New year and lots of new movies coming out! Good mix this month with some horror, some romance, and lots of action.
Insidious: The Last Key
Release Date: January 5th Dir. Adam Robitel
Prod. Jason Blum, Oren Peli, James Wan, Leigh Wannell
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Supernatural Horror
Starring: Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Leigh Wannell, Josh Stewart, Caitlin Gerard
Elise Rainier travels to New Mexico to investigate disturbing supernatural forces in her old home.
Stratton
Release Date: January 5th Dir. Simon West
Prod. Matthew Jenkins
Studio: Momentum Pictures
Genre: Action Thriller
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Gemma Chan, Austin Stowell, Tyler Hoechlin, Tom Felton
Dominic Cooper stars as John Stratton, a Special Boat Service operator in Northern Ireland who must track down a terrorist cell.
The Commuter
Release Date: January 12th Dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
Prod. Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman
Studio: Lionsgate
Genre: Action
Starring: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan banks, Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Neill
A man gets caught up in a deadly game while on his way home from work. What started as a normal day now has him racing to find a hidden passenger on the train to save his life and those of his fellow commuters.
Proud Mary
Release Date: January 12th Dir. Babak Najafi
Prod. Tai Duncan, Paul Schiff
Studio: Screen Gems
Genre: Action Thriller
Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Danny Glover, Neal McDonough, Xander Berkeley, Maragaret Avery
Taraji P. Henson plays Mary, a hitwoman working in Boston who inadvertently orphans a young boy when her latest job goes sideways.
12 Strong
Release Date: January 19th Dir. Nicolai Fuglsig
Prod. Jerry Bruckheimer, Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill
Studio: Warner Bros.
Genre: War Drama
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Elsa Pataky, Michael Shannon, Michael Pena, Trevante Rhodes
Based on the book, Horse Soldiers, the film follows 12 soldiers who, after the 9/11 attacks, are sent to Afghanistan to help fight the Taliban.
Den of Thieves
Release Date: January 19th Dir. Christian Gudegast
Prod. Mark Canton, Christian Gudegast, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley
Studio: STX Entertainment
Genre: Heist Action Thriller
Starring: Gerard Butler, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Pablo Schreiber, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Evan Jones, Dawn Olivieri, Mo McRae, Max Holloway
Following a group of robbers as they plan the biggest heist of their careers as well as the cops who both work against and with the criminals.
The Leisure Seeker
Release Date: January 19th Dir. Paolo Virzi
Prod. Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, Benedetto Habib
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Genre: Italian-French Road Film
Starring: Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren
A couple escape from their adult children and their lives full of doctors appointments by taking a road trip from Boston to the Florida Keys.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Release Date: January 26th Dir. Wes Ball
Prod. Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Lee Stollman, Wes Ball
Studio: 20th Century Box
Genre: Dystopian Science Fiction Action Thriller
Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Barry Pepper, Will Poulet, Patricia Clarkson
In this final chapter of The Maze Runner trilogy, Thomas and the other Gladers must break into the “Last City”. Controller by WCKD and full of deadly traps, it will be their most dangerous adventure yet, but it will also get them the answers they need.
Lots of great films being released in 2018 and this is just the start!
Which of these films are you most excited about?
Personally, I can’t wait for The Death Cure or Insidious. Not too sure I’ll paying to see Liam Neeson ride a train though.
A night full of talented stars, awkward jokes, and too-long acceptance speeches. Yes, the Golden Globes are here again!
The event kicked off with an amazing opening number (seriously, how amazing were the kids from Stranger Things?!). This was followed by a monologue that was equal parts awkward and hilarious.
There were, of course, jokes made about Donald Trump and what an awful year 2016 was.
And then it was onto the awards!
