DRAGONLORD'S 2016 MOVIE GUIDE

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FIFTY SHADES OF BLACK

Release: January 29, 2016

Genre: Parody Comedy

Director: Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House 2)

Cast: Marlon Wayans, Jane Seymour, Mike Epps, Kali Hawk, and Fred Willard

Synopsis: A parody of the popular film/novel 50 Shades of Gray.

 

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JANE GOT A GUN **Interested.. sort of**

Release: Aug. 29, 2014
Feb. 20, 2015
Sept. 4, 2015
January 29, 2016

Genre: Western Action Drama

Director: Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Gavin O'Connor (Warrior)

Cast: Natalie Portman, Michael Fassbender Joel Edgerton, Bradley Cooper Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro, Noah Emmerich, Boyd Holbrook

Synopsis: With help from her former lover (Joel Edgerton), a woman (Natalie Portman) tries to save her husband (Noah Emmerich) from a gang of killers in the Old West.



Comments: I've been following the rocky progress of this film from the start. To read more of the film's tumultuous history, click the link below:

http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/n...a-gun-first-trailer-finally-released.3085759/

 

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THE CHOICE

Release: February 5, 2016

Genre: Romance Drama

Director: Ross Katz (Adult for Beginners)

Cast: Teresa Palmer, Benjamin Walker, Maggie Grace, Tom Welling, Alexandra Daddario, Tom Wilkinson

Synopsis: Travis Shaw (Benjamin Walker) is a ladies' man who thinks a serious relationship would cramp his easygoing lifestyle. Gabby Holland (Teresa Palmer) is a feisty medical student who's preparing to settle down with her long-term boyfriend. Fate brings the two together as Gabby moves next door to Travis, sparking an irresistible attraction that upends both of their lives. As their bond grows, the unlikely couple must decide how far they're willing to go to keep the hope of love alive.



Comments: Almost didn't recognize Tom Welling in the trailer.

 

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HAIL, CAESAR!

Release: February 5, 2016

Genre: Musical Comedy Drama

Director: Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)

Cast: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Scarlett Johansson, Jonah Hill, Dolph Lundgren, Clancy Brown, David Krumholtz, Frances McDormand, Fisher Stevens and Christopher Lambert

Synopsis: Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) is a Hollywood "fixer" helping the production of the upcoming film entitled Hail Caesar starring famous actor Baird Whitlock (George Clooney). When a hungover Whitlock is kidnapped by a group named The Future, Mannix is the one in charge of collecting $100,000 and rescuing him.

 

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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES

Release: February 5, 2016

Genre: Period Horror Action Adventure

Director: Burr Steers (17 Again, Charlie St. Cloud)

Cast: Lily James, Sam Riley, Matt Smith, Charles Dance, Jack Huston, Douglas Booth, Hermione Corfield, Bella Heathcote, Suki Waterhouse, and Lena Headey

Synopsis: Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England is faced with a new challenge -- an army of undead zombies.



Comments: After years of delay in the production, it's finally here. Could be a trainwreck but I have a soft spot for this kind of fun, unique genre mash-up. Plus, I adore Lily James.

 

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REGRESSION

Release: February 5, 2016

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Director: Alejandro Amenábar

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson, David Dencik, David Thewlis

Synopsis: A detective (Ethan Hawke) and a psychoanalyst (David Thewlis) uncover evidence of a satanic cult while investigating the rape of a traumatized teen (Emma Watson).

 

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MISCONDUCT

Release: February 5, 2016

Genre: Drama Thriller

Director: Shintaro Shimosawa (feature film directorial debut)

Cast: Josh Duhamel, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Alice Eve, Malin Åkerman, Byung-hun Lee, Julia Stiles, and Glen Powell

Synopsis: An ambitious lawyer Ben (Josh Duhamel) finds himself caught in a struggle between a corrupt pharmaceutical executive Denning (Anthony Hopkins) and the firm's partner Abrams (Al Pacino). The case takes a deadly turn and Ben must uncover the truth before he loses everything.

 

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DEADPOOL

Release: February 12, 2016

Genre: Superhero Action Comedy

Director: Tim Miller (feature film directorial debut)

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Gina Carano, T. J. Miller, Ed Skrein, Morena Baccarin, Stefan Kapicic, Leslie Uggams, Brianna Hildebrand, Jed Rees

Synopsis: Based upon Marvel Comics most unconventional anti-hero, Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

 

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ZOOLANDER NO. 2

Release: February 12, 2016

Genre: Comedy

Director: Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder)

Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Will Ferrell, Penélope Cruz, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, Olivia Munn, Billy Zane, Justin Bieber, Fred Armisen, Benedict Cumberbatch

Synopsis: When the world's most beautiful musical celebrities are systematically assassinated with formerly famous male model Derek Zoolander's iconic "Blue Steel" look on their face, Interpol recruits Derek and his friend Hansel McDonald to infiltrate a new and different world of high fashion in order to put a stop to it. Meanwhile, Derek's rival Jacobim Mugatu is set free and is seeking revenge.



