Movies you can’t miss in 2015

By January 5, 2015Featured, Films

January is here again, a new year, a new start and plenty of new movies to look forward to. Here’s our pick of the bunch for 2015.

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The Gambler

Release: December 25, 2014
The Gambler is based on the 1974 film of the same name written by James Toback. The remake, starring Mark Wahlberg, is a literature professor with a hidden life as a high stakes gambler runs afoul of gangsters. Also starring; John Goodman, Brie Larson, Michael K. Williams, Jessica Lange, Anthony Kelley, Alvin Ing, Domenick Lombardozzi, Emory Cohen, Steve Park, Leland Orser, and George Kennedy.

Selma

Release Date: December 25, 2014
This is a chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history. The film stars David Oyelowo as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon Johnson, Common as Bevel, and Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King. Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey, Martin Sheen and Cuba Gooding Jr. add to the starlit cast.

A Most Violent Year

Release: December 31
A crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city’s history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built. The film stars Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain with Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks, and Catalina Sandino Moreno.

Cinderella

Release: March 13
A live-action feature inspired by the classic fairy tale, Cinderella brings to life the timeless images from Disney’s 1950 animated masterpiece as fully-realized characters in a visually dazzling spectacle for a whole new generation. Starring Cate Blanchett as Lady Tremaine, Lily James as Cinderalla, Richard Madden as the Prince, Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother, Stellan Skarsgard as Arch Grand Duke and Sophie McShera as Drizella.

Get Hard

Release: March 17
You’ve got to love a bit of Will Ferrell. This new comedy depicts Ferrell as James King, a super wealthy guy that gets done for fraud and sentenced to ten years in a maximum security prison. The film follows King as he recruits Darnell Lewis (Hart) to teach him how to survive in prison under the assumption that he actually had been there himself. Starring Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie, Edwina Findley and Craig T. Nelson.

The Avengers: Age of Ultron

Release: May 1
The Marvel comics superhero team The Avengers are back with a vengeance and work together to defeat Ultron, their enemy bent on human extinction. The film has a loaded cast of stars with Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, James Spader, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Jurassic World

Release: June 12
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park (1993), Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond. After 10 years of operation and visitor rates declining, in order to fulfill a corporate mandate, a new attraction is created to re-spark visitor’s interest, which backfires horribly.

The Fantastic Four

Release: June 19
The third in the Marvel comic series stars Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell as the Fantastic Four. The team work together to save Earth from a one-time friend turned enemy “Doom” (Toby Kebbell).

Minions

Release: July 10
The Minions have done it, they’ve got their own movie. This prequel to the very successful Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 comes with lots of laughs and Minion language for kids and adults alike. Starring Sandra Bullock as the voice of the female villain and John Hamm as her husband.

ANT MAN

Release: July 17
This is definitely a big year for Marvel comic characters. Ant Man stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Judy Greer, Tip “T.I” Harris, David Dastmalchian, Wood Harris, Jordi Molla, and Michael Douglas. The plot; Thief Scott Lang must aid his mentor Dr. Hank Pym in safeguarding the mystery of the Ant-Man technology – which allows its user to decrease in size but increase in strength – from various new threats, and plot a heist that will save the Earth.

James Bond 24 (Spectre)

Release: November 6
This is the twenty fourth Bond film, the second by Sam Mendes and the fourth for Daniel Craig starring as James Bond. The actual name of the movie is Spectre and the plot is A cryptic message from an unlikely source sets James Bond (Craig) navigating the layers of a sinister organisation known as SPECTRE. As M (Ralph Fiennes) continues fighting political pressures that threaten the future of MI6, Bond draws closer to uncovering a hidden truth that threatens to destroy everything he has fought to protect.

STAR WARS EPISODE VII; The Force Awakens

Release: December 18
Episode seven in the Star Wars series is set 30 years after Return of The Jedi’s events. The film stars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow. The Force Awakens also features Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker, reprising their roles from previous films.


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