Monday 2 September 2013

Last week's releases


You're Next: Putting a terrifying spin on the home invasion horror genre, a family reunion is brutally interrupted by a gang of mask-wearing axe-wielding maniacs intent on carnage. But an unexpected savior arises amongst the imprisoned family and shows the killers that two can play their deadly game.



The Way Way Back: Mopey teen Duncan (Liam James) finds respite from his troubled home life among the slides and attractions of a dilapidated local water park.

Duncan is in adolescent hell as he spends his summer holiday with his mother (Toni Collette), her bullying boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell) and Trent's vacuous daughter Steph (Zoe Levin). Unable to fit in with his family, he finds solace working with the oddball employees of a local water park, including the extroverted park manager Owen (Sam Rockwell).






The Kings of Summer: A coming of age comedy about three boys who spend their summer holiday building their own home out in the woods. As their patience is tested by each others behaviour, they realise just how much they value their families at home. From the director of Successful Alcoholics.




Looking for Hortense: Kristin Scott-Thomas plays Iva, a theatre director, who in unhappily married to Damien whose a lecturer. There strained relationship is made worse when Iva wants Damien to ask his father to help a woman who is going to be deported after her divorce but Damiens lack of interest in helping her exacerbates their problems.

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