Weekend Movie Update – Nov. 1, 2013: Let The 'Game' Begin

Posted By on November 1, 2013

Harrison Ford returns to space for a new Game this week in theaters, while a vintage crew of Hollywood heavyweights has one last trip to Vegas, some turkeys try to alter Thanksgiving history, and Sandra Bullock defies Gravity in the performance of a lifetime at The Pioneer.

Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for the weekend of November 1, 2013!

'Ender's Game' begins in theaters this week.

‘Ender’s Game’ begins in theaters this week.

 Premiering this Friday at the historic Pioneer Theatre in Manteo for a one week run is the soon-to-be-classic groundbreaking epic drama Gravity (rated PG13) starring Sandra Bullock (Blind Side) and George Clooney (Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?) as astronauts who are lift adrift alone in space after their shuttle is destroyed.

Sandra Bullock is lost in space in 'Gravity'.

Sandra Bullock is lost in space in ‘Gravity’.

Directed by Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), you can watch a mind-blowing trailer in the player below!

Leading this week’s new releases is another space epic, though this one is more in the tradition of Avatar and Star Wars, as Ender’s Game (rated PG13) hopes to start a new adventure franchise set in the near future.

Harrison Ford is in charge in 'Ender's Game'.

Harrison Ford is in charge in ‘Ender’s Game’.

Starring Han Solo himself, Harrison Ford (Raiders of the Lost Ark), Ben Kingsley (Iron Man 3), and Asa Butterfield (Hugo) as the titular hero, you can check out the official theatrical trailer in the player below!

The new comedy Last Vegas (rated PG13) brings together Robert De Niro (Goodfellas), Michael Douglas (Romancing the Stone), Kevin Kline (Silverado), and Morgan Freeman (The Dark Knight) as aging best friends who head to the City of Sin for one last blow out. 

Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, and Kevin Kline star in 'Last Vegas'.

Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, and Kevin Kline star in ‘Last Vegas’.

You can watch the official trailer using the player below!

Finally, Free Birds (rated PG) hopes to give Thanksgiving its own long-overdue family classic, about two turkeys who travel back to the year 1621 to prevent their feathered friends from ever becoming the traditional holiday dinners of choice in the first place.

'Free Birds' hopes to rewrite Thanksgiving history.

‘Free Birds’ hopes to rewrite Thanksgiving history.

Starring the voice talents of Woody Harrelson (Natural Born Killers), Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers), and Amy Poehler (Baby Mama), you can watch the trailer for the animated comedy in the player below!

Click on the link below for additional listings and showtimes.

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Posted by Matt Artz

Matt Artz was a lead reporter and photographer for 'The Coastland Times' newspaper from 2000 to 2009, and has been published in the Outer Banks Sentinel, North Beach Sun, Outer Banks Milepost, among others, before launching OBX Entertainment, NC Film News, and Halloween Daily News in 2012. Matt and Sue Artz are also the founders of the annual Outer Banks Halloween Parade and the Halloween International Film Festival.

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