【Movies to Watch】New releases this week！Classic Japanese horror “Ju-On” returns to the big screen by the master of horror

By / Scenic Spots Family compiled report

This week’s new releases include “Ju-On,” the classic horror film written and directed by Japan’s horror master Kiyoshi Kurosawa, making a return to the silver screen; also premiering is “Richard Jewell,” based on the infamous U.S. bombing case. Get ready for some post-work and weekend movie time！

Ju-On The Movie



“Ju-On” is a curse born from the resentment of those who die in the grip of powerful emotions. This grudge gathers in the place where they died, creating an overwhelming malevolence that kills anyone who enters its presence, spawning new “curses” that spread terror and death. The curse lingers forever in the haunted house, haunting every visitor who dares to enter...

Release Date: 2020-02-21
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes
Distributor: Dim Light Bird
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast: Aoi Morikawa, Miki Ito, Misato Uehara, Yui Ichikawa

Richard Jewell



“There’s a bomb at Centennial Olympic Park. You have thirty minutes.” The world first learned about Richard Jewell during the 1996 Atlanta bombing, when this security guard, the first to spot the bomb and alert authorities, helped evacuate the crowd and saved countless lives — an act of heroism that made him a public figure. But just days later, the guard who aspired to be a law enforcement officer became the FBI’s prime suspect, vilified and shunned by the media and the public, his life falling apart in an instant. Certain of his innocence, Richard Jewell turns to independent lawyer Watson Bryant, an anti-establishment figure, hoping he can clear his name. But as Bryant fights to prove Jewell’s innocence, he realizes just how powerless he is — not only because he’s up against the might of the FBI, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and Atlanta Police Department, but also because he must convince Jewell not to blindly trust those trying to destroy his life.

Release Date: 2020-02-21
Duration: 2 hours 09 minutes
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates, Nina Arianda

Sonic the Hedgehog



Paramount Pictures released the live-action adventure comedy “Sonic the Hedgehog” in February 2020, adapted from the globally renowned SEGA video game. Tailor-made by the creative team behind “Fast & Furious” and “Deadpool,” this movie introduces the world’s most iconic bright blue hedgehog — the newly minted super-speed hero “Sonic.” The film follows Sonic, who accidentally ends up on Earth, and his newfound human friend Tom Wachowski (played by James Marsden), as they team up to stop the villainous Dr. Robotnik (comedic legend Jim Carrey) from using Sonic’s immense power to take over the world. Directed by Jeff Fowler, the movie also stars Tika Sumpter and features the voice of Ben Schwartz as Sonic.

Release Date: 2020-02-21
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Director: Jeff Fowler
Cast: Jim Carrey, James Marsden, Ben Schwartz

The Platform



As Goreng slowly regains consciousness, he finds himself on the 48th floor of a prison-like vertical structure that extends from the surface deep underground, with massive square shafts running through its core. A large platform delivers leftover food from the upper levels, floor by floor. His fellow inmate on the same level, Trimagasi, knows the rules of this mysterious place: each level houses two people, though the total number of inhabitants is unknown. If you can move up, you survive; if you think too much, you fall back down. And if you end up on the lower levels where barely any food reaches, you can trust nothing — not even your own courage...

Release Date: 2020-02-21
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes
Distributor: Original Entertainment
Director: Gabe Ibáñez
Cast: Iván Massagué, Antonia San Juan, Chino Darín