Top October Film Releases Part 2
Top new movies releasing Oct 18 to 25th include films premiered at the Cannes International Film Festivals, TIFF and NYFF. Here are films we highly recommend: Also see October Film Releases Part 1 here.
12 Years A Slave
Cottage Country
Thanks For Sharing
All Is Lost
The Counselor
The Summit
12 Years A Slave (TIFF World Premiere)
Fri October 18
Genre: Drama, Bio, History
Director: Steve McQueen
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sarah Paulson
Synopsis: Twelve Years a Slave is based on an incredible true story of one man’s fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life.
For full review: https://myetvmedia.com/film-review/12-years-a-slave-review/
Steve McQueen “Shame” winner: Best Actor 2011 at the Venice International Film Festival: interview with Michael Fassbender :
https://myetvmedia.com/film-review/shame-press-conference-and-first-glance/
Cottage Country
Fri October 18
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Wellington
Studio: Entertainment One
Starring: Malin Akerman, Tyler Labine, Lucy Punch, Sabrina Grdevich
Synopsis: Todd (Tyler Labine) dreams of making the perfect marriage proposal to longtime girlfriend Cammie (Malin Akerman) at his family’s cottage, but fate takes a new direction. The arrival of Todd’s brother Salinger (Daniel Petronijevic) and his girlfriend Masha (Lucy Punch) ends in devastation, but Cammie is determined not to let murder stand in their way.
Thanks For Sharing
Fri October 18
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stuart Blumberg
Studio: Mongrel Media
Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad, Gwyneth Paltrow
Synopsis: Three unlikely friends Adam (Mark Ruffalo), Mike (Tim Robbins), and Neil (Josh Gad) are in different stages of dealing with sex addiction. Confident and successful in his career, Adam is afraid to allow love back into his life, even if that means losing a chance to start over with smart, beautiful and accomplished Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow); Mike’s efforts to control his wife, Katie (Joely Richardson), and son, Danny (Patrick Fugit), as tightly as he does his impulses are tearing the family apart; and Neil is still deeply in denial when befriended by Dede (Alecia Moore), who has just begun to take her own small steps back to health. As they navigate the rocky shores of recovery, Adam, Mike and Neil become a family that encourages, infuriates and applauds each other on the journey toward a new life.
All Is Lost (Cannes World Premiere and NYFF)
Fri October 25
Genre: Action
Director: J.C. Chandor
Studio: Entertainment One
Starring: Robert Redford
Synopsis: Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man (Redford) wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. Despite his relentless efforts, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face.
The Counselor
Fri October 25
Genre: Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt
Synopsis: Legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott and Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men) have joined forces in the motion picture thriller The Counselor, starring Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt. McCarthy, making his screenwriting debut and Scott interweave the author’s characteristic wit and dark humor with a nightmarish scenario, in which a respected lawyer’s one-time dalliance with an illegal business deal spirals out of control.
The Summit (Documentary)
Fri October 25
Genre: Documentary
Director: Nick Ryan
Studio: Mongrel Media
Starring: Christine Barnes, Lochlainn O’Mearain, Hoselito Bite
Synopsis: Recounting the tragic story of the deaths of 11 climbers on Mount Godwin-Austen (also known as K2), the second-highest mountain on Earth after Everest, The Summit focuses on one man in particular: Ger McDonnell. McDonnell, faced with an impossible decision, makes a choice that would change his life and the lives of the other climbers forever. Mixing archival footage with glorious footage of the mountains themselves, director Nick Ryan charts, essentially, an autopsy of the deadly and controversial trek.
Christophe Chanel