This Week In Movies: ‘Angel Has Fallen,’ ‘Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool’

‘This Week In Movies’ is a weekly column that catches you up on all the new movie releases coming out in theaters. This week, 12 films make their debut which hopefully will try to inspire you, make you reflect, provoke and just plain ol’ entertain you. Read on!

As we approach fall, there are a few films worth your time. For example, Latino director Issa Lopez makes her horror debut with Tigers Are Not Afraid with the collaboration of Guillermo del Toro. How can anyone go wrong seeing a Miles Davis doc? And Brittany Runs a Marathon is an inspirational look at someone trying to lose weight and get their life back on track. See what else might interest you and remember to listen to our podcast every Friday for our review of movies and interviews with filmmakers and other notable figures of American and Latino pop culture.

WIDE RELEASE

Angel Has Fallen (R, 120m, Action)
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Gerard Butler, Piper Perabo, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith
Synopsis: Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (89m, Mystery | Thriller)
Director: Simon Fellows
Cast: Andrew Scott, Denise Gough, Catherine Dyer, Jason Davis
Synopsis: The central theme of Miles Davis’ life, and of this film is Davis’ restless determination to break boundaries and live life on his terms. This documentary feature explores archival photos and home movies shot by Miles and his colleagues, his manuscripts, and Miles’ original paintings, to explore the man behind the music. Featuring interviews with some of the most well-known musicians on the planet, the film explores why Miles continues to be a relevant voice in today’s world.

Overcomer (PG, Drama)
Director: Alex Kendrick
Cast: Alex Kendrick, Shari Rigby, Priscilla C. Shirer, Ben Davies
Synopsis: This movie will unpack a pivotal issue in the lives of students and adults alike.

Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (PG-13, 92m, Documentary)
Director: Max Lewkowicz
Cast: Michael Bernardi, Jerry Bock, Danny Burstein, Ted Chapin
Synopsis: The origin story behind one of Broadway’s most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when “tradition” was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations, and religion were evolving.

Becoming Burlesque (96m, Drama)
Director: Jackie English
Cast: Shiva Negar, Elise Bauman, Alli Chung, Alex Harrouch
Synopsis: In this new movie release, despite her uncle encouraging her to adopt a more traditional lifestyle, a young Muslim college student secretly joins a Toronto burlesque troupe.

INDIE & LIMITED RELEASES

Tigers Are Not Afraid (1hr 23m, Drama, Horror)
Director: Issa López
Cast: Paola Lara, Juan Ramon Lopez, Hanssel Casillas
Synopsis: A dark fairy tale about a gang of five children trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels and the ghosts created every day by the drug war.

Vita & Virginia (110m, Biography, Drama, Romance)
Director: Chanya Button
Cast: Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Rossellini, Rupert Penry-Jones
Synopsis: It’s a fascinating true story about the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf.

Ready or Not (95m, Horror | Mystery | Thriller)
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Cast: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny
Synopsis: A bride’s wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.

Brittany Runs a Marathon (R, 103m, Comedy, Drama)
Director: Paul Downs Colaizzo
Cast: Jillian Bell, Jennifer Dundas, Patch Darragh, Alice Lee
Synopsis: A woman living in New York takes control of her life- one block at a time.

Freaks (R, 104m, Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller)
Director: Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Lexy Kolker, Amanda Crew
Synopsis: A bold girl discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father’s protective and paranoid control.

Jawline (99m, Documentary)
Director: Liza Mandelup
Cast: Austyn Tester, Michael Weist
Synopsis: The film follows 16-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the live-broadcast ecosystem who built his following on wide-eyed optimism and teen girl lust, as he tries to escape a dead-end life in rural Tennessee.

Give Me Liberty (110m, Comedy)
Director: Kirill Mikhanovsky
Cast: Lauren ‘Lolo’ Spencer, Chris Galust, Maxim Stoyanov, Darya Ekamasova
Synopsis: In this freewheeling comedy, medical transport driver Vic risks his job to shuttle a group of rowdy seniors and a Russian boxer to a funeral, dragging clients like Tracy, a young woman with ALS, along for the ride.

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