MoviefiedNYC’s Opening this weekend: September 20

Opening this weekend September 20, 2013

C.O.G. (Limited)

This is first film adaptation of David Sedaris’ (Me Talk Pretty One Day, Naked) work. It tells the story of a prideful young man and what’s left of him after all he believes is chipped away piece by piece. It looks thought-provoking and refreshing story.

Battle of the Year

DANCE BATTLES! Directed by Benson Lee (Planet B Boy) the best dance teams from around the world unite to compete, but the Americans haven’t won in fifteen years. Dante (Laz Alonso) enlists Blake (Josh Hollway) to assemble a team of the best dancers and bring the Trophy back to America where it started.

Prisoners

Prisoners directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Hugh Jackman (Keller Dover) and Jake Gyllenhaal (Detective Loki). Knowing his child’s life is at stake, Dover decides to do whatever it takes to find his daughter, but when do you cross the line between seeking justice and becoming a vigilante?

Rush

Rush

Director Ron Howard’s (Frost/Nixon, Cinderella Man, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Willow) Rush, from a screenplay written by Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland, The Queen, Frost/Nixon, Hereafter), is a biography about Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life. Mere weeks after the accident, he got behind the wheel to challenge his rival, James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth).

The Wizard of Oz (IMAX 3D)

The film classic The Wizard of Oz will be getting re-released in IMAX 3D. But does it need a 3D upgrade?

See Gerard Alessandrini article (Feb 8, 2013) The World’s Greatest Original Movie Musical?

+1 is directed by Dennis Iliadis (The Last House on the Left) who co-wrote the screenplay with Bill Gullo. College friends hit the biggest party of the year, where a mysterious phenomenon disrupts the night, quickly descending into a night of chaos.

Enough Said (Limited)

Nicole Holofcener’s Enough Said, one of the last films starring the late, great James Gandolfini. He plays the lovable new guy entering the world of a divorced mother, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Parkland

Parkland (Limited)

Peter Landesman’s Parkland, the story of the John F. Kennedy assassination in Dallas, Texas as told from the point of view of the Parkland Medical Hospital where he was taken immediately after being shot. This ensemble drama features Billy Bob Thornton as head of Dallas’ Secret Service office plus Zac Efron, Marcia Gay Harden, Paul Giamatti, and Jeremy Strong (Lee Harvey Oswald), Ron Livingston and many more.

Thanks for Sharing (Limited)

The sex addiction comedy Thanks for Sharing, is the story of Adam (Mark Ruffalo) a sex addict who has been sober for five years, and what happens as he enters in a new relationship with Phoebe (Gwyneth Paltrow), and the flood gates of his desire for sex open up.