Seven films spanning action, thriller, drama, horror and animation hit cinemas this week. The lineup includes new productions as well as a rerelease of the 2016 musical film La La Land.
La La Land returns to the big screen
La La Land, directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, will return to cinemas.
The film tells the love story of Sebastian, a jazz musician, and Mia, an actress, who meet by chance and pursue their seemingly impossible dreams.
Thrillers and action films
Fall 2: Deadly Climb, directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig, comes to audiences as a thriller and adventure film. It follows Jax, who is grieving the death of her sister, Shiloh Hunter, and struggles to survive after becoming stranded on Mount Kwan-in in Thailand.
Arsema Thomas, Harriet Slater, Tom Brittney and Jordan Coleman star in the film, written by Jonathan Frank and Scott Mann.
Onslaught, directed by Adam Wingard and starring Adria Arjona, follows a mother’s struggle to protect her family from an unexpected threat.
The mother, an army member living with her family in a caravan park in the desert, tries to protect them after a unit made up of genetically modified soldiers released from a nearby military facility infiltrates the area. She uses her military skills and survival instincts against threats named Cockroach, Crybaby and The Butcher.
Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens and Drew Starkey also star in the film, written by Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett.
This week’s horror films
Ice Cream Man, directed by Eli Roth and co-starring Ari Millen, tells the story of cute children who turn into killers while looking for something to snack on.
Azem 6: The Seal, directed by Özgür Akbaş, follows Ceren, who is trying to leave her past behind and build a quiet life but finds herself caught up in unexplained events after returning to the village where she spent her childhood.
This week’s animated films
The Japanese anime film Doraemon: Nobita’s New Castle of the Undersea Devils brings to the big screen the adventure of Nobita and his friends as they explore a mysterious underwater castle hidden deep beneath the ocean with the help of Doraemon’s technological gadgets.
Crazy Cockroaches, directed by Burak Kaan Şimşeker, follows four cockroaches who emerge from an underground city, form an unexpected friendship with the university students they meet and navigate the chaos of the human world.