Best Supporting Actor: Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals Mahershala Ali – Moonlight Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water Simon Helberg – Florence Foster Jenkins Dev Patel – Lion
Best Actor in a TV Drama: Billy Bob Thornton – Goliath Rami Malek – Mr. Robot Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul Matthew Rhys – The Americans Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan
Best Actress in a TV Musical or Comedy: Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish Rachel Bloom – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep Sarah Jessica Parker – Divorce Issa Rae – Insecure Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Best Musical or Comedy Atlanta Black-ish
Mozart in the Jungle
Transparent
Veep
Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film;$ Sarah Paulson – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story Felicity Huffman – American Crime Riley Keough – The Girlfriend Experience Charlotte Rampling – London Spy Kerry Washington – Confirmation
Best Miniseries or TV Film: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story American Crime
The Dresser
The Night Manager
The Night Of
Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie: Hugh Laurie – The Night Manager Sterling K. Brown – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story John Lithgow – The Crown Christian Slater – Mr. Robot John Travolta – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Best Original Score: Justin Hurwitz – La La Land Nicholas Britell – Moonlight Johann Johannsson – Arrival Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka – Lion Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, & Benjamin Wallifisch – Hidden Figures
Best Original Song: “City of Stars” – La La Land “Can’t Stop This Feeling!” – Trolls “Faith” – Sing “Gold” – Gold “How Far I’ll Go” – Moana
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Viola Davis – Fences Naomie Harris – Moonlight NicoleKidman – Lion Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or TV Film: Olivia Colman – The Night Manager Lena Headey – Game of Thrones Chrissy Metz – This is Us Mandy Moore – This is Us Thandie Newton – Westworld
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy: Ryan Gosling – La La Land Colin Farrell – The Lobster Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins Jonah Hill – War Dogs Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool
Best Screenplay: Damien Chazelle – La La Land Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
Best Animated Film: Zootopia Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zuccini
Sing
Between the awards there was a beautiful tribute to Carrie Fischer and Debbie Reynolds, a pair whose deaths truly shook the world.
Best Foreign Language Film: Elle (France) Divines (France) Neruda (Chile) The Salesman (Iran/France) Toni Erdmann (Germany)
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film: Tom Hiddleston – The Night Manager Riz Ahmed – The Night Of Bryan Cranston – All the Way John Turturro – The Night Of Courtney B. Vance – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Best Actress in a Drama Series: Claire Foy – The Crown Winona Ryder – Stranger Things Caitriona Balfe – Outlander Keri Russell – The Americans Evan Rachel Wood – Westworld
Best Drama Series: The Crown Game of Thrones
Stranger Things
This Is Us
Westworld
Meryl Streep was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement and delivered the most heartfelt and powerful speech I have ever heard. She urged people to hold those in positions of power accountable for their actions and it was crystal clear who she was talking about.
Best Director: Damien Chazelle – La La Land Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge Barry Jenkins – Moonlight Kenneth Londergan – Manchester by the Sea
Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy: Donald Glover – Atlanta Anthony Anderson – Black-ish Gael Garcia Bernal – Mozart in the Jungle Nick Nolte – Gravest Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent
Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy: Emma Stone – La La Land Annette Bening – 20th Century Women Lily Collins – Rules Don’t Apply Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Musical or Comedy: La La Land 20th Century Women
Deadpool
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sing Street
Best Actor in a Drama: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea Joel Edgerton – Loving Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic Denzel Washington – Fences
Best Actress in a Drama: Isabelle Huppert – Elle Amy Adams – Arrival Jessica Chastain – Miss Sloane Ruth Negga – Loving Natalie Portman – Jackie
Best Drama: Moonlight Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
What a truly spectacular night it was! So many amazing actors and actresses won some very well deserved awards and gave some fantastic speeches. Meryl Streep’s in particular is one I believe people will be talking about all year.
Awards Season is officially upon us and I’m incredibly excited to see how the rest of it goes.
Were there any award winners you were surprised by?
So I decided I wanted to try something new on this blog and talk about films that are going to be released this month. I’m doing something similar over on my other blog and may be making this monthly thing.
