The Revenant (2015)

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writers: Alejandro González Iñárritu (screenplay), Michael Punke (novel), 1 more credit »
Stars: Tom Hardy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Poulter |
Storyline

Inspired by true events, THE REVENANT captures one man's epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption. Written by 20th Century Fox

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Krampus (I) (2015)

A demon seeks out naughty people to punish them at Christmas time.

Director: Michael Dougherty
Writers: Todd Casey, Michael Dougherty, 1 more credit »
Stars: Adam Scott, Toni Collette, Allison Tolman |
Storyline

When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max (Emjay Anthony) is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers. All hell breaks loose as beloved holiday icons take on a monstrous life of their own, laying siege to the fractured family's home and forcing them to fight for each other if they hope to survive.

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The Martian (2015)

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Drew Goddard (screenplay), Andy Weir (book)
Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig |
Storyline

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring "the Martian" home, while his crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible, rescue mission. As these stories of incredible bravery unfold, the world comes together to root for Watney's safe return. Based on a best-selling novel. Written by 20th Century Fox

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The Night Before (2015)

The Night Before (2015)
Comedy  |  25 November 2015 (USA)
Not yet released (voting begins after release)
In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might
be coming to an end.
Director: Jonathan Levine
Writers: Evan Goldberg (screenplay), Kyle Hunter (screenplay), 2 more credits »
Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Miley Cyrus

Storyline:
Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt),
Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have been friends since childhood,
and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity.
Now that they're entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball -
the Holy Grail of Christmas parties. Written by Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)

A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).

Director: J.J. Abrams
Writers: J.J. Abrams (screenplay), Lawrence Kasdan (screenplay), 1 more credit »
Stars: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher |
Storyline

A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).

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Midnight Special (2015)

A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Director: Jeff Nichols
Writer: Jeff Nichols
Stars: Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver |
Storyline

A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

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Bridge of Spies (2015)

An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, 1 more credit »
Stars: Tom Hanks, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan

Storyline
An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union.

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In the Heart of the Sea (2015

Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home.
Director: Ron Howard
Writers: Charles Leavitt (screenplay), Charles Leavitt (story), 3 more credits »
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson

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Joy (I) (2015)

Joy is the story of a family across four generations and the woman who rises to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.

Director: David O. Russell
Writers: David O. Russell (screenplay), Annie Mumolo (story), 1 more credit »
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro
Storyline

JOY is the wild story of a family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy's inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces. Jennifer Lawrence stars, with Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, and Virginia Madsen. Like David O. Russell's previous films, Joy defies genre to tell a story of family, loyalty, and love. Written by 20th Century Fox

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Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)

Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.
Director: Christopher Landon
Writers: Emi Mochizuki (screenplay), Carrie Lee Wilson (screenplay) (as Carrie Evans) ,
Stars: Halston Sage, Tye Sheridan, Patrick
Storyline
Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.

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The Last Witch Hunter (2015)

The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.

Director: Breck Eisner
Writers: Cory Goodman (screenplay), Matt Sazama,
Storyline
The modern world holds many secrets,
but the most astounding secret of all is that witches still live amongst us;
vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world.
Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe for centuries,
including KAULDER, a valiant warrior who managed to slay the all-powerful QUEEN WITCH,
decimating her followers in the process. In the moments right before her death,
the QUEEN curses KAULDER with her own immortality,
forever separating him from his beloved wife and daughter in the afterlife.
Today KAULDER is the only one of his kind remaining, and has spent centuries hunting down rogue witches, all the while yearning for his long-lost loved ones. However, unbeknownst to KAULDER, the QUEEN WITCH is resurrected and seeks revenge on her killer causing an epic battle that will determine the survival of the human race. Written by Lionsgate

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Victor Frankenstein (2015)

Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writers: Max Landis (screenplay), Mary Shelley (characters created by)
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown
Storyline
James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe star in a dynamic and thrilling twist on a
legendary tale. Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy) and his equally
brilliant protégé Igor Strausman (Radcliffe) share a noble vision of aiding humanity
through their groundbreaking research into immortality. But Victor's experiments go too far,
and his obsession has horrifying consequences. Only Igor can bring his friend back from the brink
of madness and save him from his monstrous creation. Written by 20th Century Fox

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Mississippi Grind (2015)

Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what's been lost.

Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Writers: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Stars: Ben Mendelsohn, Yvonne Landry, Anthony Howard |

Storyline
Down on his luck and facing financial hardship,
GERRY teams up with a younger charismatic poker player named CURTIS in an attempt to change his luck.
The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what has been lost.
Written by Electric City

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The Second Mother (2015)

When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.

Director: Anna Muylaert
Writer: Anna Muylaert
Stars: Regina Casé, Helena Albergaria, Michel Joelsas


Storyline
Val spends 13 years working as nanny to Fabinho in Sao Paulo.
She is financially stable but has to live with the guilt of having left her daughter
Jessica, in Pernambuco, in the north of Brazil, raised by relatives.
As college entrance exams roll around,
Jessica wants to come to Sao Paulo to take her college entrance exams too.
When Jessica arrives, cohabitation is not easy.
Everyone will be affected by the personality and candor of the girl
and Val finds herself right in the middle of it.

