Let's just look at the trailers for the releases this week.
Director: Dan ScanlonMonsters University
Cast: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Peter Sohn, Charlie Day, Frank Oz, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Nathan Fillion, Aubrey Plaza
Running Time: 2 Hours 22 Minutes
Language:: English
Classification: U
Synopsis: A prequel to Pixar's critically and commercially successful animated comedy, "Monsters University" focuses on Sulley and Mike's studies at the University of Fear, where they start off as rivals but soon become best friends. All the regular cast will reprise their roles, with the addition of a new voice cast which includes Dave Foley, Julia Sweeney, Joel Murray, and Peter Sohn.
Trailer Impressions: Monster Inc. is one of my least remembered Pixar movies because it was released when I was still somewhere in secondary school still anticipating The Lord of The Ring or something, so if I'm going to see this, I am pretty going in with a blank slate. This is the first standalone movie that Pixar, outside Toy Story and Cars that were pretty much built to be in a series, is trying to breath some new life into it (to be followed up by Finding Nemo). Why a college movie? Because the kids who watched Monster Inc. 12 years ago, are probably at the same stage where this movie is headed. As a college-set comedy, it does seem to fit in the bill quite nicely, but since those days are over for me now, I don't think I really want to relive those moments in a monstrous interpretation of it. But if there's one thing that is drawing me to go see this one is the traditional Pixar short that would be shown in front of this. It would be nice to see if Pixar can top Disney's Paperman.
Director: Sabree FadzilTokak
Cast: Abon, Joey Daud, Faiz Raja Lawak, Airis Yasmin, Kazar
Running Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Language:: Malay
Classification: P13
Synopsis: A horror film about an incident at a secluded resort that takes place over the course of one night. The Tokak is a vengeful spirit from Sungai Raya who has possessed a man named Iskandar, owner of the resort. In order for Iskandar to return to a human, he has to murder and drink the blood of six women who have sinned with lust in one night.
Director: Marc ForsterWorld War Z
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Lucy Aharish
Running Time: 1 Hour 53 Minutes
Language:: English
Classification: P13
Synopsis: Based on the book of the same title by Max Brooks, "World War Z" is a post-apocalyptic horror film that tells the story of a UN representative. Brad Pitt plays Gerry Lane, a U.N. employee who scours the world, interviewing survivors of the Zombie apocalypse, referred to as World War Z. The United Nations left out much of his work from the official report, choosing to focus on facts and figures from the war rather than the individual stories. These interviews chart a decade-long war against zombies from the view point of many different people of various nationalities, as well as the changing religious, geo-political, and environmental landscape of the survivors.
Trailer Impressions: Not a reader of the book, but from the direction I have heard about this movie going for, I don't think it really matters all that much. While this may be a little different than your daily dosage of zombie movies (the book has been hailed as one of its penultimate classics of the genre), the last time I went for a refreshing mix (I'm looking at you, Warm Bodies) for the genre, left a bad taste of brains in my mouth. I am really skeptical that this doesn't come out with some glaring scars from its troubled production that could hurt this overall, and the character played by Brad Pitt just seems like a waste of talent.
FilmBah's Pick of the Week
Not an entirely enticing week in the cinemas, but if I had to pick one out of these, it would probably be Monsters University, if only just for the Pixar short before the actual movie itself.Releases according to CinemaOnline and check your nearest screenings at Showtimes.
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