Friday 22 May 2015

Movie Releases – 22 May 2015

Tomorrowland (2015)

Stars: George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy
Director: Brad Bird
Genre: Action | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi
Walt Disney Pictures, A113, Babieka
Filming Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Time: 130 min
Rating: PG

Plot
Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.
           
Poltergeist (2015)

Stars: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kennedi Clements, Saxon Sharbino
Director: Gil Kenan
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Ghost House Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment
Time: 93 min
Rating: PG-13

Plot
Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan reimagine and contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.
           
When Marnie Was There (2014)

Stars: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Genre: Animation | Drama
Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, KDDI Corporation
Time: 103 min
Rating: PG

Plot
A young girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect.

Aloft (2014)

Stars: Jennifer Connelly, Cillian Murphy, Mélanie Laurent, Oona Chaplin
Director: Claudia Llosa
Genre: Drama
Wanda Visión S.A., Arcadia Motion Pictures, Buffalo Gal Pictures
Time: 112 min
Rating: Restricted

Plot
As we follow a mother (Jennifer Connelly) and her son (Cillian Murphy), we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and he will grow into his own as a peculiar falconer who bears the marks of a double absence. In the present, a young journalist (Mélanie Laurent) will bring about an encounter between the two that puts the very meaning of life and art into question, so that we may contemplate the possibility of living life to its fullest, despite the uncertainties littering our paths.
           
Chocolate City (2015)

Stars: Robert Ri'chard, Tyson Beckford, DeRay Davis, Vivica A. Fox
Director: Jean-Claude La Marre
Genre: Drama
Patriot Pictures, Nu-Lite Entertainment
Time: 91 min
Rating: Restricted

Plot
Life for a struggling college student changes in an instant when he meets the owner of a male strip club who convinces him to give amateur night a whirl.

The Farewell Party (2014)

Stars: Ze'ev Revach, Levana Finkelstein, Aliza Rosen, Ilan Dar
Directors: Tal Granit | Sharon Maymon
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Pie Films, 2-Team Productions, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion
Time: 95 min
Rating:

Plot
THE FAREWELL PARTY is a compassionate dark comedy about friendship and knowing when to say goodbye. A group of friends at a Jerusalem retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend. When rumors of the machine begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, and the friends are faced with an emotional dilemma.

Sunshine Superman (2014)

Stars: Carl Boenish, Cecilie Bull, Marah Strauch, John Long
Director: Marah Strauch
Genre: Documentary
Scissor Kick Films, Flimmer Film, Head Gear Films
Time: 100 min
Rating: PG

Plot

A heart-racing documentary portrait of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement, whose early passion for skydiving led him to ever more spectacular -and dangerous- feats of foot-launched human flight.

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