Dinesh Kamath’s column ‘New movies released in Navi Mumbai’ (Hereditary and Incredibles 2) that was published in Newsband

New movies released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Hereditary

Hereditary is a 2018 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Ari Aster, in his feature directorial debut. It stars Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne, and follows a family who is haunted following the death of their reclusive grandmother.

When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited. The movie narrates a harrowing story of unthinkable family tragedy that veers into the realm of the supernatural, Hereditary takes its place as a new generation's The Exorcist—for some. The movie gets its breath and a palpable sense of unraveling identity from a fearless female performance, this time by Toni Collette, the revered Australian actor capable of sustained fits of mania. Collette plays Annie, an artist who constructs uncannily realistic dioramas: miniature rooms that embody the film's theme of a larger, malevolent entity playing with human toys. We zoom into those rooms, where Annie is keeping it together after the recent death of her by-all-accounts severe mother. Dressed in funeral blacks are her husband, Steve (Gabriel Byrne), her oldest child, Peter (Alex Wolff), a teenage stoner, and distracted young Charlie (the awesomely concentrated Milly Shapiro, a Tony winner for Matilda: The Musical). Something is wrong with Charlie. "Who's going to take care of me?" she asks her mom—not an unusual question after a death in the family. "But when you die?" she adds, with vacant foreboding. A bird crashes into Charlie's school window leaving a bloody smear; she calmly collects its head with a pair of scissors and carries it away. The Hereditary creeps forward with an inexorable sense of doom, and then the worst does happen.

The movie has Toni Collette as Annie Graham, Alex Wolff as Peter Graham, Milly Shapiro as Charlie Graham, Gabriel Byrne as Steve Graham and Ann Dowd as Joan.

The Incredibles 2

Incredibles 2 is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated superhero film, produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Brad Bird, it is the sequel to 2004's The Incredibles. The plot follows the Parr family as they attempt to put superheroes back in the spotlight while dealing with normal life, only to combat a new foe who seeks to turn the general public against all supers. While several of the characters and voices from the previous film return, the sequel includes new characters voiced by Bob Odenkirk, Catherine Keener, Sophia Bush and Bill Wise. The film's musical score was composed by Michael Giacchino, who had conducted the music on the previous film.

14 years after the original, everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back in Incredibles 2 – but this time Helen (Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (Craig T. Nelson) at home with Violet (Sarah Vowell) and Dash (Huck Milner) to navigate the day-to-day heroics of “normal” life. It’s a tough transition for everyone, made tougher by the fact that the family is still unaware of baby Jack-Jack’s emerging superpowers. When a new villain hatches a brilliant and dangerous plot, the family and Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) must find a way to work together again—which is easier said than done, even when they’re all Incredible.

The movie has following Voice cast: Craig T. Nelson as Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible, Holly Hunter as Helen Parr/Elastigirl, Sarah Vowell as Violet Parr, Huck Milner as Dashiell "Dash" Parr, Samuel L. Jackson as Lucius Best/Frozone, Brad Bird as Edna Mode, Jonathan Banks as Rick Dicker, Bob Odenkirk as Winston Deavor, Catherine Keener as Evelyn Deavor, Sophia Bush as Voyd, Phil LaMarr as Krushauer and Helectrix, Isabella Rossellini as The Ambassador, Bill Wise as Screenslaver/Pizza Guy, John Ratzenberger as The Underminer, LaTanya Richardson Jackson as Honey Best and Michael Bird as Tony Rydinger.