The race towards Oscar is about to enter the homestretch.
Here are the notable films for the packed month of November.
It all blows up with…
SPECTRE – The 24th film in the James Bond
franchise is the fourth time out for Daniel Craig as 007. This time the
super-spy battles a global criminal organization. Craig is joined by Christoph
Waltz (INGLORIOUS BASTERDS), Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Dave
Bautista (GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY), Ralph Fiennes, and Monica Belluci. Sam
Mendes, who directed SKYFALL, returns.
THE PEANUTS MOVIE – Charles Schultz’s beloved comic strip
returns in a 3D animated form. It is the first feature film based on the
characters in 35 years, and is wrtten by the son and grandson of Charles
Schultz.
SPOTLIGHT – This heavyweight contender of a movie is about
the Boston Globe’s historic coverage of the Massachusetts Catholic sex abuse
scandal. It stars Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Live Schreiber,
John Slattery, and Stanley Tucci. It is directed by Thomas McCarthy, who wrote
Pixar’s UP (2009), and directed THE STATION AGENT in 2003.
BROOKLYN – Based on the novel of the same name, Saoirse
Ronan (ATONEMENT), plays a young Irish immigrant in 1950’s Brooklyn.
TRUMBO – Bryan Cranston (TV’s MAD MEN), plays screenwriter
Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted from Hollywood because of his political
beliefs in 1947. He is joined by Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis C.K., Elle
Fanning, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Alan Tudyk. Jay Roach (MEET THE
PARENTS, AUSTIN POWERS), directs.
BY THE SEA – This romantic drama is written and directed by
Angelina Jolie. She stars in it along with her hubby, Brad Pitt.
THE 33 – Antonio Banderas leads the way in the true story of
the 2010 mining disaster in which 33 miners were trapped underground for two
months.
LEGEND – Tom Hardy (WARRIOR, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES), pulls
double-duty by playing two roles; that of the Kray Twins…twin brothers who were
gangsters in London in the 1950’s. Hardy is joined by Emily Browning,
Christopher Eccleston, Paul Bettany, and David Thewlis. It is directed by Brian
Helgeland, who directed the Jackie Robinson biopic, 42 in 2013.
THE NIGHT BEFORE – If you need a break from the Oscar
hopefuls, there is always this holiday comedy about three idiots who go out on
the town on Christmas Eve and have everything go wrong. Stars Seth Rogen,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Anthony Mackie.
SECRET IN THEIR EYES – This is a remake of the 2009
Argentine film which won Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd
Academy Awards. This crime drama in which FBI investigators re-open an old case
stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 YEARS A SLAVE), Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts,
Michael Kelly, and Alfred Molina.
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 – Another break from the
awards contenders comes in the form of the second part of the third book which is
the fourth movie of people dressing weird for no reason. The finale to the
series (thank God) stars Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson,
Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Jeffrey Wright, Donald Sutherland, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and the kid who looks like a
Lego-man, Josh Hutcherson.
CAROL – Cate Blanchett (ELIZABETH, THE LORD OF THE RINGS), and
Rooney Mara (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO), play two women in 1952 New York
City who fall in love. Co-stars Sarah Paulson and Kyle Chandler. It is directed
by Todd Haynes, who helmed FAR FROM HEAVEN in 2002.
THE GOOD DINOSAUR – What would happen if the Earth never was
hit by an asteroid and the dinosaurs survived? That is the question posed by
Pixar Animation Studios in their second film of 2015. It features the
voice-talents of Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, Steve Zahn, Jeffrey Wright, Frances
McDormand, and Raymond Ochoa.
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN – In what may be the 879th
adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1918 novel, James McAvoy (X-MEN: FIRST CLASS)
plays the doctor who plays God by bringing a stitched-together corpse to life.
Daniel Radcliffe (HARRY POTTER himself), plays Igor.
CREED – Sylvester Stallone returns as Rocky Balboa again,
only this time he’s befriending and training the son of his old friend Apollo.
Michael B. Jordan (FRUITVILLE STATION) plays that son.
THE DANISH GIRL – Our reigning Best Actor, Eddie Redmayne,
plays one of the first men to go through gender reassignment surgery in the
1920’s. He is joined by Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Sebastain Koch, and Amber
Heard. It is directed by Tom Hooper, who directed the Oscar-winning THE KING’S
SPEECH in 2010 and the Oscar-nominated LES MISERABLES in 2012.
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Next month, Reel Speak previews the final month of 2015.
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