Robbie Williams 'Better Man' New in Theaters Guide: January 10 2025
Robbie Williams ‘Better Man’, Australian Horror ‘BirdEater’ and more New in Theaters Guide: January 10 2025
Robbie Williams ‘Better Man’, Australian Horror ‘BirdEater’ New in Theaters Guide: January 10 2025 from Films Gone Wild
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Better Man
Stars Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton; Director Michael Gracey
Better Man is based on the true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams, one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Under the visionary direction of Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), the film is uniquely told from Robbie’s perspective, capturing his signature wit and indomitable spirit. It follows Robbie’s journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist — all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.
What the critics say:
“Can’t fault Williams for becoming the beloved entertainer that was always his aspiration, though. “The Greatest Showman” director Gracey plays into that, especially in the spectacle-packed music sequences that overdo the maudlin and martyr imagery.”
– Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle
The script also fails to make sense of why Williams was such a significant cultural figure… I’m not sure Williams knows either. Never mind: as its subject must have often felt himself, it’s just a pleasure to be along for the ride.”
– Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph (UK)
A blazing, restless inventiveness that goes beyond mere sensationalism into something downright pathological.
– Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
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DEN OF THIEVES 2: PANTERA
Starring: Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr. Directed by: Christian Gudegast
Gerard Butler (Plane, Has Fallen series) and O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Out of Compton, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) return in the sequel to 2018’s action-heist hit Den of Thieves. In DEN OF THIEVES: PANTERA, Big Nick (Butler) is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie (Jackson), who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world’s largest diamond exchange.
Hard Truths
Starring: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin; Directed by: Mike Leigh
Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the contemporary world with a fierce, compassionate, and often darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us. Reunited with Leigh for the first time since multiple Oscar-nominated Secrets and Lies, the astonishing Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays Pansy, a woman wracked by fear, tormented by afflictions, and prone to raging tirades against her husband, son, and anyone who looks her way. Meanwhile, her easygoing younger sister, played by Michele Austin (Another Year), is a single mother with a life as different from Pansy’s as their clashing temperaments — brimming with communal warmth from her salon clients and daughters alike. This expansive film from a master dramatist takes us into the intensities of kinship, duty, and the most enduring of human mysteries: that even through lifetimes of hurt and hardship, we still find ways to love those we call family.
What critics are saying:
“Arriving nearly three decades after Secrets & Lies, Hard Truths has the feel of a genuine companion work. Intentionally or not, it expands on, completes, and at times challenges its predecessor.”
– Justin Chang, The New Yorker
“In Mike Leigh’s lacerating new film, Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers a hall-of-fame acting triumph as a London housewife and mother who’s mad at the world and ready to give us all a tongue-lashing. She’s an emotional powderkeg ready to blow. Better duck.”
“Leigh creates a world that, like the vast, mysterious one hovering outside its frame, can seem agonizingly empty if you can’t see the people in it.”
– Manohla Dargis, New York Times
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BirdEater
Starring: Mackenzie Fearnley, Shabana Azeez, Ben Hunter, Directors Jack Clark, Jim Weir
A bride-to-be is invited to join her own fiancé’s bachelor party on a remote property in the Australian outback. But as the festivities spiral into beer-soaked chaos, uncomfortable details about their relationship are exposed, and the celebration soon becomes a feral nightmare.
What critics are saying:
“It’s a strong addition to a recent wave of independent Australian horror-thrillers, following the critical and commercial success of Talk to Me, written and directed by Adelaide-based twins Danny and Michael Philippou.”
– Stephen Romei, The Australian
“An audacious reckoning with identity told through a familiar scenario gone wrong. Borrowing a page from Wake in Fright, Clark and Weir’s feature debut examines heady concepts through confident filmmaking and subversion of tropes through horror techniques.”
– Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting
