This Week In Movies: ‘El Angel,’ ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’

This November movie releases we have ten films that grace us with compelling stories and a few laughs. Read on!
Several Latinos are leaving their imprint on this week’s new film releases beginning with Uruguayan filmmaker Fede Alvarez. Known mostly for his horror films, Alvarez deviates into the franchise tech-thriller The Girl in the Spider’s Web. Also, comedian George Lopez does some drama in River Runs Red and Argentina’s Oscar submission El Angel, promising provocative cinema. Look at what else you might like to see here and GO SEE IT! 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

The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story (R, 117min, Crime | Drama | Thriller)
Director: Fede Alvarez
Cast: Claire Foy, Sylvia Hoeks, Lakeith Stanfield, Stephen Merchant
Synopsis: Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals, and corrupt government officials.t

The Grinch (PG, 90min, Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy)
Director: Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier
Cast: Rashida Jones, Tristan O’Hare, Scarlett Estevez, Benedict Cumberbatch
Synopsis: A grumpy Grinch plots to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville.

The Front Runner (R, 113min, Biography | Drama)
Director: Jason Reitman
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Mark O’Brien
Synopsis: American Senator Gary Hart’s presidential campaign in 1988 is derailed when he’s caught in a scandalous love affair.

Overlord (R, 110 min, Comedy | Drama)
Director: Julius Avery
Cast: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbik
Synopsis: The story of two American soldiers behind enemy lines on D-Day.

INDIE & LIMITED RELEASES

El Angel (118min, Biography | Crime | Drama)
Director: Luis Ortega
Cast: Lorenzo Ferro, Chino Darin, Daniel Fanego, Mercedes Morin
Synopsis: Buenos Aires, 1971. Carlitos (Lorenzo Ferro) is a seventeen-year-old with a movie star swagger, blond curls, and a baby face. As a young boy, he coveted other people’s things, but it was not until his early adolescence that his true calling to be a thief manifested itself. When he meets Ramon (Chino Dari­n) at his new school, Carlitos is immediately drawn to him and starts showing off to get his attention.

River Runs Red (NR, 94min, Thriller)
Director: Wes Miller
Cast: Taye Diggs, John Cusack, George Lopez, Luke Hemsworth
Synopsis: When the son of a successful judge (Taye Diggs) is killed by two police officers (Luke Hemsworth/Gianni Capaldi) and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective (John Cusack) finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up with another mourning father (George Lopez) to take the law into his own hands.

Postcards from London (88min, Drama)
Director: Steve McLean
Cast: Harris Dickinson, Jonah Hauer-King, Alessandro Cimadamore, Leonardo Salerni
Synopsis: A stylish, sexy film about a young man’s journey into an unusual form of escort work, set in an imaginary vision of London’s Soho.

Narcissister Organ Player (91min, Documentary)
Director: Narcissister
Cast: Narcissister
Synopsis: Against the backdrop of her provocative and inventive performance, Narcissister reflects on the personal impact of her mother’s illness and death.

Weightless (R, 1h 33min, Drama )
Director: Jaron Albertin
Cast: Marc Menchaca, Julianne Nicholson, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Synopsis: A loner struggles to forge relationships with his estranged 10-year-old son.

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