Every Wednesday, find our selection of the five most anticipated cinema releases of the week. A selection of must-see films to discover now in theaters.
1. Predator: Badlands
Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Actors: Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi
Synopsis: In the future on a distant planet, a young Predator, cast out from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia and embarks on a journey through hostile territory in search of the ultimate adversary.
2. The King of Kings
Genre: Animation, Biopic, Historical
Director: Seong-ho Jang
Actors: Kenneth Branagh, Uma Thurman, Mark Hamill
Synopsis: Walter, a rambunctious boy, only dreams of the exploits of King Arthur and his trusty sword Excalibur. His father, Charles Dickens, decides to tell him the life of the “King of Kings”: Jesus Christ. Thanks to the storytelling talents and boundless imagination of the famous novelist, Walter, accompanied by his cat Willa, will live an exciting adventure and discover one of humanity’s most beautiful stories.
The King of Kings is an animated film freely inspired by Charles Dickens’ book, The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which he wrote for his own children.
3. You Haven’t Changed
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jérôme Commandeur
Actors: Laurent Lafitte, François Damiens, Vanessa Paradis
Synopsis: Following an event as absurd as it is tragic, four battered former high school students collide and face their past. Will the strength of the group be enough to straighten them out? A true declaration of love for the 90s, You Haven’t Changed paints a hilarious and biting picture of these fifty-somethings whose reunion will change them forever…
4. The Embers
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Kruithof
Actors: Virginie Efira, Arieh Worthalter, Mama Prassinos
Synopsis: Karine and Jimmy are a united couple, still very much in love after twenty years together and two children. She works in a factory; he is a truck driver, striving to grow his small business. When the Yellow Vests movement arises, Karine is swept up by the force of the collective, the anger, the hope of change. But as her commitment grows, the balance of the couple wavers.
5. The Stranger of the Grand Arch
Genre: Drama
Director: Stéphane Demoustier
Actors: Claes Bang, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Xavier Dolan
Synopsis: In 1983, François Mitterrand decides to launch an international architectural competition for the flagship project of his presidency: the Grande Arche de la Défense, aligned with the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe! To everyone’s surprise, Otto von Spreckelsen, a Danish architect, wins the competition. Overnight, this 53-year-old man, unknown in France, arrives in Paris, where he is thrust into leading this monumental project. And though the architect intends to build the Grande Arche as he imagined, his ideas will quickly clash with the complexity of reality and the unpredictabilities of politics.
