JUPITER ASCENDING
Directed by: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Starring: Mila Kunis, Terry Gilliam, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Release Date: February 6th 2015
The Wachowski’s return with their first original science fiction screenplay since THE MATRIX trilogy. Mila Kunis plays Jupiter Jones, a woman who is down on her luck, working as a janitor when she meets interplanetary warrior Caine Wise (Channing Tatum) and her life changes forever.
SHAUN THE SHEEP
Directed by: Richard Starzak and Mark Burton.
Starring: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili
Release Date: February 6th 2015
Aardman Studios ride again, this time out, their beloved woolly character Shaun the Sheep gets a movie adventure all of his own.
In an attempt to break the mundane routine at his home in Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun the Sheep devises a plan to get a day off. Unfortunately, the day off turns into a madcap adventure, when the farmer ends up in the big city.
PATRICK’S DAY
Directed by: Terry McMahon
Starring: Kerry Fox, Moe Dunford, Philip Jackson, Catherine Walker
Release Date: February 6th 2015
Patrick (Dunford) is a young man with mental health issues who, you guessed it, celebrates his birthday on March 17th. When he gets separated from his mother in the throngs on the streets during the national holiday, Patrick has an encounter with a suicidal flight attendant, an encounter that his mother doesn’t approve of, and goes to extreme lengths to put a stop to.
THE INTERVIEW
Directed by: Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen
Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Randall Park
Release Date: February 6th 2015
If you have not heard of the furore surrounding THE INTERVIEW and it being pulled from US cinemas, we want to know which rock you have been hiding under! The film is finally set for release at this side of the pond, following a hugely successful VOD campaign in the US.
TV host Dave Skylark (Dave Franco) is shocked to hear that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Randall Park) is a huge fan of his show, but soon hatches a cunning plan to make history and interview the mysterious leader. When the US government hear of the interview, however, they enlist Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapaport (Seth Rogen) to rid the world of the North Korean dictator once and for all
SELMA
Directed by: Ava DuVernay
Starring: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey, Common, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Roth
Release Date: February 6th 2015
Already hitting headlines for being snubbed at major award ceremonies, SELMA stars a host of British actors, and David Oyelowo in a career best performance as Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1965, civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr (David Oyelowo), having seen the way African Americans were denied their rights in Selma, Alabama, organised a march from Selma to the state capital, Montgomery, over 50 miles away. King was met with resistance from all sides, but his tenacity and perseverance changed the course of history.
THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Richard Gere, Dev Patel.
Release Date: February 26th 2015
The follow up to John Madden’s wildly successful film sees Sonny Kapoor’s (Dev Patel) first hotel almost full, and our young hero has a dream of expansion. However, with his wedding growing ever closer, opening the second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel may be more of a challenge than Sonny can handle.
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
Starring: Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Rita Ora, Marcia Gay Harden, Eloise Mumford
Release Date: February 13th 2015
Any expectation that the long-awaited big-screen adaptation of E.L.James best-selling book will merely be soft porn dressed up as multiplex mulch was somewhat scuppered when acclaimed art installation mogul and mighty fine film director Sam Taylor-Johnson (NOWHERE BOY) signed on the dotted line. Our own Seamus McGarvey is the man behind the camera, and early word from the man himself is that this movie will be more than just a one-night stand.
IT FOLLOWS
Directed by: David Robert Mitchell
Starring: Linda Boston, Maika Monroe, Caitlin Burt, Heather Fairbanks, Ruby Harris
Release Date: February 27th 2015
Bloody Disgusting have called this ‘A Classical Horror Masterpiece’ and it has already received rave reviews from Sundance, not bad for a teen horror movie! Maika Monroe plays Jay, who is plagued by strange visions after a, yep, seemingly innocent sexual encounter. (We’ve all been there, It’s called Temple Bar).
THE WEDDING RINGER
Starring: Josh Gad, Kevin Hart, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Cloris Leachman
Release Date: February 20th 2015
Comic heavyweights Josh Gad and Kevin Hart team up in this bromantic comedy,
Overworked Doug has to employ a best man to create the wild bunch of friends his wife-to-be is just dying to meet. Co-writer and director Jeremy Garelick worked on THE BREAK UP, so, could be smarter than your average manchild comedy.
FOCUS
Directed by: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
Starring: Margot Robbie, Will Smith,
Release Date: February 27th 2015
If you liked TRUE LIES or MR & MRS SMITH then Will Smith’s new movie FOCUS is for you. Smith plays Nicky Spurgeon, a seasoned con-man running a scam in Buenos Aires. His carefully laid plans are thrown into chaos by the arrival of an ex-girlfriend who knows all of his methods first hand.