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In news that will surprise no one, bar those who have never darkened a cinema or a pop culture reporting site, there are a lot of movies coming out all the time.
Streaming. Cinema. Projected onto the sheet of a small shed in a small country town.
Movies. EVERYWERE.
It’s a very good and wonderful thing and it allows us to disappear into some delightful storytelling for a couple of hours at a time, popcorn in hand, and leave the world behind as the story unspools before and if the film is immersively up to the task, all around us.
These two films are some of the 50-70 I will see this year and the trailers are so enticingly compelling that I can’t wait to lose myself in them …
(courtesy IMP Awards)
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Finding love isn’t quite what she pictured… In this cute rom-com, struggling photographer Pia (Simone Ashley) receives a prediction: true love & career success await her in the next five dates she goes on. With her sister’s wedding near & her family as matchmaker, her ex (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) reappears, throwing both her love and professional life into chaos. Picture This is directed by Indian filmmaker Prarthana Mohan, director of the movies The Miseducation of Bindu, All for Her, Christmas Is Canceled, and The Christmas Break previously. The screenplay is written by Nikita Lalwani (Gifted). Produced by Ben Pugh and Erica Steinberg. Made by 42 and Ingenious Media. (courtesy First Showing)
Picture This opens on Prime Video on 6 March.
(courtesy IMP Awards)
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From Penguin Random House’s bestselling book of the same name by Tom Michell, The Penguin Lessons is the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, he instead discovered a much more complicated & divided nation – and a class of practically unteachable young boys. However, when he finds a small penguin washed up on an oil slicked beach, his life is turned upside down – and the penguin becomes not only a valued friend, but also a teacher of life’s most important lessons, for Tom, the boys and, in fact, everyone he meets. The Penguin Lessons is directed by British filmmaker Peter Cattaneo, director of the films The Full Monty, Lucky Break, Opal Dream, The Rocker, Military Wives, as well as additional TV and theater work. previously. The screenplay is written by Jeff Pope, adapted from the book of the same name written by Tom Michell. Produced by Rory Aitken, Adrián Guerra, Andrew Noble, Ben Pugh, and Robert Walak. (courtesy First Showing)
The Penguin Lessons opens 28 March in U.S. and 18 April in UK.