What will you watch in Irish cinemas this month?
CAROL
Directed by: Todd Haynes
Starring: Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Carrie Brownstein, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy
Release Date: November 27th
When Therese first meets the aloof but curiously magnetic Carol the two quickly grow close as friends, before becoming lovers. Carol’s ex-husband however, is unable to let Carol go, and begins to use her relationship with Therese as a weapon in their divorce.
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Release Date: November 19th
The ‘Hunger Games’ franchise comes to a thrilling end this month, with Katniss leading an all out revolution against the oppressive regime instated by the Capitol.
THE SCOUTS’ GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
Directed by: Christopher Landon
Starring: David Koechner, Tye Sheridan, Cloris Leachman, Blake Anderson
Release Date: November 6th
Ben, Carter and Augie are a day away from their last camp out as boy scouts. Although they think they already have a strong bond, they are about to discover the true meaning of friendship when a zombie plague threatens their town.
FATHER AND DAUGHTERS
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Paul, Russell Crowe, Diane Kruger, Jane Fonda
Release Date: November 13th
When she was a small child, Katie’s father – a Pulitzer prize winning author – struggled to take care of her as he came to terms with his own illness. 27 years later, Katie struggles to let a new man into her life after she felt so abandoned by her father.
THE LADY IN THE VAN
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Starring: Maggie Smith, Dominic Cooper, James Corden, Jim Broadbent, Russell Tovey
Release Date: November 13th
Based on a real relationship that writer Alan Bennett had, Maggie Smith plays Miss Mary Shepherd, a house-less woman who lives in her van, which Alan Bennett allows her to park in his driveway, where she stayed for 15 years.
BRIDGE OF SPIES
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Mark Rylance, Tom Hanks, Alan Alda, Domenick Lombardozzi
Release Date: November 27th
Based on a real incident during the Cold War, the film follows the negotiation for the release of the pilot whose U-2 plane was shot down in the Soviet Union, in exchange for a Soviet spy being held in the US.
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
Directed by: Peter Sohn
Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Steve Zahn, A.J. Buckley, Anna Paquin, Sam Elliott
Release Date: November 27th
Disney Pixar’s second film of 2015 – after the incredible ‘Inside Out’ – imagines what would have happened if the dinosaurs had never died out. A young dinosaur named Arlo, after being separated from his family, finds comfort from an unlikely friend; a human boy.
BROOKLYN
Directed by: John Crowley
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent
Release Date: November 6th
In the 1950s, Eilis Lacey emigrates from Enniscorthy to Brooklyn. Initially homesick, Eilis struggles to make friends in the big city, until she meets Tony a young Italian man who she quickly falls for. When tragedy strikes and Eilis returns home for a visit, she is forced to choose between the life she left behind and her new one at the other side of the world.
BLACK MASS
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Starring: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon
Release Date: November 27th
Based on a true story, ‘Black Mass’ follows Whitey Bukger, the most famous and violent criminal ever known in South Boston, who turns government informant to take down a Mafia family intent on taking over his territory.
HE NAMED ME MALALA
Directed by: Davis Guggenheim
Starring: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai, Khushal Yousafzai
Release Date: November 6th
In October 2012, 15 year old Malala Yousafzai was shot three times as retaliation for her speaking publicly about her life under the Taliban regime in Pakistan, and her advocating education for girls and women. Malala survived and has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts for youth education. For the first time, Malala’s story is told on the big screen in this new documentary.