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The 2015 Big Summer Movie Preview #Hollywood #Bollywood
So arguably the most anticipated movie of 2015, the awesome Avengers: Age of Ultron, has already released and we’ve only just hit May. But summer’s only just begun which means we’ve only just got started. Here are the most exciting movies lined up for the rest of the summer and what makes them exciting (to me!):
MAY 8
Piku
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Deepika Padukone
Directed by: Shoojit Sircar
Because Shoojit Sircar is back and Irrfan-Deepika could be the quirkiest romantic pairing this year.
Maggie
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin
Directed by: Henry Hobson
Because this looks like the film that could do for Arnold Schwarzenegger what Joe couldn’t do for Nicholas Cage – give him a gritty, badass comeback.
Hot Pursuit
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Sofia Vergara
Directed by: Anne Fletcher
Because Reese Witherspoon is back to doing comedy and this could be this year’s Heat.
MAY 15
Bombay Velvet
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Karan Johar
Directed by: Anurag Kashyap
Because with that cast and the music by Amit Trivedi and with Kashyap at its helm, this is easily my most anticipated film of the year now.
Mad Max: Fury Road
Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult
Directed by: George Miller
Because it’s got the most massive, mindblowing, earth-shattering, trailer this year and in most years in general.
Pitch Perfect 2
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow and more
Because after a fresh, inventive and super fun original, the coolest group of chickas are back, pitches!
MAY 22
Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Starring: Kangana Ranaut, Kangana Ranaut, R Madhavan
Because one Kangana is awesome and two Kanganas is THE BEST THING EVER.
Tomorrowland
Starring: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie
Because George Clooney stars in a film written by the writer of Lost in a film by the director of The Incredibles, which also stars Hugh Laurie, btw.
MAY 29
San Andreas
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario
Because who doesn’t want to see The Rock saving the world!
Aloha
Starring: Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Because THE Cameron Crowe is back with a romcom starring Emma Stone; this could probably be my favourite film of the year.
JUNE 5
ENTOURAGE!!
Starring: Ari Gold, Vinnie Chase, ‘E’, Turtle and Johnny Drama (oh yeah)
Directed by: Doug Ellin
BECAUSE THE BOYS ARE BACK AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE, LOOK SO MANY EXCLAMATIONS!!!!
Dil Dhadakne Do
Starring: Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor, Shefali Shah
Directed by: Zoya Akhtar
Because with a star cast that awesome and a trailer that fun, and a director so brilliant, this could be the Bollywood film of the year.
Spy
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham, Nargis Fakhri
Directed by: Paul Feig
Because Melissa McCarthy is a spy and Jason Statham is a doofus and the film is by the director of The Heat and it also stars Nargis Fakhri!
JUNE 12
Jurassic World
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jake Johnson
Directed by: Colin Trevorrow
Because the dinos are back, this time with Chris Pratt!!!!! (Also this movie is directed by a guy who’s first film I *really* dug, Safety Not Guaranteed)
Hamari Adhuri Kahaani
Starring: Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi
Directed by: Mohit Suri
Because Vidya Balan is the only reason you need, although I’m really not sure about the rest of the cast and crew.
#Notraileryet
JUNE 19
ABCD 2 (3D)
Starring: Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhu Deva
Directed by: Remo D’Souza
Because the trailer in 3D looks actually looks like quite a blast.
Inside Out
Starring: Amy Poehler, Mindy Kaling, Bill Hader
Directed by: Pete Docter
Because what a great cast and what a great plot!
Paper Towns
Starring: Natt Wolfe, Cara Delevingne
Directed by: Jake Schreier
Because this film is written by the writers of of (500) Days of Summer, The Fault in Our Stars and The Spectacular Now (Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber), so if you love romcoms, this one’s NOT to be missed.
JUNE 26
Ted 2
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Seth McFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson
Directed by: Seth McFarlane
Because the foul-mouthed teddy bear is going to be dirtier, raunchier and even more of an asshole this time… if only the censors allow his debauchery.
