Here is short list of noteworthy new and upcoming film releases in the comedy and drama genres. Our short list this week includes Gayby, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Your Sister’s Sister and End of Watch.These films are available in theaters, on demand, or will be available on dvd and blu-ray.
Gayby
Opens October 12th in New York and October 26th in Los Angeles, with expansion to follow
Synopsis:
Jenn (Jenn Harris) and Matt (Matthew Wilkas) are best friends from college who are now in their thirties. Single by choice, Jenn spends her days teaching hot yoga and running errands for her boss. Matt suffers from comic-book writer’s block and can’t get over his ex-boyfriend. They decide to fulfill a youthful promise to have a child together… the old-fashioned way. Can they navigate the serious and unexpected snags they hit as they attempt to get their careers and dating lives back on track in preparation for parenthood? Gayby is an irreverent comedy about friendship, growing older, sex, loneliness, and the family you choose.
Written and Directed by: Jonathan Lisecki
Starring: Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas, Mike Doyle, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Jack Ferver, Jonathan Lisecki, Alycia Delmore, Adam Driver, Dulé Hill
Distributor: Wolfe Releasing
TRT: 89 minutes
Genre: Comedy
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Coming to Blu-ray and DVD September 18th
Synopsis:
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.
Director: John Madden
Writers: Ol Parker (screenplay), Deborah Moggach (novel)
Stars: Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith
TRT: 124 minutes
Genre: Comedy
Your Sister’s Sister
Synopsis:
Emily Blunt, Rosemarie Dewitt and Mark Duplass star in YOUR SISTER’S SISTER, a new comedy about romance, grief and sibling rivalry. A year after his brother Tom’s death, Jack (Duplass) is still struggling emotionally. When he makes a scene at a memorial party, Tom’s best friend Iris (Blunt) offers up her family cabin on an island in the Pacific Northwest so Jack can seek catharsis in solitude. Once there, however, he runs into Iris’ sister Hannah (Dewitt) who is reeling from the abrupt end of a seven-year relationship and finds solace in Tom’s unexpected presence. A blurry evening of drinking concludes with an awkward sexual incident, made worse by Iris’ sudden presence at the cabin the next morning. A twisted tale of ever-complicated relationships is set in motion with raw, hilarious and emotional performances from the all-star cast.
Director:
Lynn Shelton
Starring:
Emily Blunt, Rosemarie Dewitt, Mark Duplass, Mike Birbiglia
Distributors: SundanceNow, IFC Films Video on Demand, and digital outlets: iTunes, Amazon Streaming, PS3 Playstation Unlimited, XBOX Zune, Google PLAY and YouTube
TRT: 90 minutes
Genre: Comedy
End of Watch
In theaters September 21, 2012
Synopsis:
Academy Award® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña star in the action thriller End of Watch as young Los Angeles police officers Taylor and Zavala as they patrol the city’s meanest streets of south central Los Angeles. The film creates a riveting portrait of the city’s most dangerous corners, the cops who risk their lives there every day, and the price they and their families are forced to pay.
Directed By: David Ayer (Street Kings, Harsh Times)
Starring: JAKE GYLLENHAAL (Source Code, Jarhead, Brokeback Mountain, upcoming Nailed), MICHAEL PEÑA (Shooter, Million Dollar Baby, Crash, upcoming The Gangster Squad), ANNA KENDRICK (Up In The Air, 50/50, upcoming Pitch Perfect), NATALIE MARTINEZ, FRANK GRILLO (The Grey, Warrior, upcoming The Gangster Squad, Intersection), AMERICA FERRERA (Ugly Betty, Real Women Have Curves, upcoming It’s A Disaster), DAVID HARBOUR (The Green Hornet, HBO’s Newsroom)