Released 14th December (Australia)
Seen 10th December (Advance Screening)
Directed by Carlos Saldanha
Written by Robert L. Baird, Tim Federle, Brad Copeland
Produced by Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Starring John Cena, Bobby Cannavale, Kate McKinnon, Peyton Manning & David Tennant
Released 7th December (Australia)
Seen 7th December
Directed by James Franco
Written by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Produced by Good Universe, New Line Cinema, Point Grey Pictures, RabbitBandini Productions, Ramona Films, RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Starring Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Ari Graynor & Allison Brie
Released 16th February (Australia)
Seen 6th December
Directed by Yimou Zhang
Written by Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Tony Gilroy
Produced by Legendary East, Atlas Entertainment, China Film Group, Dentsu
Fuji Television Network, Kava Productions, Le Vision Pictures & Legendary Entertainment
Starring Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau & Pedro Pascal
Released 30th November (Australia)
Seen 5th December
Directed by Timothy Reckart
Written by Carlos Kotkin
Produced by Affirm Films, Columbia Pictures, Franklin Entertainment, Jim Henson Company, Sony Pictures Animation, Walden Media
Starring Steven Yeun, Keegan-Michael Key, Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Kristen Chenoweth & Oprah Winfrey
Released 23rd March (Australia)
Seen 4th December
Directed by Dean Israelite
Written by John Gatins
Produced by Lionsgate, Saban Films, TIK Films, Temple Hill Entertainment, Toei Company, Videocine
Starring Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin, Becky G., Bryan Cranston & Elizabeth Banks
Released 26th December (Australia)
Seen 3rd December (Advance Screening)
Directed by Lee Unkrich & Adrian Molina
Written by Adrian Molina & Matthew Aldrich
Produced by Disney Pixar
Starring Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt & Renee Victor
Released 21 December
Seen 3rd December (Charity Preview screening)
Directed by Paul King
Written by Paul King & Simon Farnaby
Produced by StudioCanal, Anton Capital Entertainment S.C.A., Amazon Prime Instant Video, Canal+, Ciné+, Heyday Films, Marmalade Films Ltd.
Starring Ben Whishaw, Madeline Harris, Samuel Joslin, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville & Hugh Grant
Released 2nd November (Australia)
Seen 2nd December
Directed & Written by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore
Produced by Huayi Brothers Pictures & STX Entertainment
Starring Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Christine Baranski, Susan Sarandon & Cheryl Hines
There is nothing that makes me more nervous about seeing a movie than it being a sequel to a comedy… or when it’s a specific holiday-themed movie… or when it has multiple names in multiple countries like this movie. This had everything going against it that makes me worry but lucky for me, it calmed my fears pretty quickly.
Released 30th November (Australia)
Seen 1st December
Directed by Joseph Kosinski
Written by Sean Flynn
Produced by Black Label Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures & Condé Nast Entertainment
Starring Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, James Badge Dale, Taylor Kitsch & Jennifer Connelly
On June 30th of 2013, a team of elite firefighters known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots went to work trying to contain the Yarnell Hill Fire. That fire would become the deadliest fire in Arizona’s history and would claim the lives of 19 of the firefighters who went to do their job. This is their story.
With the recent release of Justice League, DC has proven what a lot of film fans have known for a long time… they aren’t that good at this cinematic universe thing. They’re actually pretty bad at it, they’re not quite at Dark Universe levels but they’re certainly not the gold standard that they want to be. They want to be Marvel, they want to be able to throw out Movie after Movie after Movie and get critical praise out the wazoo for every single one but they can’t, and they won’t until they learn the lessons that Marvel got right from the start. Lesson’s I’ll now just state explicitly so DC can copy my notes and pass this cinematic class.
NOTE: I’m spoiling stuff for Justice League, Batman V Superman, Civil War, The Avengers 1&2, Agents of Shield and Buffy the Vampire Slayer… it’ll make sense soon.
Also, tiny bit rusty at these so apologies if it’s not good.
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