{"id":40276,"date":"2017-04-14T12:32:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T16:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=40276"},"modified":"2018-12-08T22:05:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T03:05:45","slug":"new-releases-april-14-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/14\/new-releases-april-14-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"New Releases: April 14, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-40280\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-Releases-The-Fate-of-the-Furious-still-678x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-Releases-The-Fate-of-the-Furious-still-678x381.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-Releases-The-Fate-of-the-Furious-still-339x191.jpg 339w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-Releases-The-Fate-of-the-Furious-still.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/>Two very different new releases this week. Let&#8217;s get to the more action-packed of the two first.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-Releases-The-Fate-of-the-Furious-poster-214x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-Releases-The-Fate-of-the-Furious-poster-214x339.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-Releases-The-Fate-of-the-Furious-poster-647x1024.jpg 647w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-Releases-The-Fate-of-the-Furious-poster.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>1. The Fate of the Furious (Universal, 4,311 Theaters,132 Minutes, Rated PG-13 for prolonged sequences of violence and destruction, suggestive content, and language, Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_fate_of_the_furious\/\">65% Fresh <\/a>[149 reviews]): <\/strong>The gang of criminals-turned-government agents run by Dom Torretto (Vin Diesel) have always considered themselves a family. Which makes the betrayal of the crew by Dom even that much more hurtful. Now the team have to partner with one of their greatest enemies to get Dom back.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s just the right amount of melodrama to hang all the fast races with pretty cars and over the top stunts upon. One of the things that make this franchise a success is that it knows its formula and knows how to work within its boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>Another good thing is that it keeps adding big name stars to pump up the proceedings. This time around, it is Oscar winners Helen Mirren and Charlize Theron.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KJzlxxEcZuQ?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-releases-gifted-poster-229x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-releases-gifted-poster-229x339.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-releases-gifted-poster-678x1004.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/New-releases-gifted-poster.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>2. Gifted (Expanding to wide release, Fox Searchlight, 1,000 Theaters, 101 Minutes, Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, language and some suggestive material, <b>Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer at press time: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/gifted_2017\/\">64% Fresh <\/a>[77 reviews]): <\/b><\/strong>There are films that are called three-hankie movies due to their ability to make you sad. This films seems like a &#8220;go to Costco and buy a pallet of bulk Kleenex&#8221; kind of movie.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Evans plays Frank, a man who has been appointed guardian over his niece, Mary (McKenna Grace), after his sister killed herself when Mary was six-months-old. Now Mary is attending school and showing the same genius-level affinity for math that her mother did. Mary is offered the chance of going to a school for gifted students but Frank would prefer Mary have a normal, stress free childhood. His mother, Mary&#8217;s grandmother (Lindsay Duncan)\u00a0disagrees. A custody battle ensues.<\/p>\n<p>It is good to see Evans playing something where he doesn&#8217;t have to wear spandex, but the film seems like one to go to if you really like having your emotions manipulated for an hour and forty-five minutes.<\/p>\n<p>And I have to make mention that I get a kick out of Marc Webb&#8217;s work on <strong>(500) Days of Summer<\/strong>\u00a0being mentioned in the ads incessantly. is that because Fox Searchlight also put that film out, or is he trying to forget <strong>The Amazing Spider-Man <\/strong>ever happened.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tI01wBXGHUs?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Next week will be a big week for new releases, with a whopping five films entering wide release. I better start writing now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">New releases this week include THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS and GIFTED. <\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/14\/new-releases-april-14-2017\/\" title=\"New Releases: April 14, 2017\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":40279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[1644,3463,2461,1322,8955,1326,8957,2394,8956,3595,8906,287,428],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-500-days-of-summer","9":"tag-charlize-theron","10":"tag-chris-evans","11":"tag-fox-searchlight","12":"tag-gifted","13":"tag-helen-mirren","14":"tag-lindsay-duncan","15":"tag-marc-webb","16":"tag-mckenna-grace","17":"tag-the-amazing-spider-man","18":"tag-the-fate-of-the-furious","19":"tag-universal","20":"tag-vin-diesel"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2,4],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40276"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=40276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}