Jason Bourne (2016) Director: Paul Greengrass Starring: Matt Damon, Riz Ahmed, Vincent Cassell, Tommy Lee Jones, Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander. Plot: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past. The genre defining ‘Bourne’ spy-thriller-action movie franchise is back with a fifth installment and, following […]
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The Nice Guys (2016) Director: Shane Black Starring: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice. Plot: A mismatched pair of private eyes investigate the apparent suicide of a porn star in 1970s Los Angeles. Some 29 years after the release of the Shane Black penned buddy cop movie Lethal Weapon comes a Shane Black penned buddy cop
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Knight of Cups (2016) Director: Terrence Malick Starring: Christian Bale; Antonio Banderas; Cate Blanchett; Brian Dennehy; Teresa Palmer; Freida Pinto; Imogen Poots; Natalie Portman. Plot: A writer indulging in all that Los Angeles and Las Vegas has to offer undertakes a search for love and self via a series of adventures with six different women. Writer-Director
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Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson Starring: Dakota Johnson; Jamie Dornan; Jennifer Ehle. Plot: Literature student Anastasia Steele’s life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey. Focus Features, a sub-division of Universal, purchased the rights to E L James’ extraordinarily successful novel in the hopes of recreating that success in
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Director: Zack Snyder Starring: Ben Affleck; Henry Cavill; Amy Adams; Jesse Eisenberg; Laurence Fishburne; Gal Gadot; Holly Hunter; Jeremy Irons. Plot: Batman and Superman are at odds over the morality of their roles on Earth as Lex Luthor develops new tactics to ensure the feud is as destructive as
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) Director: Adam McKay Starring: Will Ferrell; Christina Applegate; Dylan Baker; Meagan Good; David Koechner; James Marsden; Paul Rudd, Steve Carell. Plot: With the 70s behind him, San Diego’s top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York’s first 24-hour news channel by storm. The world waited nearly a decade
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Spotlight (2016) Director: Tom McCarthy Starring: Mark Ruffalo; Michael Keaton; Rachel McAdams; Liev Schreiber; John Slattery; Stanley Tucci. Plot: The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. It is often said that for a
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The Revenant (2016) Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio; Tom Hardy; Domhnall Gleeson; Forrest Goodluck; Will Poulter. Plot: A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. The latest movie from Birdman (2014) director Alejandro G.
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Inside Out (2015) Directors: Pete Docter; Ronaldo Del Carmen Starring: Amy Poehler; Phyllis Smith; Richard Kind; Bill Hader; Lewis Black; Mindy Kaling; Kaitlyn Dias; Diane Lane; Kyle MacLachlan. Plot: After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness – conflict on how
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) Director: Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise; Simon Pegg; Rebecca Ferguson; Jeremy Renner; Ving Rhames; Sean Harris. Plot: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate – an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF. It’s Summer blockbuster season
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