Movie Releases – 23 January 2015

The Boy Next Door (2015)

Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, Kristin Chenoweth, John Corbett

Director: Rob Cohen

Genre: Thriller

Smart Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions, Nuyorican Productions

Time: 91 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

Shortly after her divorce, a woman falls for a younger man who just moved in across the street, though their torrid affair takes an obsessive, dangerous turn.

Mortdecai (2015)

Stars: Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn

Director: David Koepp

Genre: Action/Comedy

Huayi Brothers Media, Infinitum Nihil, Mad Chance Productions

Time: 106 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

Juggling some angry Russians, the British Mi5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai must traverse the globe armed only with his good looks and special charm in a race to recover a stolen painting rumored to contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold.

Black Sea (2014)

Stars: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, David Threlfall

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Genre: Adventure/Thriller

Focus Features, Film4, Cowboy Films

Time: 115 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold.

Strange Magic (2015)

Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Elijah Kelley, Kristin Chenoweth, Maya Rudolph

Director: Gary Rydstrom

Genre: Animation/Family/Fantasy/Musical

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, Lucasfilm Animation

Time: 99 min

Rating: PG

Plot

"Strange Magic," a new animated film, is a madcap fairy tale musical inspired by "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Popular songs from the past six decades help tell the tale of a colorful cast of goblins, elves, fairies and imps, and their hilarious misadventures sparked by the battle over a powerful potion.

Cake (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington

Director: Daniel Barnz

Genre: Drama

Cinelou Films, Echo Films, We're Not Brothers Productions

Time: 102 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

The acerbic, hilarious CLAIRE SIMMONS becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group. As she uncovers the details of Nina's suicide and develops a poignant relationship with Nina's husband, she also grapples with her own, very raw personal tragedy.

Song One (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Anne Hathaway, Johnny Flynn, Mary Steenburgen, Ben Rosenfield

Director: Kate Barker-Froyland

Genre: Drama

Worldview Entertainment, Marc Platt Productions

Time: 86 min

Rating: PG-13

Plot

Estranged from her family, Franny returns home when an accident leaves her brother comatose. Retracing his life as an aspiring musician, she tracks down his favorite musician, James Forester. Against the backdrop of Brooklyn's music scene, Franny and James develop an unexpected relationship and face the realities of their lives.

Mommy (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Anne Dorval, Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard

Director: Xavier Dolan

Genre: Drama

Metafilms, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), Sons of Manual

Time: 139 min

Rating: Restricted

Plot

Forty-six year old Diane Després - "Die" - has been widowed for three years. Considered white trash by many, Die does whatever she needs, including strutting her body in front of male employers who will look, to make an honest living. That bread-winning ability is affected when she makes the decision to remove her only offspring, fifteen year old Steve Després, from her previously imposed institutionalization, one step below juvenile detention. She institutionalized him shortly following her husband's death due to Steve's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and his violent outbursts. He was just kicked out of the latest in a long line of facilities for setting fire to the cafeteria, in turn injuring another boy. She made this decision to deinstitutionalize him as she didn't like the alternative, sending him into more restrictive juvenile detention from which he would probably never be rehabilitated. However, with this deinstitutionalization, she has to take care of him ...

Red Army (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Vyacheslav Fetisov, Scotty Bowman, Anatoli Karpov, Alexei Kasatonov

Director: Gabe Polsky

Genre: Documentary/Biography/History/Sport

Gabriel Polsky Productions

Time: 76 min

Rating: PG

Plot

Red Army is a feature documentary about the Soviet Union and the most successful dynasty in sports history: the Red Army hockey team. Told from the perspective of its captain Slava Fetisov, the story portrays his transformation from national hero to political enemy. From the USSR to Russia, the film examines how sport mirrors social and cultural movements and parallels the rise and fall of the Red Army team with the Soviet Union.

The Duke of Burgundy (2014) - [Limited]

Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Monica Swinn, Chiara D'Anna, Eugenia Caruso

Director: Peter Strickland

Genre: Drama

Pioneer Pictures, Rook Films

Time: 104 min

Rating: 14A

Plot

A woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lover.