January 2015 Movie Preview!!

January 2015

New Year, New Films, and New Journeys to take!

Happy New Year folks!  Hope everyone had a safe and festive New Year celebration.  With the start of 2015, it brings a whole new year of films.  Films that will win Oscars, make us laugh, cry, and also disappoint us.  The anticipation is brewing to finally go back to a galaxy far, far away.  But that's for another time.  Lets do a quick look back at the best movies of each month from last year.

January

Big Bad Wolves and Jack Ryan:Shadow Recruit

February:

The Lego Movie and Robocop

March:

Enemy and The Grand Budapest Hotel

April:

Captain America: The Winter Solider and Locke

May:

X-Men Days of Futures Past and Chef

June:

Snowpiercer and The Fault in Our Stars

July:

Boyhood and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

August:

Guardians of the Galaxy and Calvary

September:

The Equalizer and The Skeleton Twins   

October:

Birdman and Whiplash

November:

Big Hero 6 and The Theory of Everything

December:

Top Five and The Hobbit:Battle of the Five Armies

The best month of last year has to go to October.  Four of my favorite films came out that month.  It was a lot of fun.

Alright, lets get this started!

(W.R.)-mean Wide Release

January 2nd:

The Woman in Black 2: Angels of Death, and [REC] 4: Apocalypse

January 9th:

Taken 3, Selma (W.R.), Inherent Vise (W.R.), Preservation, and Predestination

Excitement: 1.5

Reason:  I never seen the second one of these movies.  This one looks like it should be called The Fugitive 2

Excitement: 2.5

Reason:  Well from the first trailer, I didn't like the look of this film.  Slowly overtime it has grown on me.  I'm looking forward to seeing Tim Roth, that guys is always so good in everything.

Excitement: 3

Reason:  So, I'm still on media black out for this movie.  I will be going in blind to see this.  

January 16th:

The Wedding Ringer, Paddington, Blackhat, American Sniper (W.R.), Still Alice (W.R.), Son of a Gun, and Spare Parts

Excitement: 2

Reason:  Mr. January, Kevin Hart, is back with a new comedy.  Josh Gad plays a guy who is getting married and has no friends.  So he hires Kevin Hart to be his best man.

Excitement: 2

Reason:  This movie was pushed back from Christmas to now.  I remember reading these books as a kid.  So who knows how this will turn out.

Excitement: 2.5

Reason: Bradley Cooper has totally transformed into this role.  Looks like it could be intense.  

January 23rd:

Strange Magic, The Boy Next Door, Mortdecai, Black Sea, Black or White, Red Army, and Against the Sun

Excitement: 3

Reason:  I really enjoy movies that play with the things in the news.  This movie is about a teacher who decides to sleep with the next door neighbor.  After she comes to her senses he stalks her and looks like it could be a good suspense movie as well.

January 30th:

The Loft, Project Almanac, Alien: Outpost, Coming Home

Excitement: 3

Reason: Karl Urban and James Marsden start in a suspense thriller.  A group of guys share a loft and when they return to it they find a dead women inside.  But who did it and why???

Top Five Movies Im looking forward to:

1. Inherent Vice

2. Selma

3. The Boy Next Door

4. The Loft

5. American Sniper

Top Five Performances I'm looking forward to:

1. Joaquin Phoenix- Inherent Vice

2. Tim Roth- Selma

3. Bradley Cooper- American Sniper

4. Jennifer Lopez- The Boy Next Door

5. Karl Urban- The Loft

Summary of the Previous Month:

  I was really busy last month so I couldn't see a whole lot of films.  

1. Top Five

2. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

3. Into the Woods

4. Exodus: Gods and Kings

And my favorite performances...

1. Rosario Dawson- Top Five

2. Martin Freeman- The Hobbit: TBOTFA

3. Emily Blunt- Into the Woods

4. Issac Andrews- Exodus:Gods and Kings

5. Chris Rock- Top Five

   Well I'm looking forward to this year!!!  Hopefully its as good as last year was.

Thank you for reading 

-Adam

December Movie Preview!

December Movie Preview!!

