At The Movies for Wednesday 19 June 2024

AT THE MOVIES #971             OUTSIDE HOLLYWOOD

 

Simon Morris discovers three old-fashioned movies mostly from outside the Hollywood mainstream.

 

 

Mothers’ instinct is a Hitchcock-style suspense thriller, produced by its stars Anne Hathaway (The idea of you) and Jessica Chastain (The eyes of Tammy Faye).  Two best friends are torn apart when the child of one of them has an accident.   Showing on Prime Video.

 

 

 

 

 

The promised land is a historical drama set in Denmark in the early 18^th century.   A retired army captain plans to turn a barren heath into successful farmland.  But he makes a powerful enemy in the local magistrate.   Starring Mads Mikkelson (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny).

 

 

 

 

And The watchers is the directorial debut of Ishana Shyamalan and produced by her rather more famous father M Night Shyamalan (The sixth sense).  A young woman finds herself trapped in the Irish woods by a mysterious group called the Watchers.  Stars Dakota Fanning (TV’s Ripley).