Starring: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Chloe Grace Moretz, Tye Sheridan, Sterling Jerins, Corey Stoll, Christina Hendricks
Twenty-five years ago, Ben Day was convicted of murdering his mother and two of his sisters after his other sister, Libby, testifies against him. Now, Libby isn’t so sure if Ben really was guilty and must seek out those horrific memories to determine what really happened.
Fantastic Four
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Dir. Josh Trank
Prod. Gregory Goodman, Simon Kinberg, Robert Kulzar, Hutch Parker, Matthew Vaughn
Studio: 20th Century Fox/Marvel Entertainment
Genre: Action, Adventure
Based On: Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Starring: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey, Tim Blake Nelson
Four ordinary people are given special abilities when they travel to an alternate universe and must use their powers to become superheroes and save the world.
The Gift
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Dir. Joel Edgerton
Prod. Jason Blum, Joel Edgerton, Rebecca Yeldham
Studio: STX Entertainment
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton
Gordo is an old high school friend of Simon’s who seems friendly enough at first. However, after Simon and his wife, Robyn, start receiving strange gifts from Gordo, awful truths will be brought to light about what really happened in Simon’s past.
Ricki and the Flash
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Dir. Jonathan Demme
Prod. Marc Platt, Diablo Cody, Mason Novick, Gary Goetzman
Studio: TriStar Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer, Audra McDonald, Sebastian Stan, Rick Springfield
Meryl Streep stars as Ricki, a woman who must return to her estranged family to help her daughter deal with her divorce, after abandoning them to become a rock star.
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Dir. Richard Starzak and Mark Burton
Prod. Paul Kewley and Julie Lockhart
Studio: StudioCanal
Genre: Stop-Motion Animated Comedy
Starring Voice Cast: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili
Based on the British series, Shaun the Sheep follows Shaun, a sheep, and his friends as they try to locate their farmer by going on an adventure to the big city where they must animal control and try to blend in.
The Runner
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Dir. Austin Stark
Prod. Bingo Gubelmann, Erika Hampson, Benji, Chris Papavasiliuo, Glenn Williamson
Studio: Paper Street Films/Back Lot Pictures
Genre: Political Drama
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Connie Nielsen, Peter Fonda, Sarah Paulson, Wendell Pierce
Nicolas Cage stars as a politician whose career is destroyed after news of a sex scandal is leaked following the oil spill in 2010.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Dir. Marielle Heller
Prod. Miranda Bailey, Anne Carey, Bert Hamelinck, Madeline Samit
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Genre: Comedy Drama
Based On: The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures by Phoebe Gloeckner
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni, Bel Powley, Austin Lyon, Quinn Nagle
Minnie Goetze is a fifteen year old girl living in 1970s San Francisco with her mother, Charlotte when she starts an affair with her mother’s boyfriend, Monroe, recording everything that happens in her diary.
Exeter
Release Date: August 7, 2015
Dir. Marcus Nispel
Prod. Brandt Andersen, Michael Corrente, Michael Corso, Marcus Nispel, Trent Othick
Genre: Horror
Starring: Stephen Lang, Kelly Blatz, Brittany Curran, Brett Dier, Gage Golightly
Six teenagers accidentally release a malevolent spirit while goofing off at a party. However, the teens quickly realize the spirit may not be the most dangerous thing out there, and that it’s malevolence is actually the spirit trying to tell them something.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Dir. Guy Ritchie
Prod. John David, Steve Clark-Hall, Lionel Wigram, Guy Ritchie
Studio: Warner Bros.
Genre: Action, Comedy
Based On: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. by Sam Rolfe
Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Jared Harris, Hugh Grant
Two U.N.C.L.E. agents must work together to stop a crime organization before they use nuclear weapons to turn the world catastrophic during this action film set during the 1960s Cold War.
Straight Outta Compton
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Dir. F. Gary Gray
Prod. Ice Cube, Tomica Woods-Wright, Matt Alvarez, F. Gary Gray, Scott Bernstein, Dr. Dre
Studio: Universal Studios
Genre: Biography, Drama
Starring: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti, Aldis Hodge, Neil Brown Jr.
