Page 2 - Patrick Nes News Today

Out of all the books we’re listing ahead of The Last She cover reveal, this book is probably the closest in comparison, both in title and premise, but they’re still worlds apart. In Joe Hart’s novel, a worldwide epidemic has reduced the birthrate of female infants from 50% to 1%. Twenty-five years later, they haven’t solved the problem, and now less than a thousand women exist. Zoey has only ever known captivity, and she’s desperate to escape before she’s subjected to the next roun...

A Tom Holland Flop Is Finding New Life On Streaming Long before the Coronavirus pandemic came along and reduced the theatrical industry to a shell of its former self, literary adaptation Chaos Walking was already being predicted to bomb hard given the torturous production and sheer volume of writers and directors that it took to even bring it over the finish line. Despite the presence of popular young stars Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley in the lead roles with support coming from the solid and ...

Film Shorts // April 28-May 4, 2021 OPENING Cliff Walkers (NR) This Chinese spy thriller by Zhang Yimou ( Hero) is about a group of agents (Qin Hailu, Yu Hewei, Zhang Yi, and Zhu Yawen) who return to their Japanese-occupied country in the 1930s to find that they’ve been betrayed by persons unknown. Also with Liu Haocun, Li Naiwen, and Ni Dahong. (Opens Friday at AMC Grapevine Mills) Four Good Days (R) Rodrigo Garcia delivers yet another dull, earnest drama about white people living on the Wes...

Film Shorts // April 21-27, 2021 Mortal Kombat (R) A second film adaptation of the 1990s arcade video game, this martial-arts movie is about an evil overlord (Chin Han) who summons the world’s best fighters to a tournament. Also with Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Joe Taslim, Hiroyuki Sanada, Josh Lawson, Tadanobu Asano, Ludi Lin, Max Huang, Sisi Stringer, Nathan Jones, and Mehcad Brooks. (Opens Friday)  Photo courtesy of YouTube.com OPENING Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train (R) A big-screen ...

Film Shorts // April 14-20, 2021 Vanquish (R) This thriller stars Ruby Rose as a former mob drug courier who becomes the target of extortion after a retired cop (Morgan Freeman) kidnaps her daughter. Also with Patrick Muldoon, Nick Vallelonga, Ekaterina Baker, and Julie Lott. (Opens Friday) Photo courtesy of YouTube.com OPENING Jakob’s Wife (NR) The latest horror film by Travis Stevens ( Girl on the Third Floor) stars Barbara Crampton as a small-town minister’s wife who rediscovers her yout...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Your Weekly Roundup of New Movies: “Nina Wu” Is a Darkly Surrealist Character Study Based on True Events What to see and skip thats streaming or in theaters. (Film Movment) *** Nina Wu is a struggling actress living in Taipei. When her agent nabs her an audition for a plum role in a 70s espionage thriller, she hesitates aft...

Chaos Walking review – dreary sci-fi romp wasnt worth the wait James City A.M.s film editor and a regular on both TV and radio discussing the latest movie releases It’s never a promising sign when a movie is released that should have been on our screens several years ago. Chaos Walking, an adaptation of Patrick Ness’ sci-fi novel, began principal photography in 2017, with a view to a 2019 release date. Poor test screenings resulted in extensive reshoots followed by a dela...

Film Shorts // April 7-13, 2021 The Man Who Sold His Skin (NR) Nominated for the Oscar for Best International Film, this Tunisian drama is about a Syrian refugee (Yahya Mahyani) who becomes a living art exhibit in a museum. Also with Dea Liane, Koen de Bouw, Saad Lostan, Christian Vadim, Darina al-Joundi, and Monica Bellucci. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Photo courtesy of YouTube.com. OPENING   Held (NR) Jill Awbrey and Bart Johnson star in this horror film as a couple trying to repair their marri...

Bibliophiles and cinephiles may not always be on the same page, but there is one sensitive subject that will always unite them as their worlds collide with book to movie adaptations. No reader wants to see an adaptation not do their favorite book proper justice and no moviegoer wants to watch a good concept get too convoluted or lost in translation. Unfortunately, both those instances occur way too frequently. The most recent victim of movie critics and book-lovers is the film adaptation of Pat...

Film Shorts your username OPENING Assault on VA-33 (R) This thriller is about a PTSD-afflicted veteran (Sean Patrick Flanery) who is forced into action after the VA hospital that he’s in is taken hostage by armed terrorists. Also with Michael Jai White, Mark Dacascos, Weston Cage Coppola, Gina Holden, Brittany Underwood, and Rachel True. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Every Breath You Take (R) Casey Affleck stars in this thriller as a psychiatrist who allows the brother (Sam Claflin) of a recently ...