Opening This Weekend: September 12th

Synopsis: Based on the breath-taking novel of the same name, Before I Go To Sleep follows Christine (Nicole Kidman), a woman suffering from anterograde amnesia after a devastating car crash. She learns of her marriage and her son, yet cannot help but feel like a stranger in the life she once built for herself. She is unable to recall how or why she was in the car, but with the help of her doctor begins a journal of patchy and foggy memories that she must attempt to piece together to find out the truth of not only her accident, but herself.

Two Cents: Buckle up, this one is gonna be good.

Synopsis: The sequel to Dolphin Tale follows directly on from events at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Whilst Winter’s friends are doing well, she begins to suffer from depression: refusing to play or to eat, the gang call in a doctor who tells them they must find her a friend to live in her tank with her within the month, or they will remove Winter from the aquarium. Panic ensues, and divides are seen amongst the close team of workers who all want the best for Winter – until, however, a baby dolphin is recused off the coast, abandoned by her mother, who may just be the perfect match for Winter. But will they run out of time?

Two Cents: Someone needs to high-five Morgan Freeman’s agent. In the face. With a chair.

Synopsis: Idris Elba plays an incarcerated man, who successfully executes an escape from his cell. On the run, he approaches the home of a sweet mother, feigning a car accident and his need to use her phone. What ensues is a deeply dark battle between a psychopath and a desperate yet determined young mother, locked in her home and terrorised at the hands of this aloof, gorgeous but dangerous stranger.

Two Cents: It sounds like another B horror flick, but Idris Elba is a phenomenal lead, so they might just be able to pull this one out of the hat.

Synopsis: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby follows a seemingly happily yet complicated married couple, played by James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain from the day they meet to the present. One day, however, she disappears from her husband’s side, and they must both embark on an emotional journey to rediscover what was lost. What is so mesmerising about this film is how is tells the same story from 3 differing perspectives: Them, Her and Him. According to sources, Them is the version set to be released in theatres this September, but both Her and Him have had a solid festival run.

Two Cents: Perhaps the most fully realised pieces of cinema we have yet seen.

Synopsis: Tom Hardy stars as Bob, a barman who finds himself at the centre of an investigation for a robbery gone wrong, and must confront the past of his family and friends who demand his loyalty no matter what the cost. His employer Marv (James Gandolfini) runs a bar in which large amounts of dirty money is exchanged hands all night long, and after a the place is robbed, Bob must figure out who to trust.

Two Cents: Lots of secrecy and postponed releases with this film, but with a final performance with the late Gandolfini, it will definitely be worth a see.