This Week In Movies: The Circle, How To Be A Latin Lover, Buster’s Mal Heart

How To Be A Latin Lover is how we begin the week’s film releases. For the love of a god, any god, I hope this comedy doesn’t regress Latino culture for 30 years. To be frank, I can’t bring myself to see it. You guys let me know how it is. In other releases, Tom Hanks and Emma Watson engage us in a black mirror story about technology and social media and humanity in The Circle and Rami Malek leaves his Mr. Robot persona to give us Buster’s Mal Heart, a quirky thriller that is sure to make you see Malek with different eyes. Enjoy the trailers and listen to our podcast for our in-depth reviews of this week’s releases and more!

WIDE RELEASE

The Circle (PG-13, 110m, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller)
Director: James Ponsoldt
Voice Cast: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Ellar Coltrane
Synopsis: A woman lands a dream job at a powerful tech company called the Circle, only to uncover a nefarious agenda that will affect the lives of her friends, family and that of humanity.

How to Be a Latin Lover (PG-13, Comedy)
Director: Ken Marino
Cast: Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Rob Lowe, Kristen Bell
Synopsis: The push to make Eugenio Derbez a household name in the US begins with this comedy that will hopefully build on the success of Instructions Not Included, which made $100+ million worldwide and has an English-language remake in development.

Sleight (R, 90m, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller)
Director: J.D. Dillard
Cast: Jacob Latimore, Seychelle Gabriel, Dulé Hill, Storm Reid
Synopsis: A young street magician (Jacob Latimore) is left to care for his little sister after their parents passing and turns to illegal activities to keep a roof over their heads. When he gets in too deep, his sister is kidnapped and he is forced to use his magic and brilliant mind to save her.

INDIE & LIMITED RELEASES

Buster’s Mal Heart (R, 96m, Drama, Thriller)
Director: Sarah Adina Smith
Cast: Rami Malek, DJ Qualls, Kate Lyn Sheil, Lin Shaye
Synopsis: In this bold thriller spiked with dark humor, Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) is a family man whose chance encounter with a conspiracy-obsessed drifter leaves him on the run from the police and an impending event known as The Inversion.

One Week and a Day (98m, Drama )
Director: Asaph Polonsky
Cast: Sharon Alexander, Shai Avivi, Evgenia Dodina, Uri Gavriel
Synopsis: When Eyal finishes the week of mourning for his late son, his wife urges him to return to their routine but instead he gets high with a young neighbor and sets out to discover that there are still things in his life worth living for.

Below Her Mouth (94m, Drama)
Director: April Mullen
Cast: Erika Linder, Natalie Krill, Sebastian Pigott, Mayko Nguyen
Synopsis: An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

Grey Lady (R, 1h 47m, Thriller)
Director: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin
Cast: Eric Dane, Natalie Zea, Amy Madigan
Synopsis: A Boston police officer goes to Nantucket to investigate the murder of his partner, but he finds more than he bargained for.

LA 92 (R, 1h 54m, Documentary)
Director: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin
Synopsis: A look at the events that led up to the 1992 uprising in Los Angeles following the Rodney King beating by the police.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9WHEd_6yrY

The Mayor (Korean Drama)
Director: In-je Park
Cast: Min-sik Choi, Do-won Kwak, Eun-kyung Shim
Synopsis: For the first time in Korean history, the Seoul Mayor attempts third term in mayor’s office.