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Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human,
 half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Writers: Adam Sandler (screenplay), Robert Smigel
Stars: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Nick Offerman
Storyline

The Drac pack is back for an all-new monster comedy adventure in Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 2!
Everything seems to be changing for the better at Hotel Transylvania...
Dracula's rigid monster-only hotel policy has finally relaxed, opening up its doors to human guests. But behind closed coffins,
 Drac is worried that his adorable half-human, half-vampire grandson, Dennis, isn't showing signs of being a vampire.
So while Mavis is busy visiting her human in-laws with Johnny - and in for a major cultural shock of her own - "Vampa" Drac enlists

his friends Frank, Murray, Wayne and Griffin to put Dennis through a "monster-in-training" boot camp. But little do they know that Drac's grumpy and very old,
old, old school dad Vlad is about to pay a family visit to the hotel.
And when Vlad finds out that his great-grandson is not a pure blood -
and humans are now welcome at Hotel Transylvania - things are going to get batty!
Written by Sony Pictures

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Before I Wake (2015)

A young couple adopt an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.
Director: Mike Flanagan
Writers: Mike Flanagan, Jeff Howard
Stars: Kate Bosworth, Annabeth Gish, Thomas Jane |
Storyline

In this intense and heart pounding supernatural thriller,
Jessie (Kate Bosworth) and Mark (Thomas Jane) decide to take in a sweet and loving 8-year-old boy,
Cody. Unbeknownst to them, Cody is terrified of falling asleep. At first,
they assume his previous unstable homes caused his aversion to sleep, but soon discover why:
Cody's dreams manifest in reality as he sleeps. In one moment they experience the incredible wonder of Cody's
imagination, and in the next, the horrific nature of his night terrors. To save their new family,
Jessie and Mark embark on a dangerous hunt to uncover the truth behind Cody's nightmares.

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The Green Inferno (2015)

A group of student activists travels to the Amazon to save the rain forest and soon discover that they are not alone,
and that no good deed goes unpunished.

Director: Eli Roth
Writers: Guillermo Amoedo, Eli Roth,
Stars: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Aaron Burns |

Storyline
A group of student activists travels to the Amazon to save the rain forest and soon discover
that they are not alone, and that no good deed goes unpunished.

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Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

Dracula and his friends try to bring out the monster in his half human, half vampire grandson in order to keep Mavis from leaving the hotel.
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Writers: Adam Sandler (screenplay), Robert Smigel
Stars: Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Nick Offerman |

Storyline
The Drac pack is back for an all-new monster comedy adventure in Sony Pictures Animation's
Hotel Transylvania 2! Everything seems to be changing for the better at Hotel Transylvania.
Dracula's rigid monster-only hotel policy has finally relaxed, opening up its doors to human guests.
But behind closed coffins, Drac is worried that his adorable half-human, half-vampire grandson,
Dennis, isn't showing signs of being a vampire. So while Mavis is busy visiting her human in-laws with Johnny -
and in for a major cultural shock of her own - "Vampa" Drac enlists his friends Frank, Murray,
Wayne and Griffin to put Dennis through a "monster-in-training" boot camp. But little do they know
that Drac's grumpy and very old, old, old school dad Vlad is about to pay a family visit to the hotel.
And when Vlad finds out that his great-grandson is not a pure blood - and humans are now welcome
at Hotel Transylvania -
things are going to get batty! Written by Sony Pictures

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of
a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles.

Director: Wes Ball
Writers: James Dashner (novel), T.S. Nowlin (screenplay)
Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie

Storyline

In this next chapter of the epic "Maze Runner" saga,
Thomas (Dylan O'Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet:
searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD.
Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles.
Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD's vastly superior forces and uncover
its shocking plans for them all. Written by 20th Century Fox

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Sicario (2015)

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task
force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Taylor Sheridan
Stars: Emily Blunt, Jon Bernthal, Josh Brolin |
Storyline:
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government
task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at
the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

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Captive (II) (2015)

A recovering drug addict, who is a single mother, is taken by surprise when an escaped murderer takes her hostage.
Director: Jerry Jameson
Writers: Brian Bird (screenplay), Ashley Smith (book),
Stars: Kate Mara, David Oyelowo, Michael Kenneth
Storyline

In this fact-based thriller, a single mother struggling with drug addiction is
randomly taken hostage in her own apartment by a man on the run from the law
for breaking out of jail and murdering the judge assigned to his case -
only to realize before the climactic finish that they have actually saved each other's lives.
Written by Anonymous

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Black Mass (I) (2015)

The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and
the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston,
who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

Director: Scott Cooper
Writers: Mark Mallouk (screenplay), Jez Butterworth (screenplay),
Stars: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota

Storyline

John Connolly and James "Whitey" Bulger grew up together on the streets of South Boston.
Decades later, in the late 1970s, they would meet again. By then, Connolly was a major figure in the FBI's
Boston office and Whitey had become godfather of the Irish Mob. What happened between them -
a dirty deal to trade secrets and take down Boston's Italian Mafia in the process -
would spiral out of control, leading to murders, drug dealing, racketeering indictments, and,
ultimately, to Bulger making the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. Written by E Anderson and J. Breaux

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Wolf Totem (2015)

In 1967, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia.
Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads'

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers: Jiang Rong (novel), Jean-Jacques Annaud (screenplay),
Stars: Shaofeng Feng, Shawn Dou, Ankhnyam Ragchaa |

Storyline

In 1967, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen,
is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia.
Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads'
traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals,
residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world. Written by JC

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