In Premium Rush, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Wilee (like the coyote), a law student-turned-bike messenger in New York City. Sent uptown to his alma mater on a premium rush run to fetch an envelope destined for Chinatown, he discovers this run is unlike any other when he becomes the target of a bad cop (Michael Shannon) hell bent on stealing the package.
Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times describes the flick as “A tightly wound, radically fresh slice of street action. The action is inventive, extensive and exciting, a bang-up job by cinematographer Mitchell Amundsen, one of the town’s hot new shooters.” Boxoffice.com predicts that the movie will take in around $9M from an estimated 2,100 locations.
Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Action, Thriller // Runtime: 1 hr. 31 min. // Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon and Dania Ramirez // Directed by: David Koepp // Written by: David Koepp, John Kamps // Produced by: Pariah // Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
In The Apparition, Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan), a young couple, discover that their house is haunted by an apparition that feeds on their fear, which was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. Their only hope? An expert in the supernatural, Patrick (Tom Felton), but even with his help, they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force that seems to follow them regardless as to where they run and hide.
Alison Willmore of Movieline writes, “The framing of the story presents a captivating concept, of a spirit birthed entirely out of human belief, a self-reinforcing thing once it came into being and started scaring people.” Boxoffice.com estimates that this movie will earn about $2.5M in its first weekend from 800 or so locations.
Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Horror, Thriller // Runtime: 1 hr. 22 min. // Starring: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan and Tom Felton // Directed by: Todd Lincoln // Written by: Todd Lincoln // Produced by: Dark Castle Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures// Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures