Winnipeg Movie Reviews

Reviews and "trailers" for movies currently playing in Winnipeg and Brandon (67 screens) (updated for week of Thursday May 13rd, 2013 ):

Our TOP TWO movie picks this week (see reviews below):

Click on Movie name below to see all showtimes at local theatres for that movie. Click on to view movie trailer for that movie. All ratings are out of a total of five stars .

New Releases (for week of Thursday May 13rd, 2013 )

Epic
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the rag-tag forces of good take on the forces of evil in order to save their world. (voices: Amanda Seyfried, Beyoncé Knowles, Josh Hutcherson, Colin Farrell)

Fast & Furious 6
Agent Hobbs enlists the aid of Dom and team (Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez) to help bring a rival gang (Luke Evans) to justice, and in exchange for clear records.

The Hangover Part III
This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack (Bradley Cooper, Melissa McCarthy, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms) hits the road, all bets are off.

Coming Next Week

Now You See Me ---Friday, May 31, 2013
FBI agents track a team of illusionists (Morgan Freeman, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine) who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

The East ---Friday, May 31, 2013
An operative (Brit Marling) at an elite private intelligence firm is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group (Alexander Skarsgård, Jason Ritter, Julia Ormond) known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.

The Kings of Summer ---Friday, May 31, 2013
Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land (Nick Offerman, Moises Arias, Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso).

The Purge---Friday, May 31, 2013
What if, on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences? On this night, a family will be tested to see how far they will go to protect themselves when the vicious outside world breaks into their home.

Currently Showing Movies

21 and Over The night before his big medical school exam, a promising student celebrates his 21st birthday with his two best friends (Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Jonathan Keltz).

Admission A Princeton admissions officer (Paul Rudd ) who is up for a major promotion takes a professional risk after she meets a college-bound alternative school kid who just might be the son she gave up years ago in a secret adoption (also:Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Nat Wolff, Gloria Reuben).

Epic A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the rag-tag forces of good take on the forces of evil in order to save their world. (voices: Amanda Seyfried, Beyoncé Knowles, Josh Hutcherson, Colin Farrell)

Escape from Planet Earth Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet. (voices:Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba, Jane Lynch)

Evil Dead Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby wood, until they are all possessed but one.

Fast & Furious 6 Agent Hobbs enlists the aid of Dom and team (Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez) to help bring a rival gang (Luke Evans) to justice, and in exchange for clear records.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.

Identity Thief When a mild-mannered businessman (Jason Bateman) learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief (Melissa McCarthy) -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.(also:John Cho, Amanda Peet)

Iron Man 3 When Tony Stark's world (Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow) is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, Stark starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.(Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle).

Jack the Giant Slayer The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a gateway between the two worlds.(voices: Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy)

Mud Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the bounty hunters on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.(Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Sam Shepard )

Oblivion A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself. (Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko)

Olympus Has Fallen Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning (Gerard Butler ) finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President (Aaron Eckhart) from his kidnappers (also: Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Ashley Judd).

Pain & Gain A trio of bodybuilders (Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Rebel Wilson) in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong.

Scary MoVie 5 A couple begin to experience some unusual activity after bringing their newborn son home from the hospital. only to find, with home-surveillance cameras its being stalked by a nefarious demon (Simon Rex, Ashley Tisdale, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan).

Star Trek Into Darkness After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon (Benedict Cumberbatch) of mass destruction.

Still Mine An elderly couple (James Cromwell, Geneviève Bujold) fights against local authorities in rural New Brunswick to build their final home.

The ABCs of Death A 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.(Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Iván González, Kyra Zagorsky, Lucy Clements)

The Call When veteran 911 operator Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) receives a call from a girl (Abigail Breslin) who has just been abducted, she soon realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.(Michael Eklund, Justina Machado)

The Colony Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors (Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Zegers, Bill Paxton) must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.

The Company You Keep A thriller centered on a former Weather Underground activist who goes on the run from a journalist who has discovered his identity. (Robert Redford, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte )

The Croods The world's very first prehistoric family goes on a road trip to an uncharted and fantastical world. (voices: Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Catherine Keene)

The Great Gatsby A Midwestern war veteran (Tobey Maguire) finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor (Leonardo DiCaprio).

The Hangover Part III This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack (Bradley Cooper, Melissa McCarthy, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms) hits the road, all bets are off.

The Host A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan). Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans (also:Diane Kruger, William Hurt, Jake Abel).