Big Game
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Onni Tommila
Directed by: Jalmari Helander
Because it’s an action thriller featuring Samuel ‘Mothaf**a’ Jackson as The President of the USA… oh hell yeah!
JULY 1
Magic Mike XXL
Starring: Channing Tatum, Amber Heard, Elizabeth Banks, Matt Bomer
Directed by: Channing Tatum
Because this one’s for the ladies.
Terminator Genisys
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Jai Courtney (WHY?)
Directed by: Alan Taylor
Because Emilia ‘Khaleesi’ Clarke gives you hope, otherwise this really looks like a piece of shit.
JULY 3
Hero
Starring: Athiya Shetty, Sooraj Pancholi, Govinda
Directed by: Nikhil Advani
Because this has been the most talked reboot starring two star kids, since Saawariya.
#NoTrailerYet
JULY 10
Minions
Starring: Jon Hamm, Sandra Bullock, Michael Keaton
Directed by: Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
Because MINIONS.
JULY 16
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Starring: Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Directed by: Kabir Khan
Because Kabir Khan is the only director who can make a Salman Khan movie cool.
#NoTrailerYet
JULY 17
Ant-Man
Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lily, Corey Stoll
Directed by: Peyton Reed
Because Paul Rudd is a superhero in the second Marvel movie of the year, and he better live up to it because I’m really not happy about Edgar Wright not directing this.
Pan
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara, Cara Delevingne, Garett Hedlund, Amanda Seyfried
Directed by: Joe Wright
Because this could either be fantastic or the best unintentional comedy of the year.
Mr Holmes
Starring: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney
Directed by: Bill Condon
Because Magneto as an aging Sherlock Holmes and that’s just a sick logline.
JULY 24
Trainwreck
Starring: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, John Cena, Brie Larson
Directed by: Judd Apatow
Because it’s the coming together of two comedy gods with Amy Schumer writing and acting and Judd Apatow directing.
Pixels
Starring: Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Because I never thought I’d look forward to an Adam Sandler film but this is directed by THE Chris Columbus (of Home Alone!), *really* looks like fun and it also stars Peter ‘Tyrion’ Dinklage and that can never hurt, right?
JULY 31
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
Because let’s just be honest, the only reason Tom Cruise is still relevant is because he almost kills himself while doing the stunts in Mission Impossible, and everyone’s just curious to see how he managed to live.
Southpaw
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Forest Whittaker, Rita Ora
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Because Jake Gyllenhaal deserves an Oscar and the buzz is that this film could get one for him (although the trailer’s not promising)
Bangistan
Starring: Ritesh Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat, Jacqueline Fernandez
Directed by: Karan Anshuman
Because the poster, name and cast is super fun and if it could match the spirit of a Four Lions, this could be a load of fun!
#NoTrailerYet
Drishyam
Starring: Ajay Devgn, Shriya Saran, Tabu, Rajat Kapoor
Directed by: Nishikant Kamat
Because Nishikant Kamat, otherwise really not excited to find out what Ajay Devgn will bring to *another* South remake.
#NoTrailerYet
AUGUST 7
Fantastic Four
Starring: Kate Mara, Miles Teller, Michael B Jordan, Jamie Bell
Directed by: Josh Trank
Because it’s got the freshest cast for a superhero movie after Guardians of the Galaxy, and because the director’s done Chronicle, the most twisted take on the superhero genre yet.
Goosebumps
Starring: Jack Black, Kumail Nanjiani, Karan Soni
Directed by: Rob Letterman
Because this really sounds like the fun, irreverent film that brings Jack Black back on the map.
AUGUST 14
The Man from UNCLE
Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant
Directed by: Guy Ritche
Because Guy Ritchie, that cast, and have you even seen how much fun the trailer looks??
