pictureperfectreviewsMarch is the start of spring and new beginnings, and for the film world it means the start of the pre-summer blockbusters and awards hopefuls. This month it is the ladies who have set the pace on the track to next year’s award season, with Jennifer Lawrence, Rooney Mara, Alicia Vikander and Kate Winslet stepping up to show us what they’re worth.
[divider]MARCH 1ST[/divider]
RED SPARROW
Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Charlotte Rampling
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to ‘Sparrow School’ a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. But her first mission, targeting a CIA agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations. (IMDB)
Director: Francis Lawrence
Writer: Justin Haythe
[divider]MARCH 9TH[/divider]
WONDER WHEEL
Kate Winslet, Jim Belushi, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake
On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator, his beleaguered wife, and the visitor who turns their lives upside-down. (IMDB)
Director: Woody Allen
Writer: Woody Allen
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
Joaquin Phoenix, Dante Pereira-Olson, Larry Canady
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe’s nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening. (IMDB)
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Writer: Lynne Ramsay
[divider]MARCH 16TH[/divider]
MARY MAGDALENE
Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Chiwetel Ejiofor
The story of Mary Magdalene. (IMDB)
Director: Garth Davis
Writer(s): Helen Edmundson, Philippa Goslett
TOMB RAIDER
Alicia Vikander, Hannah John-Kamen, Walton Goggins
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared. (IMDB)
Director: Roar Uthanug
Writer(s): Geneva RObertson-Dworet, Alastair Siddons
[divider]MARCH 23RD[/divider]
PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING
Scott Eastwood, Adria Arjona, John Boyega
Jake Pentecost, son of Stacker Pentecost, reunites with Mako Mori to lead a new generation of Jaeger pilots, including rival Lambert and 15-year-old hacker Amara, against a new Kaiju threat. (IMDB)
Director: Steven S. DeKnight
Writer: Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder
[divider]MARCH 29TH[/divider]
READY PLAYER ONE
Letitia Wright, Hannah John-Kamen, Mckenna Grace
When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune. Wade Watts finds the first clue and starts a race for the Egg. (IMDB)
Director: Stephen Spielberg
Writer: Zak Penn, Ernest Cline
[divider]MARCH 30TH[/divider]
ISLE OF DOGS
Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bryan Cranston
Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy’s odyssey in search of his dog. (IMDB)
Director: Wes Anderson
Writer: Wes Anderson