TRAILERS: Spotlight hits the big screen this weekend

The finest hours

Drama

Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, John Ortiz, Casey Affleck, Eric Bana and Holliday Grainger.

A remarkable true story of the greatest small boat rescue by a coast guard who braved the waves. The rescue mission took place in 1952 off the Cape Cod coast after two oil tankers were destroyed by treacherous winter winds and waves. What follows is a heroic sea rescue and valiant attempt to save the crewmen huddled inside the broken halves of the two ships.

Spotlight

History, drama, biography

Starring: Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams.

The true story of one of the biggest cover-ups in modern times. An investigative dramatic thriller that delves into how the Boston Globe ‘Spotlight’ team uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. Their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston’s religious, legal, and government establishments, resulting in a wave of revelations around the world.

The choice

Romance

Starring: Teresa Palmer, Maggie Grace, Alexandra Daddario and Benjamin Walker.

Based on Nicholas Sparks’ 2007 novel of the same name, this is a romantic journey about two neighbours who fall in love at their first meeting, setting their well-planned lives on a new course. After a whirlwind courtship, they marry. But, is it happily ever after, and will love triumph, as one of them is forced to make the most important choice of their life, alone?

The dressmaker

Drama

Starring: Kate Winslet, Hugo Weaving and Liam Hemsworth.

A glamorous, talented and beautiful dressmaker returns to her ”middle of nowhere” town, Dungatar, in rural Australia. She sets out to right the wrongs of the past with her sewing machine and incredible sense of style. Through transforming the women of the town, she gets sweet revenge on those who wrongly accused her of murder many years before.