STACK #179 Sept 2019

CINEMA

REVIEWS

SCREENING IN SEPTEMBER 2019

DOWNTON ABBEY

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2

ABOMINABLE

AD ASTRA

Yes, they're back. This time the belligerent birds and the pigs must unite against a common enemy in order to preserve their respective islands. Hailing from a remote frozen isle, this new threat is led by an even angrier bird named Zeta, voiced by Leslie Jones. The impressive cast also includes Jason Sudekis, Sterling K. Brown and Peter Dinklage. This zany sequel is fluttering in on Sept 12 .

The third animated film in the last year to feature either yetis or their relatives (following Smallfoot and Missing Link ), this one sees young Yi (voiced by Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ‘s Chloe Bennet) discovering a yeti on the roof of her Shanghai apartment complex. So begins a quest to get the fuzzy white critter back to where it belongs. There's no business like snow business on Sept 19 .

George Clooney’s been there, and so has Matt Damon. Now it’s Brad Pitt’s turn to space out. He plays astronaut Roy McBride, who travels to the outer reaches of the solar system to track down his missing father. It’s bigger than just a missing family member, however, as his journey will apparently “uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos”. Blasting off on Sept 19 .

The Crawley family saga continues on the big screen with a majority of the series' beloved characters returning for this feature-length reunion, scripted by creator Julian Fellowes. Set in 1927 (a year after the events of the TV finale), the Great Depression is approaching and preparations are underway for a royal visit to the Abbey by King George V (Simon Jones) and Queen Mary (Geraldine Jones). Opening Sept 12 .

This live action movie take on the adventures of kid sensation Dora the Explorer appears to be channelling the likes of Tomb Raider and National Treasure , but with a slightly younger audience in mind. Isabella Moner plays the intrepid girl with the backpack alongside Michael Peña, Eva Longoria, Benicio del Toro, Temuera Morrison and Danny Trejo (voicing a CGI monkey!). The hunt begins on Sept 19 . DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD

RAMBO: LAST BLOOD

Producer Guillermo del Toro and director André Øvredal bring Alvin Schwartz and illustrator Stephen Gammell's series of short horror stories for kids to terrifying life. Set in the small American town of Mill Valley in the late 1960s, a group of teenagers discover a book full of scary stories that has transcended time, and these tales soon become all too real for the group. Move over Goosebumps on Sept 26 . SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

THE GOLDFINCH

After four films, Sly's one man army still has some fight left in him. “All these years I’ve kept my secrets, but the time has come to face my past,” growls Rambo as he prepares to exact revenge in a final mission. The big questions hanging over this final chapter are: Will Rambo go out in a blaze of glory, and will Last Blood top the insane bodycount – 236 – of 2008's Rambo ? Find out on Sept 19 .

Based on Donna Tartt’s 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller, the story begins with a terrorist bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where young New York boy Theodore (Ansel Elgort) survives but his mother doesn’t. The lad is subsequently taken in by a wealthy Upper East Side family. The title refers to a painting from that terrible day that provides him with a source of hope. Opening Sept 26 .

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