Summer = Christmas = Blockbusters = Oscar Bait
Gone Girl:
Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosemond Pike with a little bit of Neil Patrick Harris thrown in for good measure.
About: A woman who goes missing on the eve of her wedding anniversary.
Thoughts: There is a whole lot of WTF is going on in this film, in a good way.
Release Date: OUT NOW
Whiplash:
Stars: Miles Teller and J.K Simmons
About: a jazz drummer (Miles Teller) being put through his paces by a drill-sergeant instructor (J. K. Simmons) at an elite music school.
Release Date: 17/10
Fury:
Stars: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf
About: American Soldiers in WW1.
Thoughts: Question is, can we take Mr LaBeouf seriously anymore? Also it has gotten some pretty bad reviews.
Release Date: 17/10
Birdman:
Stars: Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Zach Galifianakis
About: An unauthorized biopic of Michael Keaton, about an actor famous for playing a superhero who tries to mount a Broadway play.
Thoughts: SO Meta you guys. Also sounds rather melancholic (such a great word).
Relase Date: 17/10
Interstellar:
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway
About: A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Release Date: 7/11
Thoughts: Like Gravity but not.
Fox Catcher:
Stars: Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Carell
About: The true story of Olympic-wrestling brothers (Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo) and their dark and a-hole sponsor (Steve Carell).
Release Date: 14/11
Thoughts: Channing Tatum in a wrestling suit! But on a less shallow level, Steve Carell makes for a very intriguing bad guy.
The Imitation Game:
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kiera Knightly
About: English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II.
Release Date: 21/11
Thoughts: Cumberbatch is at his best when he’s at his smartest. See, Sherlock.
Wild:
Stars: Reese Witherspoon
About: A chronicle of one woman’s 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.
Release Date: 5/12
Thoughts: It’s been a while since weve seen Reese do anything this gritty (have we ever?) I think her performance in Wild will get her an Oscar nod fo sho. Also I think she is a drug addict for a we bit there which is always interesting.
Big Eyes:
Stars: Amy Adams, Christopher Waltz, Krysten Ritter
About: A drama centered on the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
Thoughts: Her husband was such a douche.
Into The Woods:
Stars: Emily Blunt, Johnny Depp, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Meryl Streep
About: A witch conspires to teach important lessons to various characters of popular children’s stories including Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel.
Release Date: 25/12
Thoughts: THAT CAST. So happy Meryl is in this. As the Witch no less.
Unbroken:
Stars: Jack O’Connell (Directed by Angelina Jolie written by the Coen brothers)
About: A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.
Release Date: 25/12
Thoughts: If you have read the book you will know how epic this tale is. If you haven’t you are likely going to think that the story is far to overly dramatic to be real. I’m thinking an Oscar nod to both the Director and the Star.
Inherent Vice:
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro, Maya Rudolph
About: In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles detective Larry “Doc” Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
Release Date: 9/1
Thoughts: This is a black comedy, I love black comedies. I also love this cast so I’m so into this.
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