What will you watch in Irish cinemas this month?
THE LOBSTER
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw
Release Date: October 16th 2015
Recently single David (Colin Farrell) checks into a mysterious hotel in the hope of finding love; he catch being that if he doesn’t find a partner with in 45 days he will be turned into an animal. Choosing a lobster as his animal, Dave sets out to find a woman to spend his life with, spending evenings hunting the Loners to try and up his day quota, and trying to find a woman with whom he has a defining characteristic in common.
THE INTERN
Directed by: Nancy Meyers
Starring: Robert DeNiro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, Anders Holm
Release Date: October 2nd 2015
Queen of the Chick Flick, Nancy Meyers, returns this month with her new comedy which sees Robert DeNiro play a 70 year old widower who finds himself at a loss in his latter years, so decides to intern at a successful fashion website, run by Jules (Anne Hathaway).
SICARIO
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber
Release Date: October 9th 2015
After a gruesome find at a house raid in Arizona, FBI Agent Kate Macy (Emily Blunt) is asked to volunteer for a task force aimed at taking a Mexican cartel boss down. Initially excited to be finally on the front lines, Macy soon learns that there is more going on in this task force than she has been led to believe.
THE LAST WITCH HUNTER
Directed by: Breck Eisner
Starring: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Michael Caine
Release Date: October 23rd 2015
Kaulder (Disel) is the last of his kind; an immortal witch hunter, and the only person who stands between the forces of darkness and the human race. In order to stop the witches of New York destroying the world, he must team up with a young witch, something that foes against everything he stands for.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION 3D
Directed by: Gregory Plotkin
Starring: Chris J. Murray, Brit Shaw, Ivy George, Dan Gill
Release Date: October 23rd 2015
The sixth and final instalment in the ‘Paranormal Activity’ series wraps up the mythology and those pesky lingering questions. When two young brothers find tapes of Katie and Kristi being taught supernatural abilities by their grandmother they are targeted by the supernatural forces that have made the house their home.
What will you watch in Irish cinemas this month?
THE QUEEN OF IRELAND
Directed by: Conor Horgan
Starring: Rory O’Neill
Release Date: October 23rd 2015
This new Irish documentary follows the journey of Ireland’s best known drag queen Panti (Aka Rory O’Neill) from the small Mayo town of Ballinrobe to striding the world stage. Directed by Conor Horgan (‘One Hundred Mornings’) the film acts as a backdrop to Ireland’s historical same sex marriage referendum in May.
THE PROGRAM
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Starring: Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Dustin Hoffman, Jesse Plemons
Release Date: October 16th 2015
Lance Armstrong was once one of the most famous and decorated athletes in the world, with seven Tour DeFrance victories under his belt. All of this came crashing down in 2013, when he finally admitted to the doping allegations that had plagued him for years. Director Stephen Frears takes us behind the scenes of the man, the myth and the cheat.
PAN
Directed by: Joe Wright
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara, Levi Miller, Garret Hedlund
Release Date: October 16th 2015
Go back in time to the beginning of the Peter Pan story this month, with Joe Wright’s PAN, which tells the tale of Peter Pan, long before Wendy Darling and her brothers got to Neverland. In this reimagining of the tale, the villain is the pirate Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman), and Hook (Garret Hedlund) and Pan (Levi Miller) become allies, long before they become enemies.
SPECTRE
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Starring: Daniel Craig, Monica Bellucci, Léa Seydoux, Chrisoph Waltz
Release Date: October 26th 2015
The 24th James Bond movie sees 007 take on the mysterious and dangerous organisation SPECTRE, as the newly instated M (Ralph Fiennes) struggles to hold MI6 together. Bond must unravel a web of lies and deceit, and protect the daughter of a powerful enemy.
THE WALK
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Schwartz, Ben Kingsley
Release Date: October 2nd 2015
‘I find myself on an island, floating in mid air on the edge of the void’… On August 6th 1974, French high wire performer Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) crossed a wire strung between the towers of New York’s World Trade Centre… 110 storeys up. Robert Zemeckis’ film takes us behind the scenes of this incredible feat, and into the mind of the man who seemed that the towers were built for him to dance on a wire between them.
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2
Directed by: Genndy Tartakovsky
Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi
Release Date: October 16th 2015
Adam Sandler’s 2012 3D animation ‘Hotel Transylvania’ set a new record for the highest grossing September opening weekend of all time, earning $358 million on a budget of $85 million. This month see’s the inevitable sequel open in time for Halloween with Dracula attempting to bring out the scary side in his half human, half vampire grandson.