Movie premieres: Django, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey II, Stuntman, Tarot and Recipe for Happiness

The frontman of the band Olympic Petr Janda, singer, composer and guitarist celebrated his eightieth birthday in May 2022 and the sixtieth anniversary of the band Olympic at the end of the same year. As part of the double jubilee, a full-length documentary film was created about the extraordinary musician and father of four daughters.

Petr Janda alias Django presents himself in a new documentary

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Director Olga Malířová Špátová created a story about love for music, about obsession and passion, about composing and playing. About the beauty and suffering brought about by creation and the life of a musician. About the pain of losing loved ones and close friends, but also about mistakes and weaknesses in the time of normalization.

Documentary. Czech Republic, 2024, 105 min. Director, camera and screenplay: Olga Malířová Špátová. Music: Petr Janda. Starring: Petr Janda, Marta Jandová, Milan Broum

Stuntman Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) used to be a star until something went wrong during a particularly challenging action scene. As a result of an uncontrolled fall from a great height, he ended up with a bruised body and ego.

He decided to say goodbye to the film, even kicking the beautiful and up-and-coming director Jody (Emily Blunt) for it. But after a year of hanging out, he gets tired of it, so he gratefully accepts the producer’s offer to play the role of understudy for action star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) in an upcoming science fiction film. Things will start moving again.

Action/Comedy/Drama. USA, 2024, 128 min. Directed by: David Leitch. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Winston Duke, Stephanie Hsu, Teresa Palmer, Lee Majors, David Collins, Zara Michales

Winnie the Pooh and Piglet are back, and this time Tigger and Owl are joining their revenge! Five months have passed since the massacre in the Stokorc Forest. Kryštůfek Robin visits a psychologist and tries to cope with the terrible events.

Meanwhile, the search team searches in vain for the supposed monsters in the forest and finds nothing, so no one really trusts Krystufka Robin. During the therapy sessions, the psychologist tries to evoke memories from his childhood, when Kryštůfek Robin remembers his fifth birthday, which is the starting point of the animals’ revenge.

Horror/thriller. Great Britain, 2024, 100 min. Directed by Rhys Waterfield. Cast: Scott Chambers, Tallulah Evans, Ryan Oliva, Simon Callow, Alec Newman, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Marcus Massey, Lewis Santer, Nicola Wright, Sam Barrett

Young cook Varia loses her job because no one can appreciate her culinary skills at a roadside bistro. Varia does not give up and, full of ideals and ambitions, leaves for Lviv to seek employment in a renowned restaurant.

Ukrainian Recipe for Happiness is heading to Czech cinemas

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Unexpectedly, she discovers a book by the forgotten legend of Ukrainian cuisine, Olga Frankova, which changes her life forever. Thanks to her, he will find his own way to fulfill his dreams.

Comedy/romance movie. Ukraine, 2023, 115 min. Director: Oleksandr Berezan. Cast: Iryna Kudašova, Tetiana Malkova, Tomasz Sobczak, Kosťantyn Temljak, Irma Vitovska

When a group of friends recklessly violates the most fundamental rule of tarot, which prohibits readers from using another reader’s deck, they invite the wrath of an unimaginable evil that has been imprisoned in a cursed deck of cards. One by one, they are forced to face their fate and become involuntary participants in a deadly game in an attempt to escape the oracle predicted by the tarot.

Horror. USA, 2024, 92 min. Director: Spencer Cohen, Anna Halberg. Starring: Jacob Batalon, Alana Boden, Humberly González, Olwen Fouéré, Wolfgang Novogratz, Harriet Slater, Larsen Thompson, James Swanton

REVIEW: Holidays with Brouček are idyllic, but without humor

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REVIEW: The Pope’s Law is a powerful personal drama set against the backdrop of history

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