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This weekend there are three new films out for consideration. Johnny Depp leads the releases in Transcendence, then Cameron Diaz in adultery comedy The Other Woman, and British film We Are The Freaks.
Transcendence
Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him.
However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed-to be a participant in his own transcendence. For his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and best friend Max Waters (Paul Bettany), both fellow researchers, the question is not if they can…but if they should. Their worst fears are realized as Will’s thirst for knowledge evolves into a seemingly omnipresent quest for power, to what end is unknown. The only thing that is becoming terrifyingly clear is there may be no way to stop him.
Hit or Miss? Verdict: Hit!
The Other Woman
The Other Woman is a new comedy where Cameron Diaz realised she’s not her boyfriend’s only lover, so teams up with his wife to plot mutual revenge.
The film also stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kate Upton, Leslie Mann, Taylor Kinney, Don Johnson and somehow Nicki Minaj creeps into the mix. Be afraid, be very afraid… 😉
If you’re a woman, you’ll probably like it. If you’re a man with a girlfriend who wants to see this. You’ll have to suffer…
Hit or Miss? Verdict: Miss!
We Are The Freaks
It has a brief synpopsis, which is simply: Three misfits embark on a weekend they will never forget.
At first, the trailer seems to be a bit too clever for its own good, but then the second Michael Smiley (A Field In England) turns up, everything clicks into place and makes it a film that’s a…
Hit or Miss? Verdict: Hit!
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