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[TRAILERS] New Movies Opening, Streaming March 6

Phyllis Coley @phyllis_coley

Among the new movies opening March 6, Spectacular Magazine highly recommends The Banker, and just in time for March Madness, The Way Back.  Disney Pixar’s Onward is a good choice for the family. Here are all the movies slated for release this weekend.

THE BANKER

Based on a true story, The Banker centers on revolutionary businessmen Bernard Garrett (Anthony Mackie) and Joe Morris (Samuel L. Jackson), who devise an audacious and risky plan to take on the racially oppressive establishment of the 1960s by helping other African Americans pursue the American dream. Along with Garrett’s wife Eunice (Nia Long), they train a working-class white man, Matt Steiner (Nicholas Hoult), to pose as the rich and privileged face of their burgeoning real estate and banking empire – while Garrett and Morris pose as a janitor and a chauffeur. Their success ultimately draws the attention of the federal government, which threatens everything the four have built.

 

  • Rating: PG-13 (for some strong language including a sexual reference and racial epithets, and smoking throughout)
  • Genre: Drama
  • Directed By: George Nolfi
  • Written By: Niceole Levy, George Nolfi, Stan Younger
  • In Theaters: March 6, 2020
  • On Disc/Streaming: Mar 20, 2020
  • Studio: Apple TV+

THE WAY BACK

Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck) once had a life filled with promise. In high school, he was a basketball phenom with a full university scholarship, when suddenly, for reasons unknown, he walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Now years later, Jack is spiraling down, triggered by an unspeakable loss, and drowning in the alcoholism that cost him his marriage and any hope for a better life. When he is asked to coach the basketball team at his alma mater, which has fallen far since his glory days, he reluctantly accepts, surprising no one more than himself. As the boys start to come together as a team and win, Jack may have finally found a reason to confront the demons that have derailed him. But will it be enough to fill the void, heal the deep wounds of his past, and set him on the road to redemption?

 

  • Rating: R (for language throughout including some sexual references)
  • Genre: Drama
  • Directed By: Gavin O’Connor
  • Written By: Brad Ingelsby
  • In Theaters: March 6, 2020
  • Runtime: 108 minutes
  • Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

ONWARD

Set in a suburban fantasy world, Disney Pixar’s “Onward” introduces two teenage elf brothers who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there. Stars John Ratzenberger, Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ali Wong, and Lena Waithe.

 

  • Rating: NR
  • Genre: Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Directed By: Dan Scanlon
  • In Theaters: March 6, 2020
  • Studio: Disney/Pixar

SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL

Spenser (Mark Wahlberg) – an ex-cop better known for making trouble than solving it – just got out of prison and is leaving Boston for good. But first, he gets roped into helping his old boxing coach and mentor, Henry (Alan Arkin), with a promising amateur. That’s Hawk (Winston Duke), a brash, no-nonsense MMA fighter convinced he’ll be a tougher opponent than Spenser ever was. When two of Spenser’s former colleagues turn up murdered, he recruits Hawk and his foul-mouthed ex-girlfriend, Cissy (Iliza Shlesinger), to help him investigate and bring the culprits to justice. From director Peter Berg, SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL is an action-comedy co-starring Bokeem Woodbine, Marc Maron, and Post Malone.

 

  • Rating: R (for violence, language throughout and sexual content)
  • Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Mystery & Suspense
  • Directed By: Peter Berg
  • Written By: Robert B. Parker
  • In Theaters: March 6, 2020
  • On Disc/Streaming: March 6, 2020
  • Runtime: 110 minutes
  • Studio: Netflix

ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA

Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa. Stars Daniel Radcliffe, David Barron, Francis Annan, Mark Blaney, Jackie Sheppard, LH Adams, Daniel Webber, and Ian Hart.

 

  • Rating: PG-13 (for violence, language, and some disturbing material)
  • Genre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense
  • Directed By: Francis Annan
  • Written By: Francis Annan, LH Adams
  • In Theaters: March 6, 2020
  • On Disc/Streaming: Mar 6, 2020
  • Runtime: 101 minutes
  • Studio: Momentum Pictures

BENEATH US

The American Dream becomes a nightmare for a group of undocumented day laborers hired by a wealthy couple (played by Lynn Collins and James Tupper). What they hope to be their biggest payday turns into a terrifying fight for survival at the couple’s secluded mansion, and those thought to be helpless must prove they can’t be discarded so easily. Stars Jay Hernandez, Josue Aguirre, Max Pachman, William Knochel, Mark Mavrothalasitis, Rigo Sanchez, Roberto Sanchez, and Luis Guerrero.

 

  • Rating: R (for violence, language, and some nudity)
  • Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
  • Directed By: Max Pachman
  • Written By: Mark Mavrothalasitis, Max Pachman
  • In Theaters: Mar 6, 2020
  • Runtime: 90 minutes
  • Studio: Vital Pictures

THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY

Set in present-day Italy, irresistibly charismatic art critic James Figueras hooks up with provocative and alluring fellow American, Berenice Hollis. He’s a classic anti-hero in the making with a charm that masks his deep ambition, whilst she’s an innocent touring Europe, enjoying the freedom of being whoever she wishes. The new lovers travel to the lavish and opulent Lake Como estate of a powerful art collector, Cassidy. Their host reveals he is the patron of Jerome Debney, the reclusive J.D. Salinger of the art world, and he has a simple request: for James to steal a Debney masterpiece from the artist’s studio, whatever the cost. As the couple spends time with the legendary Debney, they start to realize that nothing about the artist nor their mission is what it seems. But James is a man of deep, lurking ambition and he will do anything, from arson and burglary to murder, in order to further his career. Stars Donald Sutherland, Neil LaBute, William Horberg, Elizabeth Debicki, Claes Bang, Rosalind Halstead, Mick Jagger, and Katie McGovern.

 

  • Rating: R (for some sexual content/nudity, language, drug use, and violence)
  • Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Suspense
  • Directed By: Giuseppe Capotondi
  • Written By: Scott B. Smith
  • In Theaters: March 6, 2020
  • Runtime: 98 minutes
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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