Films opening this week


One local and four foreign films are coming out this week in theaters. A Most Wanted Man Half Chechen and half Russian Issa Karpov illegally immigrates to Hamburg, finds himself in a Muslim neighborhood and stays with a Turkish family. Brutally tortured before coming to Germany, Karpov lays claim to his father's ill-gained fortune and soon draws German and U.S intelligence agencies attention.Based on John Le Carre's novel of the same name, "A Most Wanted Man" was directed by Anton Corbijn and adapted by Andrew Bovell for the screen. The German, U.S and British co-production stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright and Grigoriy Dobrygin along with Turkish actors Derya Alabora and Tamer Yigit. The film is also one of the last films that Hoffman acted in before his death last February. Sipsak Anadolu (Snapshot Anatolia) The film stars Cengiz Küçükayvaz, Gökçe Özyol, Züleyha Karyagdı, Tugçe Sarıkaya and the sisters Esra and Ceyda Ersoy recounting the funny adventures of four friends. Directed by Senel Aldı, the film takes place in Korgan town of Ordu province during the 1990s. "Sipsak Anadolu" tells the story about the photographer Kadir and his friends from his neighborhood - the glassmaker Halil, tailor Sefer, restaurateur Aykut, stationer Cemil, home appliance seller Hüseyin and Imam Zallami. Sex Tape Annie and Jay are married with two kids but like any other long term relationship, their sexual life becomes static. They decide to tape their intercourse with a tablet but the device sends the video to other devices that use the same program. When they wake up it is too late to delete the video.Now the only thing in their minds is to hunt down every tablet that the video was sent to. Directed by Jake Kasdan, "Sex Tape" stars Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel and Jack Black. Blind Scandinavian director and writer Eskil Vogt's first feature length film "Blind" centers on a woman writer who recently lost her sight and retreats to the safety of her home along with her husband - the film deals with her thoughts in a surreal atmosphere.Known as the co-writer of movies such as 2006's "Reprise," 2011's "Oslo" and "August 31," Vogt also received the Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014 for "Blind." Starring Vera Vitali, Ellen Dorrit Petersen and Henrik Rafaelsen, the movie received the Golden Tulip at the 33rd Istanbul Film Festival. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Directed by Jonathan Liebesman, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," which first came out as a comic in 1984, has been adapted for the screen for the fourth time. The film tells the story of the Ninja Turtles who live in the sewers of Manhattan with Master Splinter and their fight against the bad guys.Starring Megan Fox, William Fichtner, Whoopi Goldberg, Mos Def and Will Arnett, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comes out with a 3-D option.