EPIC TAILS
Released Friday 10 February
Synopsis: Epic Tails tells the story of super-smart mouse Pattie and her feline friend Sam, as they embark upon an exciting adventure of paw-some proportions through Ancient Greece.
Cast: Christophe Lemoine, Emmanuel Curtil, Pierre Richard, Jérôme Pauwels
Director: David Alaux
Cert: U
MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE
Released Friday 10 February
Synopsis: Mike Lane takes to the stage once again when a business deal that went bust leaves him broke and bartending in Florida. Hoping for one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse – and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, he soon finds himself trying to whip a hot new roster of talented dancers into shape.
Cast: Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek Pinault, Ayub Khan Din, Juliette Motamed
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cert: 15
WOMEN TALKING
Universal Pictures
Released Friday 10 February
Synopsis: The women of an isolated religious colony reveal a shocking secret about the colony’s men. For years, the men have occasionally drugged the women and then raped them. The truth comes out and the women talk about their new situation.
Cast: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, Judith Ivey
Director: Sarah Polley
Cert: 15
FAB UK Review:
‘Women Talking is so unique that we can declare we’ve not seen anything like it in a very long time.
It’s got an amazing female cast (Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Frances McDormand, Judith Ivey), with one male (Ben Whishaw ably holding his own) in this film that’s basically an all female production (the Director and Writer is Sarah Polley, McDormand is one of the producers). The action never strays far from where the women are ‘talking,’ and debating, their move, or not, to leave the compound where they (Mennonites – set in as recent as 2010) live to escape the abuse they have suffered at the hands of the men (the men are never seen but their presence is eerily felt). The women are all dressed in similar garb, it’s getting dark outside, and they are all upstairs in a barn on their compound. You could call this film a debate movie – a few of the woman want to stay and a few want to go. Watching it you never know how it’s going to end – the debate is that good, and it never gets boring. Foy is particularly memorable in scenes where she clutches her young daughter, knowing from that moment their lives will never be the same again. August (Whishaw) is tasked to take the minutes, the debate is led by Ona (Mara), Salome (Foy), and Mariche (Buckley), and ultimately a decision has to made. ‘Women Talking’ is more than just women talking – it’s taut, suspenseful, and will get you talking too.
Also released this week:
BLUE JEAN
Altitude Films
Release date: Friday 10 February | Cert: 15
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
Dogwoof
Release date: Friday 10 February | Cert: 12
TITANIC 25TH ANNIVERSARY
Walt Disney
Release date: Friday 10 February | Cert: 12