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This weekend there are four new films out for you to choose from: Tarantino’s latest – and another Western – in The Hateful Eight, wartime drama in A War, a war of a different kind in Partisan, and Russian documentary in Bolshoi Babylon.
The Hateful Eight brings together eight bounty hunters in post-Civil War Wyoming, who try to find shelter during a blizzard, but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. The question posed is – will they survive?
There’s a huge cast including Samuel L Jackson, Kurt Russell, Walton Goggins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth, Zoë Bell, Michael Madsen, Demian Bichir, Bruce Dern plus Channing Tatum.
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Hit or Miss? Verdict: Hmmm…. read the review!
A War
Company commander Claus M. Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) and his men are stationed in an Afghan province. Meanwhile back in Denmark Claus’ wife Maria (Tuva Novotny) is trying to hold everyday life together with a husband at war and three children missing their father. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that has grave consequences for him – and his family back home.
Pilou Asbæk is joined by his Borgen and 1864 co-star Søren Malling and this looks superb.
Hit or Miss? Verdict: Hit!
Partisan
Alexander, a boy who has been raised in a sequestered commune, finds that his increasing unwillingness to fall in line puts him on a collision course with Gregori, the society’s charismatic and domineering leader.
The film stars Vincent Cassel, Florence Mezzara, Esther Blaser-Tokarev and Charlotte Miller, and it’s really not grabbed me from the trailer.
Hit or Miss? Verdict: Miss!
Bolshoi Babylon is a behind-the-scenes look at Moscow’s prestigious Bolshoi Theatre as it’s rocked by an acid-attack scandal in 2013. I’m not a fan of ballet, but I love Russia and would love to go again, and there could be more to this documentary than meets the eye, so it’s a…
Hit or Miss? Verdict: Maybe!
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