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The second season of the sci - fi drama series opens with the introduction of several Martian military characters, including Bobbie Draper (Frankie Adams), one of the loudest voices promoting war against Earth.

The versatile actor (who dons a much different uniform in The Messenger, an Iraq War — related drama opening here later this month) is the principal reason to see Defendor, an engaging social satire that doesn't quite pay off.

Parajanov credits Ivan's Childhood, the 1962 war drama by Andrei Tarkovsky, with opening his eyes to the possibilities of cinema.

Joining Opening Night selection The Walk and Closing Night selection Miles Ahead in making their World Premieres at the 2015 festival are Steven Spielberg «s Cold War drama Bridge of Spies (starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance) and Laura Israel «s documentary portrait Don't Blink: Robert Frank.

The Miles Teller - led war drama Thank You for Your Service opened with just $ 3.7 million, while George Clooney - directed Suburbicon tanked, earning $ 2.8 million in wide release.

Despite sour reviews, Golden Globe and SAG Awards snubs for her second directorial outing, Unbroken, the harrowing World War II drama delivered a blockbuster Christmas Day opening Stateside, grossing $ 15.6 m in a single day.

And sure enough, what begins as a clarion call settles into a somewhat familiar period costume drama spiced up now and again with racy sequences nonetheless sobered by the memory of the delirious hedonism of that opening, wherein we get Dracula's backstory as a hero of a holy war, repulsing Muslim invaders in Romania, turning to blasphemy when the vengeful Turks fool his wife Elisabeta (Winona Ryder) into believing that her beloved has died on the battlefield, and gleefully chewing artificial scenery with toothy relish.

Opens May 25thA Music Box Films ReleaseAn affecting human drama of love, loss, and resilience unfolds against the backdrop of World War I.

Voiceless (PG - 13 for violence and mature themes) Pro-life drama about a Born Again war veteran (Rusty Joiner) who relocates with his wife (Jocelyn Cruz) to Philly where he puts his marriage and new job in jeopardy by taking a stand against an abortion clinic opening across the street from the church where he works.

While the Kurt Russell vehicle made a rather modest splash, it opened to generally favorable reviews and paved the way for Mostow's next major action film: 2000's World War II drama U-571.

The distributor gets its biggest UK opening for an animation since Finding Dory, while war drama Darkest Hour marches on and The Post aims to make news

Opening on an air force squadron of Free French fighters hidden in the countryside, it segues into a sea drama, a prison escape thriller, a war film, and during a brief deck brawl something approaching a pirate film, all nestled into the storyline through flashbacks and plot twists.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 7, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Atonement (R for profanity, sexuality and disturbing war images) Decades - spanning romance drama, opening in England in 1935, about the budding relationship between a rich girl (Keira Knightley) and the son (James McAvoy) of her family's maid aborted when he is falsely accused of a crime by her jealous younger sister (Saoirse OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 7, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Atonement (R for profanity, sexuality and disturbing war images) Decades - spanning romance drama, opening in England in 1935, about the budding relationship between a rich girl (Keira Knightley) and the son (James McAvoy) of her family's maid aborted when he is falsely accused of a crime by her jealous younger sister (Saoirse opening December 7, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Atonement (R for profanity, sexuality and disturbing war images) Decades - spanning romance drama, opening in England in 1935, about the budding relationship between a rich girl (Keira Knightley) and the son (James McAvoy) of her family's maid aborted when he is falsely accused of a crime by her jealous younger sister (Saoirse opening in England in 1935, about the budding relationship between a rich girl (Keira Knightley) and the son (James McAvoy) of her family's maid aborted when he is falsely accused of a crime by her jealous younger sister (Saoirse Ronan).

This World War II drama about a famous code - breaker has just recently won the highly - coveted People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, and is set to be the opening gala at the London Film Festival.

Opening the festival on Thursday night is Dee Rees» «Mudbound,» a drama set in post-World War II Mississippi, starring Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige and Rob Morgan.

The war drama opens in theaters on January 19 via Warner Brothers.

«Eclipsed,» a drama about four women held as sexual slaves by a warlord during the Liberian civil war and starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong «o, opened at Broadway's Golden Theater this month after a well - received run at the Public Theater last year.

«The Big Short» will now open against films like «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» (Dec. 17), the latest David O. Russell and Jennifer Lawrence collaboration «Joy» (Dec. 25), and the Will Smith drama «Concussion» (Dec. 25).

If it weren't for the machine - gun - wielding monkey astride a steed in the film's opening scene, you'd be mistaken for thinking the third film in the Planet of the Apes prequel franchise was a war drama inspired by Malick's The Thin Red Line.

The stripped - down war drama «The Wall» opens with American snipers Aaron Taylor - Johnson and John Cena on duty in Iraq circa 2007, staking out a patch of desert eerily littered with the victims of an unseen enemy shooter.

DreamWorks Animation's musical comedy Trolls, featuring the voices of Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake, powered its way to a great $ 45.6 million opening weekend for # 2, while Mel Gibson's critically acclaimed World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge took third with $ 14.7 million.

Also opening this week: Lay the Favorite from director Stephen Frears with Bruce Willis and Rebecca Hall, The Comedy (at SIFF Film Center), Dutch coming - of - age drama North Sea Texas (Harvard Exit), the Chinese war drama Back to 1942 (Pacific Place), and the South Korean romantic fantasy A Werewolf Boy (Alderwood Mall).

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th to Sunday 18th January 2015... American Sniper enjoyed a record - breaking January debut over in the States, but despite giving director Clint Eastwood his biggest ever opening here in the UK with # 2,530,47, the Bradley Cooper - headlined war drama couldn't dethrone Bryan Mills from the -LSB-...]

Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie will be opening up against the musical sequel Pitch Perfect 3, the sequel / reboot Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle with Dwayne Johnson, the comedy Bastards starring Owen Wilson and Ed Helms, Alexander Payne's Downsizing with Matt Damon, and the period drama The Current War with Benedict Cumberbatch.

«War dramas are not usually my forte, but I kept an open mind and really connected with the characters.

Three new wide releases also dropped, and despite all three of this weekend's new wide releases receiving rave reviews from opening day audiences, Marvel's newest superhero more than doubled the earnings of DreamWorks Animation's Trolls and Lionsgate's World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge.

The parents of an Israeli soldier receive the knock on their door that no parent wants to receive in the opening of «Foxtrot,» a deeply profound drama about wars fought in the field and at home.