Movies
Now on Home Video: Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Joy’, Nicholas Sparks’ ‘The Choice’
Joy (2015)
Joy (2015)
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Édgar Ramírez, Diane Ladd, Dascha Polanco, Elisabeth Röhm, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini, and Bradley Cooper
Director: David O. Russell
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Biography
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13
Synopsis from 20th Century Fox: JOY is the wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy’s inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces.
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The 5th Wave (2016)
The 5th Wave (2016)
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe and Liev Schreiber
Director: J Blakeson
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13
Synopsis from Sony Pictures: Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie (Chloë Grace Moretz) is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother. As she prepares for the inevitable and lethal 5th wave, Cassie teams up with a young man who may become her final hope – if she can only trust him.
Available on Amazon and iTunes
The Choice (2016)
The Choice (2016)
Stars: Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Maggie Grace, Alexandra Daddario, Tom Welling, and Tom Wilkinson
Director: Ross Katz
Genre: Romance, Drama
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13
Synopsis from Lionsgate: When feisty medical student Gabby Holland moves in next door to perennial ladies’ man Travis Shaw, they embark on a surprising romantic journey neither imagined possible. Travis has always believed a serious relationship would cramp his easygoing lifestyle, while Gabby is preparing to settle down with her long-term boyfriend—until an irresistible attraction between the unlikely couple upends both of their well-planned lives. Spanning a decade and tracing the evolution of a love affair that is ultimately tested by life’s most defining events, this story features a memorable ensemble of friends and family in Sparks’s beloved North Carolina setting, culminating with the question that every couple must ask themselves: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?
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A Royal Night Out (2015)
A Royal Night Out (2015)
Stars: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Jack Reynor, Rupert Everett, Emily Watson, and Roger Allam
Director: Julian Jarrold
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13
Synopsis from Atlas Distribution Company: May 8th, 1945 – V.E. Day… a nation celebrates the victorious end to a long and costly war. Cloistered away in Buckingham Palace two princesses peer out longingly at the adoring crowd who ready themselves for the biggest party London has ever seen. Princess Elizabeth and her headstrong 15-year-old sister, Margaret, would give anything to join them…
Finally the King and Queen relent – the girls can go out, but two Royal Guardsmen will accompany them and they are to be home by midnight.
Excited and full of trepidation, the two princesses set forth, incognito. For Elizabeth it seems like a wonderful dream – one night where no one knows who she is. But, arriving at the Ritz Hotel she discovers her Mother has laid a trap. A formal reception, full of curtseys and polite conversation, awaits them.
Margaret takes her opportunity to escape, whisked away by a group of partying naval lieutenants, leaving Elizabeth to decide whether to chase after her fun-loving sister, raise the alarm, or fulfill her duties at the Ritz…. She takes a deep breath and disappears into the crowds to start the search.
Daunted by the city and its exuberant revelers, Elizabeth is anxious and vulnerable. Until she falls, quite literally, into the arms of a young airman, Jack. Over the course of the night this unlikely couple, the princess and the squaddie, stumble their way around the West End, searching for Margaret and opening each other’s eyes to their polar worlds. Both are disillusioned in their own way, unsure of what the post-war future holds, and both are carrying a secret – Jack is ignorant to Elizabeth’s true identity, and Elizabeth has no idea Jack has gone AWOL from the military.
As they journey from Trafalgar Square, via the Mall, to the dark heart of Soho, in search of Margaret, Elizabeth finds herself immersed in a London that is more complex than she had ever imagined. She experiences friendship, kindness, danger, and the flutterings of first love in this fairytale adventure.
By the time she and Margaret are back in the Palace, Elizabeth has changed forever. Their one night of freedom gives her courage to face her responsibilities… One night of magic that could all have been a dream…
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Remember (2015)
Remember (2015)
Stars: Christopher Plummer, Bruno Ganz, Jürgen Prochnow, Heinz Lieven, Henry Czerny, Dean Norris, and Martin Landau
Director: Atom Egoyan
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Motion Picture Rating: R
Synopsis from A24: Remember is a gripping thriller in which the darkest chapter of the 20th century collides with a contemporary mission of revenge.
Remember tells the story of Zev Guttman (Academy Award® Winner Christopher Plummer), a 90-year-old struggling with memory loss who is living out his final years in a serene retirement home. A week following the death of his beloved wife Ruth, he suddenly gets a mysterious package from his close friend Max (Academy Award® Winner Martin Landau), containing a stack of money and a letter detailing a shocking plan. Both Zev and Max were prisoners in Auschwitz, and the same sadistic guard was responsible for the death of both their families —a guard who, immediately after the war, escaped Germany and has been living in the U.S. ever since under an assumed identity. Max is wheelchair-bound but in full command of his mental faculties; with his guidance, Zev will embark on a cross-continental road-trip to bring justice once and for all to the man who destroyed both their lives.
Available on Amazon and iTunes
400 Days (2015)
400 Days (2015)
Stars: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Ben Feldman, and Dane Cook
Director: Matt Osterman
Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Motion Picture Rating: Not Rated
Synopsis from SyFy Films: 400 DAYS is a psychological sci-fi film centering on four astronauts who are sent on a simulated mission to a distant planet to test the psychological effects of deep space travel. Locked away for 400 days, the crew’s mental state begins to deteriorate when they lose all communication with the outside world. Forced to exit the ship, they discover that this mission may not have been a simulation after all.
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