    So, it's December and the year is almost up.  I'm a little late, cause where did the time go.  What a year it has been for movies.  I have seen some amazing films and I have seen some stinky movies!!

   Last month, was another good month for films.  Oscar season is here and its getting excited.  So, shall we begin?


December 5, 2014:
The Pyramid, Top Five, Dying of the Light, Wild, Pioneer.

Excitement: 2.5 
Reason: This looks like the movie "Tracks"  from a few months back.  Though Reese Witherspoon looks like she is trying for an Oscar nod.  

December 12, 2014:
Exodus:God's and Kings,  Inherent Vice, After the Fall

Excitement: 3.5
Reason:  I'll be honest with you here, I made bet with my friend that I would not watch a single trailer about this movie.  So far so good anyway.  All I know is that it's based a book (that I have not read)  Also that Joaquin Phoenix looks amazing in the only picture I have seen from this film.  Going in blind.

Excitement: 2.5 
Reason: I'm a little nervous about this movie for the simple fact that I didn't like "Noah".  Also, does anyone think that Christian Bale is playing Moses Batman Connor in this movie.  Though Joel Edgerton looks awesome in this.

December 17, 2014:
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Excitement: 4
Reason: The final Hobbit movie and final journey to Middle Earth.  This has all the makings of having a grand conclusion to this world that has been so gloriously crafted by Peter Jackson.  This has been one of my most anticipated movies of the year.  I'm ready to take my final journey!

December 19, 2014:
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Annie, The Gambler, Mr. Turner

Excitement: 3
Reason:  Mark Wahlberg looks great in this film.  But John Goodman looks even better.  I'm very intrigued about this film.

Excitement: 2

Reason:  The first musical of the month.  It will be interesting to see how this remake will turn out.  I wonder if Jamie Fox will start rapping in this???

Excitement: 1

Reason:  Well, the one high note from this tired franchise is that Rebel Wilson joins the cast.  But there is also a sad note too.  This is one of Robin Williams final films. 

December 24, 2014:

Two Days One Night

December 25, 2014:
Into the Woods, Unbroken, The Interview, Big Eyes, Selma, American Sniper

Excitement: 4
Reason:  When I first watched the trailer, I was stunned.  This will be nominated for sure at the Oscars.  Angelina Jolie is become a pretty dang good director.

Excitement: 3.5 

Reason:  Bradley Cooper looks like he might be in Oscar territory with this role.  This movie looks like it might be a tough movie to watch about the choices we make in war.  We shall see.

Excitement: 3

Reason: I really like this cast.  I know, its the second musical of the month, but it still looks like it has something to offer.  Plus, I'm hoping that the Star Wars trailer gets the wide release for this movie.  Please Disney!!! 

Excitement: 2.5

Reason:  When I first heard that they were making this, I rolled my eyes and said to myself, "I rather see Pineapple Express 2"  But with each trailer, it gets funnier and funnier each time.  "We're going to North Korea!!!"

December 31, 2014:

A Most Violent Year, Leviafan

Excitement: 3.5

Reason:  It has one of my favorite actresses in it, Jessica Chastain!  Based in New York City in the winter of 1981, statistically the most violent year in America.  Oscar Isaac, might be an Oscar candidate too.

My Top Five Most Anticipated Movies of the Month:

1. The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies

2. Unbroken

3. Inherent Vice

4. American Sniper

5. A Most Violent Year

Summary of the Previous Month:

Last Month was really interesting.  It had some epic films and disappointments too.  Here is my rankings for what I witnesses!

1. Whiplash

2. Interstellar

3. The Theory of Everything

4. Big Hero 6

5. Horrible Bosses 2

6. Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

And my favorite performances...

1. J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)

2. Miles Teller (Whiplash)

3. Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

4. Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)

5. Jenifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses 2)

Also I watched some movies on DVD

1. Psycho (1960)

2. Red Dragon (2002)

3. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

4. Wreck it Ralph (2012)

5. Dallas Buyers Clubs (2013)

But my movie of the month goes to...

What did you see?  What do you want to see?  Do you agree with my list?

       Thank you again for reading and I hope you have fun at the movies!

Adam