Illinois Entertainer March 2015 | Page 16

By Rob Fagin CHICK FLICKS L to R: Shailine Woodley & Theo James in Insurgent N ow that awards season is officially over and the frenzy to see nominated films before the Oscars has died down, we move into spring with some varied new releases. In the first weekend of March you'll have a choice between Chappie (from Neil Blomkamp, soon to direct Alien 5), whose hand-held, cinéma vérité brand of sci-fi and commentary on socio-economic/race inequality - as seen in District 9 and Elysium - is starting to feel a bit redundant; Ken Scott's guy-comedy Unfinished Business (featuring Vince Vaughan, Dave Franco and the great Tom Wilkinson), and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the ensem- ble dramedy sequel from British director John Madden. Two testosterone flicks and a Viagra pill? March is