Movies playing this week: ‘Birdman,’ ‘Into the Woods,’ and more

MANILA, Philippines – A washed-up actor tries to regain his career by producing, directing, writing, and starring in his own play. Fairytale characters find their stories intertwine as they all bank on the fate of their happy endings. The Oscar-nominated dark comedy Birdman and twisted fairytale musical Into the Woods headline the movies playing this week.

Birdman

 

Oscar Best Actor nominee Michael Keaton stars as a washed-up actor who was once famous for playing superhero Birdman. He tries to revive his career by producing, directing, writing, and starring in his Broadway play. (READ: Interview: ‘Birdman’ director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu)

Into The Woods

 

When a childless couple is tasked to scavenge for magical items by a witch, the fairy tale characters find their stories intertwined as they seek to find their happy endings – amidst a background of song, of course.

Automata

 

Antonio Banderas stars as robotic insurance agent Jacq Vaucan tasked to investigate robots who violate against protocol to alter themselves. What he discovers in research might affect humanity.

Halik sa Hangin

 

Mia (Julia Montes) spends the summer in Baguio and finds herself involved between two men, the bad boy Gio (Gerald Anderson) and sweet Alvin (JC de Vera). 

The Boy Next Door

 

A fatal attraction blooms between a divorceé and her younger paramour.

Vice

 

Bruce Willis stars in this thriller about the ultimate resort VICE, where customers dream and live in their wildest fantasies and interact with artificial human-like inhabitants. – Rappler.com