Comments: Though recent sequels to popular comedy films like Dumb and Dumber To (outright bad) and Anchorman 2 (decent with good replay value) were disappointing, I have a good feeling that Zoolander 2 will deliver.

 

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HOW TO BE SINGLE

Release: February 12, 2016

Genre: Romance Comedy

Director: Christian Ditter (Love, Rosie)

Cast: Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Leslie Mann, Carla Quevedo, Damon Wayans Jr., Jake Lacy, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Bateman, Anders Holm, Nicholas Braun

Synopsis: New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.

 

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STANDOFF

Release: February 12, 2016

Genre: Action Thriller

Director: Adam Alleca (feature film directorial debut)

Cast: Thomas Jane, Laurence Fishburne, Ella Ballentine, Jim Watson, Joanna Douglas

Synopsis: Carter (Thomas Jane), a troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a 12 year-old girl from a deadly assassin (Laurence Fishburne) after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.

 

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REMEMBER

Release: February 12, 2016

Genre: Drama Thriller

Director: Atom Eogyan (The Captive, Chloe)

Cast: Christopher Plummer, Dean Norris, Martin Landau, Bruno Ganz, Jürgen Prochnow, Henry Czerny

Synopsis: With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

 

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GLASSLAND

Release: February 12, 2016

Genre: Drama

Director: Gerard Barrett (Pilgrim Hill)

Cast: Jack Reynor, Toni Collette, Will Poulter, Michael Smiley, Joe Mullins

Synopsis: John (Jack Reynor, Transformers: Age of Extinction) lives with his mother, Jean (Toni Collette), in a south Dublin social housing suburb and ekes out a meager living as a nocturnal taxi driver, barely making ends meet. He returns home one morning to find his mother, an unwavering alcoholic, unconscious - and this was not the first time. Hospitalized after this overdose, Jean's best hope is a costly private rehab clinic, but she violently rejects John's attempts to help her, as well as his intentions to unite the family. With no savings or insurance, John is forced to offer his services to a petty criminal to help pay for the pricey recovery program, subsequently forcing him to face a life-changing task that may alter him and his family's lives forever.

 

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WHERE TO INVADE NEXT

Release: February 12, 2016

Genre: Documentary Comedy

Director: Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine)

Cast: Michael Moore, Krista Kiuru and Tim Walker

Synopsis: This is an expansive, rib-tickling, and subversive comedy in which Moore, playing the role of "invader," visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects. The creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine is back with this hilarious and eye-opening call to arms. Turns out the solutions to America's most entrenched problems already existed in the world - they're just waiting to be co-opted.

 

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CABIN FEVER

Release: February 12, 2016

Genre: Horror

Director: Travis Zarwiny (Scavenger)

Cast: Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Nadine Crocker, Dustin Ingram, Samuel Davis

Synopsis: The story is familiar: fresh out of college, a group of five friends retreat to a remote cabin in the woods for one last week of partying-only to become snacks for a gruesome, flesh-eating virus. What's surprising are the ingenious new deaths, which offer a fresh spin on a horror-comedy milestone.

 

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RISEN

Release: February 19, 2016

Genre: Historical Epic Drama

Director: Kevin Reynolds (The Count of Monte Cristo)

Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Cliff Curtis, Peter Firth, Stephen Hagan, Maria Botto, Mish Boyko, and Mark Killen

Synopsis: Follows the epic Biblical story of the Resurrection, as told through the eyes of a non-believer. Clavius, a powerful Roman Military Tribune, and his aide Lucius, are tasked with solving the mystery of what happened to Jesus in the weeks following the crucifixion, in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem.

 

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RACE

Release: February 19, 2016

Genre: Biographical Sports Drama

Director: Stephen Hopkins (Predator 2)

Cast: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, Carice van Houten, Amanda Crew

Synopsis: Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.

 

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VIRAL

Release: February 19, 2016

Genre: Science Fiction Horror Drama

Director: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Paranormal Activity 4)

Cast: Analeigh Tipton, Michael Kelly, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Brianne Howey

Synopsis: Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a young woman documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.

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GODS OF EGYPT

Release: February 26, 2016

Genre: Fantasy Epic Action Adventure

Director: Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow)

Cast: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, Courtney Eaton, Geoffrey Rush, Rufus Sewell, Chadwick Boseman, Abbey Lee, and Elodie Yung

Synopsis: Set (Gerard Butler), the merciless god of darkness, has taken over the throne of Egypt and plunged the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict. Few dare to rebel against him. A young thief (Brenton Thwaites), whose love was taken captive by the god, seeks to dethrone and defeat Set with the aid of the powerful god Horus (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).

 

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EDDIE THE EAGLE

Release: February 26, 2016

Genre: Biographical Sports Comedy Drama

Director: Dexter Fletcher (Sunshine on Leith)

Cast: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Rune Temte, Lasco Atkins, Tim McInnerny

Synopsis: Inspired by true events, Eddie the Eagle is a feel-good story about Michael "Eddie" Edwards (Taron Egerton), an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself - even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach (Hugh Jackman), Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.