This Week In Movies: ‘Little,’ ‘Hellboy’

‘This Week In Movies’ is a weekly column that catches you up on all the new film releases coming out in theaters. This week, 10 films make their debut which hopefully will try to inspire you, make you reflect, provoke and just plain ol’ entertain you. Read on!

The new Hellboy remake makes its debut in theaters and it’ll be sans Guillermo Del Toro. Instead of  Ron Perlman, the red tint will be worn by “Stranger Things” David Harbour. We’re not interested,  but what we are interested in is Little, starring 14-year-old Marsai Martin, who check this out… also executive produced the film. 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

Hellboy (R, 120m, Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi)
Director: Neil Marshall
Cast: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane
Synopsis: Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge.

Little (R, 110m, Comedy | Fantasy | Romance)
Director: Tina Gordon
Cast: Regina Hall, Issa Rae, Marsai Martin, Justin Hartley
Synopsis: In this new film release, a woman is transformed into her younger self at a point in her life when the pressures of adulthood become too much to bear.

Missing Link (R, 95m, Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy)
Director: Chris Butler
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis, Zoe Saldana, Timothy Olyphant
Synopsis: Mr. Link recruits explorer Sir Lionel Frost to help find his long-lost relatives in the fabled valley of Shangri-La. Along with adventurer Adelina Fortnight, this trio of explorers travel the world to help their new friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNLta4nDM10

After (PG-13, Drama | Romance)
Director: Jenny Gage
Cast: Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Selma Blair, Josephine Langford, Jennifer Beals
Synopsis: A young woman falls for a guy with a dark secret and the two embark on a rocky relationship. Based on the novel by Anna Todd.

INDIE & LIMITED RELEASES

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (107m, Action | Crime)
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen
Cast: Jin Zhang, Dave Bautista, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Jaa
Synopsis: While keeping a low profile after his defeat from Ip Man, Cheung Tin Chi gets into trouble after getting in a fight with a powerful foreigner.

Mia and the White Lion (PG, 98m, Adventure | Drama | Family)
Director: Gilles de Maistre
Cast: Daniah De Villiers, Mélanie Laurent, Langley Kirkwood, Ryan Mac Lennan
Synopsis: A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.

Wild Nights with Emily (PG-13, 84m, Comedy | History)
Director: Madeleine Olnek
Cast: Molly Shannon, Susan Ziegler, Amy Seimetz, Brett Gelman
Synopsis: Dramatization of the little known side of the writer Emily Dickinson’s life, in particular, her relationship with another woman.

Girls of the Sun (115m, Drama | War)
Director: Eva Husson
Cast: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot, Zübeyde Bulut, Sinama Alievi
Synopsis: A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.

Sauvage (99m, Drama)
Director: Camille Vidal-Naquet
Cast: Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard, Nicolas Dibla, Philippe Ohrel
Synopsis: Leo is 22 and sells his body on the street for a bit of cash. The men come and go, and he stays right here – longing for love. He doesn’t know what the future will bring. He hits the road. His heart is pounding.

A Dark Place (89m, Mystery | Thriller)
Director: Simon Fellows
Cast: Andrew Scott, Denise Gough, Catherine Dyer, Jason Davis
Synopsis: When a young boy goes missing in a sleepy backwoods town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation.

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