored with suburban mediocrity as she skateboards down way-too-safe residential streets. If only there were a spooky, scary mystery to solve! Great news, there is. It’s the mystery of the hidden staircase, which happens to be located in an old mansion that Nancy has broken into. Where does this hidden staircase lead? To what ends was it built? Why doesn’t she just climb the hidden staircase and find out? Find out this weekend.
Wonder Park
Wonder Park (2019) – New Trailer – Paramount Pictureswww.youtube.com
Imagine if some dumb amusement park you made up as a kid turned out to be real. You had no idea how roller coasters operated. You probably still don’t. Those rides you made up would be literal death traps. But Wonder Park is a children’s movie, so it can’t explore the logical ends of its inane premise. Instead, the fantastical park is now populated by a bunch of annoying, talking forest animals who communicate entirely through flat jokes. Also, the park is overrun by zombie monkeys for some reason. As Nickelodeon Movies’ first animated feature since 2015, Wonder Park looks disappointing, at least based on the trailers. But trailers don’t always do a movie justice, so if you’re a fan of animation, it might be worth checking out for yourself.
LIMITED RELEASE:
Ash is Purest White
Ash is Purest White | Official US Trailer | Starts March 15www.youtube.com
A Chinese crime drama currently holding a 100% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. Ash is Purest White follows the relationship between a young dancer and a mobster. While witnessing a fight between her boyfriend and a rival gang, the young dancer shoots one of the attackers and gets sentenced to five years in prison. The epic narrative spans fifteen years of the dancer’s life and plays out more like a melodrama than a crime film. If you’re a fan of powerful foreign language films with sweeping narratives, Ash is Purest White is definitely up your alley.
The Mustang
THE MUSTANG – Official Trailer [HD] – In Theaters March 2019www.youtube.com
Matthias Schoenaerts plays a violent convict who participates in a prison rehabilitation program revolving around training wild stallions. The Mustang is one of those movies that takes its simple premise, does exactly what you expect with it, but you’ll probably enjoy the film if you enjoy the concept. In other words, The Mustang is the same “bad man redeemed” story you’ve seen many times before, except this time he’s redeemed through friendship with a wild horse instead of through sports or raising a baby or whatever.
Dan Kahan is a writer & screenwriter from Brooklyn, usually rocking a man bun. Find more at dankahanwriter.com
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