Premieres of the week: Football Players, Shooter, Dunkirk and others

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

An overview of all the upcoming novelties for fans of TV series and movies.

Serials

Shooter

• Season 2 premiere: July 18.
• Action movie.
• USA, 2016.
• IMDb: 7, 8.

A thriller about the adventures of a war veteran, sniper Bob Lee Swagger, who was forced to return to the service to prevent an assassination attempt on the president. After the shocking finale of the first season, Bob and his family move to Texas in the hope of a quiet life. But he does not stay there for a long time: the hero is invited to Germany for the celebration of one of his old comrades. However, the celebration ends in tragedy, and the former sea sniper intends to find the villains before they take the lives of new victims.

Ozark

• Season 1 premiere: July 21.
• Drama.
• USA, 2017.

Marty Baird is a financial manager who lives a seemingly bleak life in the suburbs of Chicago with indifferent children and an unsatisfied wife. But a sudden series of murders, which he accidentally witnesses, forces Marty to quickly pack his things and move with his family to a tiny town by Lake Missouri, hiding from an unscrupulous drug lord, for whom he has been secretly laundering money for several years.

His new mission is to legalize eight million by the end of the summer, otherwise everyone will die. While the clock is running inexorably forward, the hero will have to evade attacks from other criminal clans, as well as from FBI officers and local cops.

Footballers

• Season 3 premiere: July 23.
• Comedy.
• USA, 2015.
• IMDb: 7, 5.

The most popular HBO comedy starring Dwayne Johnson as the main character, Spencer Strasmore, a former American football player and now the financial manager of football players. We will meet active and former athletes whose personal and financial life is not going well. This is where Spencer's professional and timely advice will come in handy, ready to get them out of any trouble.

White crow

• Season 2 premiere: July 23.
• Comedy.
• USA, 2016.
• IMDb: 7, 6.

A comedy by Larry Wilmore about the friendship of two black girls, Issa and Molly. The main characters find themselves in one awkward situation after another, starting from the daily office routine and ending with the search for a soul mate. In general, this is a very feminine sitcom that considers topics that are close to many of modern everyday life.

Films

Amityville Horror: The Awakening

• Premiere in Russia: July 20.
• Thriller, horror.
• USA, 2017.
• IMDb: 6, 2.

Bella, along with her mother Joanna, her younger sister and her brother, who is in a coma, move to a new home. The house is inexpensive, and the savings allow them to pay for their brother's expensive medical treatment. But soon after settling in, the girl begins to notice that strange things are happening in their new home, and her brother is miraculously healed. Bella suspects that her mother is hiding something from her, and soon learns that they have moved into the same infamous house in Amityville.

Dunkirk

• Premiere in Russia: July 20.
• Military thriller, drama.
• USA, 2017.

Hundreds of thousands of British and allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the coastal territory and pressed to the sea, they found themselves in a hopeless position in the face of the advancing enemy.

Overdrive

• Premiere in Russia: July 20.
• Action, thriller.
• France, USA, 2017.
• IMDb: 5, 8.

The film tells the story of two car thieves who moved to the south of France in search of new opportunities, but were hooked by a local crime boss. Andrew and Garrett specialize in stealing the most expensive luxury cars, and they are hired to steal a handsome Bugatti valued at a million euros. But they still fail to steal: the heroes fall into the clutches of the owner of the car, local crime boss Giacomo Morier. Now, in exchange for their lives, the brothers must steal another valuable car - a Ferrari 250 GTO - from Giacomo's main competitor named Max Klemp.

Berlin Syndrome

• Premiere in Russia: July 20.
• Thriller.
• Australia, 2015.
• IMDb: 6, 4.

While on vacation in Berlin, Claire, a photographer from Australia, meets the charming local handsome Andy, and a spark instantly jumps between them. But the seeming beginning of a romantic relationship soon turns into a nightmare when Claire wakes up in the morning after a long and passionate night locked in the apartment of a new acquaintance, who quietly slipped away to work. But this is not an accidental oversight: Andy is not at all going to let the girl out. Never.

Let's go to the damn granny

• Premiere in Russia: July 20.
• Comedy.
• Italy, 2014.
• IMDb: 6, 0.

2014 Italian comedy telling the story of Salvo and his best friend Valentino. The heroes leave their beloved Palermo, going to their native Sicilian village, inhabited by elderly people who enjoy a quiet life in retirement.

Due to the unfavorable Italian economy, Salvo has been wandering without work for two years, but now he is struck by the idea: to move in with his numerous relatives in order to feed his family from part of their pensions. The plan works great, but only until the old people start dying one after another. Now Salvo is forced to invent a new income plan. The solution to money problems is this: Valentino must marry his last living relative, Aunt Lucia …

Rabbit School: Head Over Heels in Adventure

• Premiere in Russia: July 20.
• Animation, family run.
• Germany, 2017.
• IMDb: 6, 4.

Rabbit Max is a young shoplifter who is transferred to an old-fashioned Easter school, where, together with the rabbit Emmy, he learns the superpowers of the Easter Bunnies, fights with a family of cunning foxes and learns what real friendship is.

Crazy neighbors

• Premiere in Russia: July 20.
• Comedy.
• France, 2017.
• IMDb: 4, 8.

An important figure in contemporary French media and literature, Jean-Etienne Fougerolles is promoting his latest book, asking the rich to open their doors to poor newcomers. But during television debates, he is asked to set an example himself and let guests from afar into the house. To save his reputation, Fougerolles accepts the challenge and provides shelter to a large Gypsy family, which is sure to grope the limits of his humanism and kind-heartedness …