Movies
You can see these 7 new movies in the theater starting this week.
x fast (2023)
leader: Louis Leterrier | Cast: Vin Diesel, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez
In 2011’s Fast Five, Dom and his team managed to take down corrupt Brazilian drug lord Hernán Reyes and his organization on a bridge in Rio de Janeiro. Little did they know at the time that Reyes’ son Dante (Jason Momoa, Aquaman) witnessed this and spent the last twelve years plotting revenge on Dom and his family. Dante will spread Dom’s family around the world, from Los Angeles to the catacombs of Rome, from Brazil to London and from Portugal to Antarctica. New alliances are forged and old enemies reappear. But everything changes when Dom discovers that his eight-year-old daughter (Leo Abelo Perry, Black-ish) is the ultimate target of Dante’s revenge.
the memory game (2023)
leader: Lien Willaert, Jan Verheyen | Cast: Anna Drijver, Lynn Van Royen, Maarten Heijmans, Daan Creyghton | Our review
Nathalie’s body is found on the Deridder family estate; the then only 16-year-old daughter who disappeared 25 years ago. The family’s years of uncertainty come to an end thanks to the grim find, but it also reveals a long-hidden crime. When family secrets are discovered, the present is eclipsed by the past and nothing will ever be the same again.
Forbidden to dogs and Italians. (2022)
leader: Alain Ughetto | Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Alain Ughetto, Stefano Paganini, Diego Giuliani | Onze Reviews
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Ughetto family struggles for life in the small town of Ughettera in northern Italy. Everyday life is a struggle and they harbor hope for a better future elsewhere. Luigi Ughetto, a relative, ventures across the Alps in the hope of finding his fortune and building a new life in France. This act has a profound impact on the life of his family, a change that lasts forever. His grandson travels through time to convey this moving story to us.
That afternoon (2023)
leader: Nafiss Nía | Cast: Hoda Niku, Ali Wishka | Onze Review
One afternoon, the lives of Roya and Nassim intersect. Scarred by their past as refugees, they search for a way out. They are able to save each other, but a locked door stands between them.
Love again (2023)
leader: James C Strouse | Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Sam Heughan, Celine Dion, Sofia Barclay | Our review
Imagine finding the love of your life through an accidental text message. In the romantic comedy Love Again, Mira Ray sends messages to her late fiancé’s old cell phone number. She doesn’t realize that the number has now been assigned to the new work phone of Rob Burns, a journalist. Rob is very impressed by the beautiful and heartfelt messages. When he has to write an article about megastar Celine Dion (playing herself in her first movie role), he asks for her help to make sure he meets Mira in person and wins her over.
war pony (2022)
leader: Gina Gammell, Danielle Riley Keough | Cast: Iona Red Bear, Ta-Yamni Long Black Cat, Wilma Colhof, Jeremy Corbin Cottier | Our review
Matho and Bill, two Oglala Lakota boys, live on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Bill is a young man of 23 years and father of two children from two different women. With his entrepreneurial spirit, Bill sees the opportunity to make money everywhere, for example by raising poodles. During one of his paid jobs, he meets Tim, a wealthy turkey farmer who owns a ranch on the outskirts of the reservation and offers Bill a job. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Matho is eager to grow up and especially wants to be recognized by his drug-dealing father. Robberies, drug deals with his father’s stash, Matho and his friends keep getting into trouble. Although Matho and Bill don’t know each other, their paths cross and it turns out they have a lot in common.
the syndicalist (2022)
leader: Jean-Paul Salome | Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Grégory Gadebois, François-Xavier Demaison, Pierre Deladonchamps
When whistleblower Maureen Kearney, a union representative, reveals a state secret, it shakes the French nuclear industry. Alone and against all odds, she fights against ministers and industrialists to bring this scandal to light and defend more than 50,000 jobs. When one day she is the victim of a violent robbery in her house, her life is turned upside down. As the police investigation is in full swing, doubts are raised about the exact course of events and Maureen’s role changes from victim to suspect.
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