Here's the list of my top fifteen anticipated movies and approximately when they are coming out in 2015.
1. Star Wars Episode VII (Dec)
2. Mad Max: Fury Road (May)
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron (May)
4. Ant-Man (July)
5. Tomorrowland (May)
6. Bond 24 (Nov)
7. Slaughterhouse-Five
8. Midnight Special (Nov)
9. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (Nov)
10. Chappie (Mar)
11. Warcraft (Dec)
12. Jurassic World (Dec)
13. The Good Dinosaur (Nov)
14. The Fantastic Four (Aug)
15. The Man From UNCLE (Aug)
Here's more on each film and a little bit of why I am excited to see them!
1. Star Wars VII- The force is coming back and this time without good ole' saint George! I am excited to see what JJ and the original cast of Episodes 4-6 will do with the universe.
2. Mad Max: Fury Road- The only film (besides Star Wars 7) that has me more excited to see than Avengers: Age of Ultron is Mad Max: Fury Road. Since seeing their trailer this film has me all kinda freaked out and stuff.
3. The Avengers: Age of Ultron- Of course Age of Ultron is on this list. There is really no avoiding this film after the Marvel Universe has taken Hollywood by storm. All these characters are super hot potatoes now.
4. Ant-Man- Even after the Ant-Man debacle which left so many fans of Edgar Wright in the dumps- I will still be very excited to see what they will do with this Marvel property.
5. Tomorrowland- This film has been kind of a mystery to lots of people. What will this story look like? Who are the characters? What will the universe of the film look like? Now we finally have a teaser and the film looks very exciting indeed.
6. BOND 24- After Sam Mendes took the reigns of Skyfall a few years ago people were excited but we had no idea he would blow us all away with such effective story-telling and visuals. And since he is coming back again, I am very eagerly awaiting the next chapter of 007's epic spy tale.
7. Slaughterhouse-Five- I am a fan of the kinds of artsy unconventional story-telling that the seventies gave rise to and now, since we have entered a new violent world of war and conflict in this new century, we could use a reiteration of this tale, especially with Charlie Kaufman writing the script.
8. Midnight Special- Jeff Nichols has really impressed me with his films, "Take Shelter" and "Mud" and now he is working on a sci-fi film. Great! Think Rian Johnson with "Looper", but in this case, we have a lyrical, masterful, actor's director who really gets performances. How can you go wrong?
9. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2- I have really been enjoying the Hunger Games franchise. They stuck to the story in the books very effectively and they have done it with exceptional quality in the filmmaking as well. And Jennifer Lawrence was still the perfect choice for Katniss. I can't wait to see Panem get their just deserts.
10. Chappie- even though Blomkamp's "Elysium" was far from revolutionary I still enjoy seeing that guy Sharlto do his thing and I am looking forward to his version of a funny robot movie.
11. Warcraft- Remember Duncan Jones of "Moon" fame? You don't? Better get cracking watching those great DVD's from 2009 because that movie still doesn't disappoint. "Source Code" was not a "great DVDS from 2011" but it was still worth a watch, but this... this looks like it could be tons of fun!
12. Jurassic World- Were you around when they brought dinosaurs to life in 1993? I was. Now they're finally gonna do it again with Chris Pratt (lead actor from "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "The Lego Movie") this time!
13. The Good Dinosaur- This looks like a really sweet animated tale that answers the question, "What would it be like if dinosaurs and humans could be friends?" With comedy, et al.
14. The Fantastic Four- I am not especially curious about the Fantastic Four getting rebooted. Look what happened with the Spider Man reboot. Not good. The movies may actually be completely acceptable but fans seem to be uninterested, almost fatigued by it.
However, this film has Josh Trank involved. The young dude who directed "Chronicle" from 2012. Now you have my attention!
15. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.- What's that? You have Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer and Hugh Grant playing American and Russian spies who have to team together to fight a larger enemy? And it's directed by Guy Ritchie? Count me in!
I certainly have a larger list of movies I am looking forward to coming in 2015, but these are my top 15. If you have any movies you can't wait for or you want to tell me how awesome my list is, you can feel free to chime in!