Brothers
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Siddharth Malhotra, Jackie Shroff
Directed by: Karan Malhotra
Because the original movie that this is a reboot of, Warriors, is an incredible film so fingers crossed, although hard to trust anything with Akshay Kumar attached.
#NoTrailerYet
Masterminds
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Zach Galifianakis
Directed by: Jared Hess
Because Kristen Wiig and that cast in a bank heist comedy sounds like the funniest film of the year already.
Straight Outta Compton
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Keith Stanfield, O’Shea Jackson Jr, Corey Hawkins
Directed by: F Gary Gray
Because it’s the origin story of legendary hip hop group NWA and check out the trailer and tell me you don’t get the feels.
AUGUST 21
All is Well
Starring: JAbhishek Bachchan, Asin, Rishi Kapoor, Supriya Pathak
Directed by: Umesh Shukla
Because Umesh Shukla’s OMG was very well done and it would be interesting to see Abhishek Bachchan finally getting a good director to work with.
#NoTrailerYet
AUGUST 28
Phantom
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif
Directed by: Kabir Khan
Because Kabir Khan again, with another movie, with another Khan, could either be a double treat or… hmm, let’s just hope it’s that.
#NoTrailerYet
Hitman: Agent 47
Starring: Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto, Ciaran Hinds
Directed by: Aleksander Bach
Because Homeland’s Rupert Friend gets an action thriller of his own and that sounds terribly exciting to me.
Which movie are you most excited about? Do leave your favourites in the comments below 🙂
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The Best of Best Of Lists 2014 – Movies
(Read The Best of Best of Lists 2014 – TV here: http://goo.gl/fbDQ1f)
‘Tis the season of Best Of Lists! And now that there are *SO* many out there, it’s quite difficult to get a real idea of films that have truly stood out in the year – since the lists of every individual critic varies just that much. So I’ve drawn up the best of lists of some of the best film critics out there.
Unlike ‘The Best of Best of Lists 2014 – TV‘ version (read here), there seems to be very little unanimity in the movie lists. Film critics have generally not agreed upon the best films of the year, saving a very few; while TV critics have pretty similar lists over all, barring a few personal choices.
So here are some of the things that stood out after going through all the lists:
The only film on *everybody’s* lists: Boyhood (Read my interview with director Richard Linklater here: http://goo.gl/ErdfnS)
The only other films on *almost* everybody’s lists: The Grand Budapest Hotel & Selma
The documentary film surprisingly on a lot of lists: Citizenfour
The highly buzzed films surprisingly on very few lists: Foxcatcher, Gone Girl & Interstellar
The worst reviewed film (among these) surprisingly on some lists: Lucy
The foreign film on most lists: Ida (Poland)
The British film on most lists: Mr. Turner
The only animated film on the lists: The LEGO Movie
The only straight-to-DVD film on the lists: Snowpiercer
Here are the lists, that will be updated as more lists come up (The name of the critic links to his/her Twitter page):
Hitflix’s ‘Top 10 of 2014’ – By Drew McWeeny: http://goo.gl/Ro2waf
(1 to 10) Inherent Vice, Boyhood, Wild Tales, Selma, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Force Mejeure, The Tribe, Nightcrawler, Snowpiercer, The Raid 2
Indiewire’s ‘Best Films of 2014’ – By Eric Kohn: http://goo.gl/TOh0Rz
(1 to 10) Boyhood, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Mankamana, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Leviathan, Ida, Starred Up, Only Lovers Left Alive, The Double, Inherent Vice
Little White Lies’ ’25 Best Films of 2014′ – By David Ehlrich: http://goo.gl/NXs5kf
(1 to 10) The Grand Budapest Hotel, Inherent Vice, Under the Skin, Nymphomaniac, Gone Girl, Only Lovers Left Alive, The Double, God Help The Girl, Force Majeure, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Boyhood, Goodbye to Language, Ida, Paolo Alto, The Babadook, Mommy, Why Don’t You Play in Hell, Starred Up, Godzilla, Listen Up Philip, Love is Strange, Selma, Timbuktu, We Are The Best!, Lucy
Rolling Stones’ ’10 Best Movies of 2014′ – By Peter Travers: http://goo.gl/ahbG5b
(1 to 10) Boyhood, Birdman, Foxcatcher, Selma, Gone Girl, Whiplash, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Unbroken, Under The Skin, Interstellar
The Guardian’s ’10 Best Films of 2014′ – By Peter Bradshaw: http://goo.gl/5lHFPR
(1 to 10) Under The Skin, Boyhood, Inherent Vice, Whiplash, Leviathan, Two Days One Night, Nightcrawler, Ida, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The LEGO Movie
The New York Times’ ‘Top 10 Movies of 2014’ – By A. O. Scott: http://goo.gl/NyLZxl
(1 to 10) Boyhood, Ida, Citizenfour, Leviathan, Selma, Love is Strange, We Are The Best!, Birdman & Listen Up, Philip & Mr. Turner, Dear White People, The Babadook
The New Yorker’s ‘Best Movies of 2014’ – By Richard Brody: http://goo.gl/kWMnzV
(1 to 30) The Grand Budapest Hotel, Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Goodbye to Language, The Last of the Unjust, The Immigrant, American Sniper, Listen Up Philip, Actress, Memphis, Butter on the Latch, Evolution of a Criminal, Gone Girl, Happy Christmas, It Felt Like Love, Jimmy P, Life of Riley, Magic in the Moonlight, Soft in the Head, Story of my Death, Stranger by the Lake, Jealousy, Jersey Boys, Life Itself, Manakamana, Marvin Seth and Stanley, The Missing Picture, Selma, Tip Top, The Unknown Known, What Now? Remind Me, One Day Pina Asked…
TIME Magazine’s ‘Top 10 Best Movies’ – By Richard Corliss: http://goo.gl/egfzcX
(1 to 10) The Grand Budapest Hotel, Boyhood, The LEGO Movie, Lucy, Goodbye to Language, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Nightcrawler, Citizenfour, Wild Tales, Birdman
Thompson on Hollywood’s ‘Top Ten Films of 2014’ – By Anne Thompson: http://goo.gl/ygGhJB
(1 to 10) Birdman, Boyhood, Mr. Turner, Nymphomaniac Volumes 1 & 2, Only Lovers Left Alive, Ida, Selma, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wild Tales, Beyond the Lights
Vanity Fair’s ’10 Best Movies of 2014′ – By Richard Lawson: http://goo.gl/Buc3Wd
(1 to 10) Love is Strange, Mommy, Force Majeure, Citizenfour, Boyhood, Selma, Snowpiercer, Mr. Turner, Pride, X Men: Days of Future Past
Vulture’s ’11 Best Movies of 2014′ – By David Edelstein: http://goo.gl/7E87WI
(1 to 10) Boyhood, Selma, The Babadook, Whiplash, Tales of the Grim Sleeper, Only Lovers Left Alive, Citizenfour, Mr. Turner, Two Days One Night, The Immigrant, The Overnighters
Also,
Edgar Wright’s ‘Top 10 Movies of 2014: http://goo.gl/PQkT4i
(no order) Birdman, Boyhood, Edge of Tomorrow, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Interstellar, The LEGO Movie, Nightcrawler, Snowpiercer, Under the Skin, Whiplash
So, obviously, after I made this list, I realised there are other such lists out there too. So I’ve kept this list exclusive to critics whose reviews I read and love. You can read other compilations with even more lists here:
Indiewire Compilation: http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/critics-top-10-films-2014
Metacritic Compilation: www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-10-lists-best-movies-of-2014
Also, here’s a great article by Anne Thompson on ‘How to Make a Ten Best List in Five Easy Steps‘: http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/how-to-make-a-ten-best-list-in-five-easy-steps-20141210
What are your favourite films of the year? Do leave your favourites in the comments below 🙂
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