A biographical drama that follows the history of the band, N.W.A.
Return to Sender
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Dir. Faoud Mikati
Prod. Candice Abela and Holly Wiersma
Studio: Image Entertainment/Arrow Films
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Nick Nolte, Shiloh Fernendez
After a woman is brutally attacked in her home, she must try to return to her normal life. This proves difficult though when she starts communicating with her attacker while he’s in prison. But, are either of them really what they seem?
In this coming-of-age film, three teenagers (Butterfield, Steinfeld, and Hirsch) learn to come together to support each other through difficult times.
People Places Things
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Dir. James C. Strouse
Prod. Michael B. Clark and Alex Turtletaub
Studio: The Film Arcade
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Regina Hall, Jessica Williams, Stephenie Allynne, Michael Chernus, Aundrea Gadsby, Gia Gadsby
Will Henry is a newly singer father who must balance raising his two young daughters while figuring out how to let go of old loves and let new ones in.
Mistress America
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Dir. Noah Baumbach
Prod. Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke, Heather Lind, Cindy Cheung, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Matthew Shear, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Chernus
Lola Kirke stars Tracy, a college freshman who allows her future-step-sister to take her on insane adventures to escape the boredom and loneliness of her regular life.
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Dir. Tadayoshi Yamamuro
Studio: Toei Company/20th Centrury Fox
Genre: Animated, Action, Adventure
Starring an Extensive Voice Cast. The full list can be found here on Wikipedia
Prod. David Alpert, Anthony Bregman, Mark Fasano, Kevin Scott Frakes, Britton Rizzio, Raj Brinder Singh
Studio: Lionsgate/Summit Entertainment
Genre: Action, Comedy
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace, Connie Britton, Walton Goggins, John Leuizamo, Bill Pullman, Tony Hale
Mike Howell is a government sleeper agent. When the government targets him for elimination, he is suddenly thrust back into the chaos of his old life and must find a way to escape again.
Hitman: Agent 47
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Dir. Aleksander Bach
Prod. Charles Gordon, Adrian Askariah, Alex Young, Skip Woods
Rupert Friend is Agent 47, a genetically engineered assassin who must take down an opposing corporation before they unlock the secrets to 47’s creation and use them to make their own army.
Sinister 2
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Dir. Ciaran Foy
Prod. Jason Blum, Scott Derrickson, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Studio: Focus Features/Gramercy Pictures
Genre: Horror
Starring: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan, Dartanian Sloan
Following the events of the first Sinister film, Deputy So & So is in the process of investigating the murders that have taken place and is hoping to prevent more of them from happening. This might be difficult though when a young family moves into the house Bughuul lives in and he tries to make one of the children film himself killing his family.
Z for Zachariah
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Dir. Craig Zobel
Prod. Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Thor Sigurjonsson, Sigurjón Sighvatsson, Tobey Maguire, Matthew Plouffe, Sophia Lin
Studio: Roadside Attractions
Genre: Drama, Action, Sci-Fi
Based on Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, Chris Pine
Based on the novel of the same name, Z for Zachariah tells the story of three of the last remaining survivors on Earth find themselves in a love triangle.
Regression
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Dir. Alejandro Amenábar
Prod. Alejandro Amenábar, Fernando Bovaira, Christina Piovesan
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Genre: Thriller
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson, David Dencik, David Thewlis
Emma Watson stares as seventeen-year old Angela, a girl who was sexually abused by her father, though the man doesn’t actually remember the event happening.
Max Steel
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Dir. Stewart Hendler
Prod. Bill O’Dowd and Julia Pistor
Studio: Open Road Films
Genre: Action, Adventure
Starring: Ben Winchell, Ana Villafañe, Andy Garcia, Maria Bello, Billy Slaughter
Max Steel the film acts as an origin story to the series which aired several years ago and follows teenager, Max McGrath, and alien, Steel. The duo must use their powers to turn into Max Steel and save the world.
So what do you think? Any of these films sound good? Did you like this post?
