【Movies to Watch】This Week’s New Releases！Back to the Whistleblower, an essential annual thriller

By / ScenicSpot.com Editorial Team
 
This week’s new releases include the annual thriller “Back to the Whistleblower,” adapted from a best-selling domestic game, and the space adventure “Ad Astra,” starring Brad Pitt and blending elements of Interstellar and The Martian. Get ready to check them out after work or over the weekend！

Back to the Whistleblower
 
 
 
In 1962, during a bleak and oppressive era, Fang Ruixin, a senior high school student at Cuihua Academy, unexpectedly falls in love with her counselor Zhang Minghui. In a troubled family and school environment, he becomes her only way out. Zhang Minghui, who seeks freedom, also forms a reading club with fellow teachers and students such as Yin Cuihan and Wei Zhongting, studying banned books. Though this brings a breath of fresh air to the high-pressure campus, it also carries life-threatening risks. One night, Fang Ruixin and Wei Zhongting wake up in the stormy campus, only to find the school gradually detaching from the world they know. In a ghost-haunted alternate realm, they are forced to face terrifying truths...
 
Release Date: September 20, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Director: Hsu Hsien-chiang
Cast: Wang Chin, Tseng Ching-hua, Fu Meng-po
 
 
 
Ad Astra
 
 
 
Brad Pitt plays an aerospace engineer who embarks on a journey across the cosmos to find his father, who disappeared in the vast universe years ago while searching for extraterrestrial intelligence. He ventures through galaxies, determined to discover if his father might still be alive.
 
Release Date: September 20, 2019
Duration: 2 hours 4 minutes
Distributor: Double Happiness
Director: James Gray
Cast: Brad Pitt, Liv Tyler, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland

The Witch in the Window
 
 
 
Simon brings his 12-year-old son to the Vermont countryside to help renovate an old farmhouse. But they are haunted by Lydia, the former homeowner who has turned into an evil spirit. With every repair they make, her power grows stronger...
 
Release Date: September 20, 2019
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes
Distributor: Darklight Films
Director: Andy Mitton
Cast: Alixandra Bartlett, Greg Norton, Carolyn Stotes

My Dear Father
 
 
 
After his mother’s sudden death, Ruijia (played by Gao Yingxuan), who dreams of becoming an actor but has only landed supporting roles in commercials, moves back in with his father (played by Fu Lei). He comes to realize he never appreciated his mother’s ever-watchful presence, while his once-strict father begins showing signs of memory loss. As Ruijia tries to fill the void of time, he faces the heartbreaking truth that he will gradually fade from his father’s memories...
 
Release Date: September 20, 2019
Duration: 0 hours 56 minutes
Distributor: Garage Play
Director: Hong Bo-hao
Cast: Fu Lei, Wang ? , Gao Yingxuan

Downton Abbey
 
 
 
Set in the 1910s during the reign of King George V, the series takes place in the fictional Yorkshire estate — “Downton Abbey.” The story revolves around the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family, owners of the estate in the early 20th-century Edwardian era, and the servants who work for them. Over its six seasons, Downton Abbey won 3 Golden Globe Awards, 15 Primetime Emmy Awards, including a total of 69 Emmy nominations, making it the most nominated non-U.S. TV show in Emmy history — it also received a BAFTA Special Award and holds a Guinness World Record for the highest-rated TV episode.
 
Release Date: September 20, 2019
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Director: Michael Engler
Cast: Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern, Imelda Staunton, Laura Carmichael, Stephen Campbell Moore