Nearly 30 specialized films debuted in New York and/or Los Angeles this week. And with Yom Kippur falling right during the weekend, it meant most potentially high-end titles avoided the date (unlike last weekend).
Perhaps the highest-profile among them, “Our Souls at Night” starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, is debuting on Netflix film at the same time it played a few scattered big city play dates (grosses are not available).
Among those that opened, “Lucky” (Magnolia), Harry Dean Stanton’s second to last acting role, opened ahead of the rest. The initial limited full week (prior to its one-day showings) of “Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two” (Abramorama) showed some strength, while “Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House” (Sony Pictures Classics) fared less well in its limited showings. An exclusive opening in Los Angeles of the surfer documentary “Take Every Wave” (IFC) in Los Angeles was impressive,...
Perhaps the highest-profile among them, “Our Souls at Night” starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, is debuting on Netflix film at the same time it played a few scattered big city play dates (grosses are not available).
Among those that opened, “Lucky” (Magnolia), Harry Dean Stanton’s second to last acting role, opened ahead of the rest. The initial limited full week (prior to its one-day showings) of “Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two” (Abramorama) showed some strength, while “Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House” (Sony Pictures Classics) fared less well in its limited showings. An exclusive opening in Los Angeles of the surfer documentary “Take Every Wave” (IFC) in Los Angeles was impressive,...
- 10/1/2017
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Unable to make up its mind whether it wants to be a Pearl Jam concert film or sports documentary, Let’s Play Two succeeds at neither. Alternately showcasing footage from the band’s 2016 two-night stint at Chicago’s Wrigley Field and chronicling the Cubs’ unlikely World Series-winning season, Danny Clinch’s documentary will likely strain the patience of those who those who don’t fall into the category of being fans of both the band and the baseball team. The film mainly serves as a cinematic love letter delivered by frontman Eddie Vedder to the team he’s loved ever since his childhood growing up...
- 9/29/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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