What will you see in Irish cinemas this month?! Movies.ie brings you some of the most highly anticipated releases to help you decide…
ENTOURAGE
Directed by: Doug Ellin
Starring: Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Dillon, Debi Mazar, Liam Neeson, Haley Joel Osment, Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Alba, Emmanuelle Chriqui.
Release Date: June 19th 2015
Almost four years after the TV show ended, Vincent Chase, Johnny Drama, E, Turtle and Ari Gold are back for a big screen outing of ENTOURAGE.
The film picks up where the TV show left off, with Chase’s directorial debut being bankrolled by Ari Gold. Of course, nothing runs smoothly when it comes to Vincent Chase, so when the film goes massively over budget, Ari must turn to a Texas billionaire to pick up the slack, while Chase maintains that if the film is a flop, he and his friends can just return home to Queens.
MINIONS
Directed by: Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin
Starring: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, Jon Hamm, Sandra Bullock, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders
Release Date: June 26th 2015
Both a prequel to, and spin off from the DESPICABLE ME films, MINIONS focuses on the little yellow creatures, who have a penchant and a need to be sidekicks to the most despicable masters they can find. Having exhausted T-Rexes, Ghengis Kahn and Dracula, three Minions find themselves recruited by the villainous Scarlett Overkill who, along with her inventor husband, has hatched a plot to take over the world.
SLOW WEST
Directed by: John Maclean
Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn
Release Date: June 26th 2015
Having been screened to rave reviews at Sundance, where it picked up the World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic Winner award, SLOW WEST comes to Irish cinemas this month.
The film stars Kodi Smit-McPhee as Jay Cavendish, a 16 year old boy who journeys across the American frontier at the end of the 19th century to find the woman he loves. Joined by Silas, the two find themselves being pursued by a wanted outlaw.
SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Poots, Rhys Ifans, Owen Wilson, Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Hahn
Release Date: June 26th 2015
Peter Bogdanovich, the legendary director of PAPER MOON and WHAT’S UP, DOC turns his hand to comedy this month with SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY.
The film stars Imogen Poots as a hooker-turned-Broadway-thespian who can’t seem to shake off her past, no matter how she tries, and has married and involved men falling for her left, right and centre.
MR HOLMES
Directed by: Bill Condon
Starring: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Frances de la Tour
Release Date: June 19th 2015
Based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous character, MR HOLMES sees an aged Sherlock Holmes reflect, from his retirement, on the cases he solved throughout his career, and the one that always managed to elude him.
THE LONGEST RIDE
Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
Starring: Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Alan Alda, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin
Release Date: June 19th 2015
In the latest of Nicholas Sparks’ novels to get the big screen treatment, Scott Eastwood plays Luke, a bull rider who is seriously injured one night while riding. A year later, he gets back on the proverbial horse, and meets the lovely Sophia. As the two go on their first date, they help Ira, an elderly man who crashed his car, and Sophia and Ira become friends. As Ira tells Sophia the story of the great love of his life, their stories begin to intertwine.
JURASSIC WORLD
Directed by: Colin Trevorrow
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Judy Greer, Vincent D’Onofrio, Nick Robinson
Release Date: June 11th 2015
twenty two years after the disastrous events of JURASSIC PARK, Isla Nublar is finally home to a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, as envisioned by John Hammond. Although there was plenty of initial excitement about the park, falling visitor numbers lead to park bosses creating a new attraction… One which, of course, backfires, terribly.
LET US PREY
Directed by: Brian O’Malley
Starring: Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Bryan Larkin, Hanna Stanbridge
Release Date: June 26th 2015
First time Irish director Brian O’Malley is making waves with his horror flick LET US PREY, which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival last year, and at JDIFF earlier this year.
Police Constable Rachel Heggie is used to working at a small station in a sleepy town, but when a mysterious man arrives in the town, his mere presence seems to turn police and inmates against one another, bringing chaos and death to the quiet town.
SURVIVOR
Directed by: James McTeigue
Starring: Emma Thompson, Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, James D’Arcy
Release Date: June 5th 2015
After a bomb goes off in central London, and foreign service officer (Jovovich) survives, she is framed for the bombing and is forced to go on the run. The assassin behind the bombing – The Watchmaker (Brosnan) – remains at large, and is determined to take the survivor down, while simultaneously planning an attack on US soil.
SPY
Directed by: Paul Feig
Starring: Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Morena Baccarin, Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Allison Janney.
Release Date: June 5th 2015
Melissa McCarthy re-teams with BRIDESMAIDS director Paul Feig to take on the role of Susan Cooper; a desk jockey at the CIA who finally gets her big break into the world of espionage when she goes undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer.