movies: December 2015

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Concussion (2015)

Genre: Drama | Sport
Directed By: Peter Landesman
Cast: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Morse, Arliss Howard, Mike O'Malley, Eddie Marsan, Hill Harper, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Stephen Moyer, Richard T. Jones, Paul Reiser, Luke Wilson, Sara Lindsey
MPAA Rate: PG-13
6.6/101,121 votes
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: In Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322364

Steve Jobs (2015)

Genre: Biography | Drama
Directed By: Danny Boyle
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg, Katherine Waterston, Perla Haney-Jardine, Ripley Sobo, Makenzie Moss, Sarah Snook, John Ortiz, Adam Shapiro, John Steen, Stan Roth, Mihran Slougian
7.7/1017,666 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2080374/

Bridge of Spies (2015)

Genre: Biography | Drama | History
Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Mark Rylance, Domenick Lombardozzi, Victor Verhaeghe, Mark Fichera, Brian Hutchison, Tom Hanks, Joshua Harto, Henny Russell, Rebekah Brockman, Alan Alda, John Rue, Billy Magnussen, Amy Ryan, Jillian Lebling, Noah Schnapp
MPAA Rate: PG-13
7.9/1040,321 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt368244

Joy (2015)

Genre: Biography | Comedy | Drama
Directed By: David O. Russell
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Édgar Ramírez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini, Dascha Polanco, Elisabeth Röhm, Susan Lucci, Laura Wright, Maurice Bernard, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Ken Howard, Ray De La Paz
MPAA Rate: PG-13
N/A/10
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: Joy is the story of a family across four generations and the woman who rises to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2446980

The Good Dinosaur (2015)

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy
Directed By: Peter Sohn
Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Maleah Nipay-Padilla, Ryan Teeple, Jack McGraw, Marcus Scribner, Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Peter Sohn, Steve Zahn, Mandy Freund, Steven Clay Hunter, A.J. Buckley, Anna Paquin, Sam Elliott
7.2/1012,648 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979388/

In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

Genre: Action | Adventure | Biography
Directed By: Ron Howard
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Holland, Ben Whishaw, Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Riley, Brendan Gleeson, Frank Dillane, Benjamin Walker, Paul Anderson, Michelle Fairley, Joseph Mawle, Jordi Mollà, Donald Sumpter, Sam Keeley, Jamie Sives
7.2/1014,393 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1390411/

Legend (2015)

Genre: Biography | Crime | Thriller
Directed By: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Colin Morgan, Tom Hardy, Christopher Eccleston, Joshua Hill, Emily Browning, Paul Anderson, Tara Fitzgerald, Nicholas Farrell, Adam Fogerty, Mel Raido, Major John Finley, Millie Brady, Chris Mason, Stephen Thompson, Sam Spruell
MPAA Rate: R
7.4/1019,784 votes
Country: UK, France
Original Language: English
Storyline: The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3569230/

The Danish Girl (2015)

Genre: Biography | Drama
Directed By: Tom Hooper
Cast: Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Tusse Silberg, Adrian Schiller, Amber Heard, Emerald Fennell, Henry Pettigrew, Claus Bue, Peter Krag, Angela Curran, Pixie, Richard Dixon, Ben Whishaw, Pip Torrens, Paul Bigley
MPAA Rate: R
5.5/103,172 votes
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Original Language: English, French, German
Storyline: A fictitious love story inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810819/

Spotlight (2015)

Genre: Biography | Drama | History
Directed By: Tom McCarthy
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d'Arcy James, Stanley Tucci, Elena Wohl, Gene Amoroso, Doug Murray, Sharon McFarlane, Jamey Sheridan, Neal Huff, Billy Crudup, Robert B. Kennedy
MPAA Rate: R
8.6/108,743 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/

The Hateful Eight (2015)

Genre: Western
Directed By: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Channing Tatum, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Zoë Bell, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Demian Bichir, Dana Gourrier, James Parks, Lee Horsley, Craig Stark, Gene Jones
MPAA Rate: R
8.4/109,588 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: In post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunters try to find shelter during a blizzard but get involved in a plot of betrayal and deception. Will they survive?
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3460252/+

The Revenant (2015)

Genre: Adventure | Drama | Thriller
Directed By: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Tom Hardy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Paul Anderson, Lukas Haas, Brad Carter, Kristoffer Joner, Brendan Fletcher, Grace Dove, Javier Botet, Kory Grim, Robert Moloney, Forrest Goodluck, Vincent Leclerc
MPAA Rate: R
8.6/108,147 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: In the 1820s, a frontiersman named Hugh Glass sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/

Creed (2015)

Genre: Drama | Sport
Directed By: Ryan Coogler
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Andre Ward, Tony Bellew, Ritchie Coster, Jacob 'Stitch' Duran, Graham McTavish, Malik Bazille, Ricardo McGill, Gabe Rosado, Wood Harris, Buddy Osborn, Rupal Pujara
MPAA Rate: PG-13
8.4/1025,582 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3076658/

He Never Died (2015)

Genre: Comedy | Drama | Horror
Directed By: Jason Krawczyk
Cast: Booboo Stewart, Henry Rollins, Steven Ogg, Jordan Todosey, James Cade, Michael Cram, Dan Petronijevic, Chantal Craig, Tamara Almeida, Kate Greenhouse, Austin Macdonald, Walter Alza, Elias Edraki, Karl Campbell, Scott Edgecombe
MPAA Rate: R
6.7/10914 votes
Country: USA, Canada
Original Language: English
Storyline: Jack, a social outcast, is thrust out of his comfort zone when the outside world bangs on his door and he can't contain his violent past.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2386404/

Rise of the Footsoldier Part II (2015)

Genre: Crime
Directed By: Ricci Harnett
Cast: Luke Mably, Steven Berkoff, Ricci Harnett, Craig Fairbrass, Mark Preston, Ryan Oliva, Coralie Rose, Slaine Kelly, Roland Manookian, Alicia Woodhouse, Tygo Gernandt, Daniel Adegboyega, Jonathan Harden, Charlie Heaton, Andy Linden
4.8/10115 votes
Country: UK
Original Language: English
Storyline: The life of underworld icon Carlton Leach.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3150966/

Tiger Orange (2014)

Genre: Drama
Directed By: Wade Gasque
6.0/10368 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: In the small Central California town where they grew up, two estranged gay brothers struggle to reconnect after the recent death of their father.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866824/

Unhallowed Ground (2015)

Genre: Horror | Thriller
Directed By: Russell England
4.1/1053 votes
Country: UK
Original Language: English
Storyline: A group of privileged students spend a night patrolling the prestigious Dhoultham school. However, it soon turns into the worst night of their lives as they face off against burglars, supernatural spirits and a deeper, darker evil.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4198034/

Night of the Wild (2015)

Genre: Horror
Directed By: Eric Red
Cast: Rob Morrow, Kelly Rutherford, Tristin Mays, Jill Zarin, Carmen Tonry, Mason Guccione, Kayla Adams, Dalton Alfortish, Marcus Anderson, Andre Bauth, Tony Beard, Artur Benson, Shanna Marie Burris, Darrell Chumley, Chris Jorie
4.8/1070 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: In "NIGHT OF THE WILD", a large meteor crashes into a quiet town, and pet dogs become mysteriously aggressive. attacking and killing the residents. Teenager Roslyn (Mays) and her old but ...
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4926042

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Sicario (2015)

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama
Directed By: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, Jeffrey Donovan, Raoul Trujillo, Julio Cedillo, Hank Rogerson, Bernardo P. Saracino, Maximiliano Hernández, Kevin Wiggins, Edgar Arreola, Kim Larrichio
8.0/1047,433 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English, Spanish
Storyline: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3397884/

The Intern (2015)

Genre: Comedy
Directed By: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, Anders Holm, JoJo Kushner, Andrew Rannells, Adam DeVine, Ilan Krigsfeld, Zack Pearlman, Jason Orley, Christina Scherer, Nat Wolff, Linda Lavin, Celia Weston, Steve Vinovich
7.3/1029,581 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361509/

The Peanuts Movie (2015)

Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy
Directed By: Steve Martino
Cast: Trombone Shorty, Rebecca Bloom, Anastasia Bredikhina, Francesca Capaldi, Kristin Chenoweth, Alexander Garfin, Noah Johnston, Bill Melendez, Hadley Belle Miller, Micah Revelli, Noah Schnapp, Venus Schultheis, Mariel Sheets, Madisyn Shipman, A.J. Tecce
7.8/106,129 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown begins his own epic quest back home to win the love of his life.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2452042/

Room (2015)

Genre: Drama
Directed By: Lenny Abrahamson
Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Wendy Crewson, Sandy McMaster, Matt Gordon, Amanda Brugel, Joe Pingue, Joan Allen, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Cas Anvar, William H. Macy, Jee-Yun Lee, Randal Edwards, Justin Mader
MPAA Rate: R
8.3/104,910 votes
Country: Ireland, Canada
Original Language: English
Storyline: After five-year-old Jack and his mother escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery: the outside world.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3170832/

Brooklyn (2015)

Genre: Drama | Romance
Directed By: John Crowley
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Hugh Gormley, Brid Brennan, Jim Broadbent, Maeve McGrath, Emma Lowe, Barbara Drennan, Gillian McCarthy, Fiona Glascott, Jane Brennan, Eileen O'Higgins, Peter Campion, Eva Birthistle, James Corscadden, Julie Walters
MPAA Rate: PG
8.1/105,774 votes
Country: Ireland, UK, Canada
Original Language: English
Storyline: An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a new romance. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381111/

Carol (2015)

Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy, Sarah Paulson, John Magaro, Cory Michael Smith, Kevin Crowley, Nik Pajic, Carrie Brownstein, Trent Rowland, Sadie Heim, Kk Heim, Amy Warner, Michael Haney
MPAA Rate: R
7.8/105,377 votes
Country: UK, USA
Original Language: English
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402927/

Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)

Genre: Horror
Directed By: Gregory Plotkin
Cast: Chris J. Murray, Brit Shaw, Ivy George, Dan Gill, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown, Don McManus, Michael Krawic, Hallie Foote, Aiden Lovekamp, Cara Pifko, Mark Steger, Rebecca Larsen
4.5/106,118 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English, German
Storyline: Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2473510/

A Walk in the Woods (2015)

Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Directed By: Ken Kwapis
Cast: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Nick Offerman, Kristen Schaal, R. Keith Harris, Randall Newsome, Hayley Lovitt, Linds Edwards, Susan McPhail, Andrew Vogel, Derek Krantz, Gaia Wise, Tucker Meek
MPAA Rate: R
6.4/103,998 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail with one of his oldest friends.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178665/

The Lobster (2015)

Genre: Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Directed By: Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast: Jacqueline Abrahams, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman, Anthony Dougall, Sean Duggan, Colin Farrell, Roland Ferrandi, James Finnegan, Robert Heaney, Rosanna Hoult, Bob the Dog, Ashley Jensen, Kathy Kelly, Ariane Labed
7.6/1011,165 votes
Country: Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
Original Language: English, French
Storyline: In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3464902/

A Perfect Day (2015)

Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko, Mélanie Thierry, Fedja Stukan, Eldar Residovic, Sergi López, Nenad Vukelic, Frank Feys, Morten Suurballe, Ben Temple, Antonio Franic, Ivan Brkic, Goran Grgic, Mate Gulin
7.2/101,250 votes
Country: Spain
Original Language: English, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, French
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3577624/

Mojave (2015)

Genre: Thriller
Directed By: William Monahan
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Mark Wahlberg, Garrett Hedlund, Walton Goggins, Matt Jones, Dania Ramirez, Louise Bourgoin, Fran Kranz, Christopher Neiman, Kylie Rogers, Maria Olsen, Hayley Magnus, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Del Zamora, Kara C. Roberts
MPAA Rate: R
5.8/10305 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2322517/

Extraction (2015)

Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
Directed By: Tim Kirkpatrick
Cast: Medalion Rahimi, Caitlin Custer, Casey Rose Daniel, Brian Majestic, Christopher Newell, Tim Kirkpatrick, Melissa Paul, Matthew Khosroabadi, Brittany Nicole Sugar, Daniel Mills
N/A/10
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: An Extraction Specialist and his team will go to extreme lengths to protect hard working American's against the unknown enemies that live within it's borders, but while maintaining the highest level of security to protect their families who are unaware of their true identities.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3304610/

Brush with Danger (2014)

Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller
Directed By: Livi Zheng
Cast: Ken Zheng, Livi Zheng, Nikita Breznikov, Norman Newkirk, Michael Blend, Stephanie Hilbert, John McFarland, Kathleen Boushey, Rob Bradstreet, Ben Andrews, Melissa Pang, Matt Abel, David Anderson, Jane Anne, Seth Austin
7.4/1080 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: A painter, a fighter, both artists in their own way. Brother and sister, forced to flee their home, arrive at Seattle inside a shipping container. Trying to make their way in a new world ...
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2545692/

The Bad Education Movie (2015)

Genre: Comedy
Directed By: Elliot Hegarty
Cast: Lindsay Adams, Kae Alexander, Jack Binstead, Paul Blackwell, David Brain, Dominic Coleman, Chris Cooke, Stuart Davidson, Tom Davis, Neil Edmond, Harry Enfield, Anthony Farrelly, David Gant, Hilary Gish, Iain Glen
5.8/101,061 votes
Country: UK
Original Language: English
Storyline: Mr Wickers and his class go on one final school trip after they finish their GCSEs.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4660980/

Nobody Can Cool (2015)

Genre: Thriller
Directed By: Dpyx
Cast: Catherine Annette, Nick Principe, Nikki Bohm, David Linski, Haris Mahic, Matan Grunseit
5.6/10100 votes
Country: USA
Original Language: English
Storyline: An uncomfortable evening among strangers turns ominous when a young couple on a weekend getaway inadvertently intrude on a criminal couple's hideout.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1836869/