Coming to Theaters Near You: 'Elvis and Nixon,' 'Green Room,' 'The Hunstman: Winter's War,' and More

By Beau Behan, Film Critic

Are you planning on going to the movies this weekend? Here are this week’s new releases:

“A Hologram for the King”

“Elvis and Nixon”

“Eye in the Sky”

“Green Room”

“Louder Than Bombs”

“Sing Street”

“The Hunstman: Winter’s War”

And here’s what they’re all about.

“A Hologram for the King” (Limited, April 22)

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R, 97 min, Drama

Director: Tom Tykwer
Writer: Dave Eggers, Tom Tykwer
Stars: Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury

Cultures collide when an American businessman (Tom Hanks) is sent to Saudi Arabia to close what he hopes will be the deal of a lifetime. Baffled by local customs and stymied by an opaque bureaucracy, he eventually finds his footing with the help of a wise-cracking taxi driver (Alexander Black) and a beautiful Saudi doctor (Sarita Choudhury). –Roadside Attraction

“Elvis and Nixon” (Nationwide, April 22)

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PG-13, 112 min, Comedy

Director: Liza Johnson
Writer: Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal, Cary Elwes
Stars: Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Knoxville

On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock ’n Roll showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Nixon. Starring Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, comes the untold true story behind this revealing, yet humorous moment in the Oval Office forever immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives. – Bleecker Street

“Eye in the Sky”

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R, 92 min, Drama, Thriller, War

Director: Gavin Hood
Writer: Guy Hibbert
Stars: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman

“Eye in the Sky” stars Helen Mirren as Colonel Katherine Powell, a UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya. Through remote surveillance and on-the-ground intel, Powell discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from "capture" to "kill." But as American pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute, reaching the highest levels of US and British government, over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare. – Bleecker Street

“Green Room” (Nationwide, April 22)

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R, 94 min, Crime, Horror, Thriller

Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Writer: Jeremy Saulnier
Stars: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart

Down on their luck punk rockers The Ain't Rights are finishing up a long and unsuccessful tour, and are about to call it quits when they get an unexpected booking at an isolated, run-down club deep in the backwoods of Oregon. What seems merely to be a third-rate gig escalates into something much more sinister when they witness an act of violence backstage that they weren't meant to see. Now trapped backstage, they must face off against the club's depraved owner, Darcy Banker (Stewart), a man who will do anything to protect the secrets of his nefarious enterprise. But while Darcy and his henchmen think the band will be easy to get rid of, The Ain't Rights prove themselves much more cunning and capable than anyone expected, turning the tables on their unsuspecting captors and setting the stage for the ultimate life-or-death showdown. – A24

“Louder Than Bombs”

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R, 149 min, Drama

Director: Joachim Trier
Writers: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert

Two years after her death in a car crash, the husband and sons of famed photographer Isabelle Reed (Isabelle Huppert) are still trying to cope with their loss. Gene (Gabriel Byrne) struggles as a single parent, but is taking his first exultant steps towards a new relationship. Jonah (Jesse Eisenberg), the elder son, has just had a baby of his own and finds the transition from child to parent more than a little daunting. The younger son, Conrad (newcomer Devin Druid), is a typical teenager, wearing his alienation as a badge of honor and resisting his father’s every attempt to connect. On the occasion of a major retrospective of Isabelle’s work, Jonah returns home to help his father organize her effects. Once again under the same roof, all three men are flooded with memories, and secrets are unearthed—most notably the truth behind the mysterious circumstances of Isabelle’s death. – The Orchard

“Sing Street”

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PG-13, 106 min, Drama, Musical

Director: John Carney
Writer: John Carney
Stars: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle-Kennedy

Inspired by writer/director John Carney's life and love for music, SING STREET shows us a world where music has the power to take us away from the turmoil of everyday life and transform us into something greater. – Weinstein

“The Huntsman: Winter’s War” (Nationwide, April 22)

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PG-13, 114 min, Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Writer: Evan Spiliotopoulos, Craig Mazin
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain

Freya the Ice Queen (Emily Blunt) brings her sister Ravenna (Charlize Theron) back to life, and the powerful evil siblings plan to conquer the Enchanted Forest. Only the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) and his secret lover Sara (Jessica Chastain) can stop them in this sequel continuing the inventive twist on the Snow White fable. – Universal Pictures

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