The WhatsOn column is back this week with a carefully curated list of some amusing movies you may watch to spice up your weekend and spend quality time with friends and family!
1. Do Revenge
Do Revenge is a 2022 American teen black comedy film that was written by Celeste Ballard and directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.
The story of Drea, a popular girl who is enrolled on scholarship at Rosehill Country Day High School in Miami, becomes an outcast in society after her similarly popular boyfriend Max secretly discloses a private film of her.
Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Austin Abrams, Rish Shah, and Sarah Michelle Gellar are among the actors who star in it. On September 16, 2022, it was made available on Netflix, to generally favorable reviews from critics.
2. The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Peter Farrelly is the director and co-writer of the 2022 American biographical military action comedy-drama film titled The Greatest Beer Run Ever.
A man’s account of leaving New York in 1967 to deliver beer to his childhood friends who were serving in the Army during the Vietnam War
The movie, starring Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, and Bill Murray, is based on the same-titled book by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue.
The film had its global premiere on September 13, 2022, at the Toronto International Film Festival, and on September 23, 2022, it was released in a few US theaters.
3. Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art
The largest art fraud in American history is the subject of the crime documentary Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art, which is set amid New York’s ultra-rich, ultra-obsessed, and ultra-fast art scene.
In this exciting and mysterious tale of an $80 million clever con that everyone wanted to believe was real, controversy breaks out when an unassuming couple floods the art market with a collection of fake art sold for millions to the prestigious Knoedler Gallery.
After that sold the art to collectors and the art world elite.
4. Vikram Vedha (2022)
Pushkar-Gayathri is the writer and director of the 2022 Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller movie Vikram Vedha. It is a remake of their own identical 2017 Tamil film.
An honorable police officer named Vikram is on the lookout for feared thug Vedha. Vedha tells Vikram three stories after he submits, which causes Vikram’s understanding of right and wrong to start to shift.
Saif Ali Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Radhika Apte, and Rohit Saraf are the actors who were cast in the movie. Between October 2021 and June 2022, the production took place. On September 30, 2022, the movie received a worldwide theatrical release.
5. Jhund
The life of Vijay Barse, the creator of the NGO Slum Soccer, is the subject of the 2022 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports film Jhund (transl. Herd, unstructured gathering).
The movie, which is based on the life of Vijay Barse, tells the story of a sports teacher who, on the verge of retirement, assembles a football team made up of youngsters from a slum and how just one game could transform their destiny.
Amitabh Bachchan, Akash Thosar, Rinku Rajguru, and Ankush Gedam are all featured in the movie. The movie premiered in theaters on March 4 and May 6, 2022.