Age of Ultron: Filling last summer’s Captain America:The Winter Soldier’s position in the late spring box office is Avenger’s Age of Ultron. This spectacular team up caps off an entire second phase of Marvel movies. As a whole, the entire franchise has reached criminal levels of success.
This sequel sees the return of the colorful cast of spandex clad heroes as they face off against yet another villain that has some personal connection to one of the Avengers. Tony Stark’s robotic peacekeeping initiative Ultron (James Spader) has gone postal–creating a AI army of its own.
With the help of Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Thor he has to put junior to bed and save the world. (May 1st)
Mad Max: Fury Road: Director George Miller returns to his post-apocalyptic property after a near thirty year hiatus. Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) takes Mel Gibson’s place as Max Rockatansky, a man who lives in a world where people fight to the death in a desolate desert landscape.
While Max is seeking revenge for his wife and child his path becomes entwined with that of Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) who is leading a group of oddly named girls back to her homeland.(May 15)
Tomorrowland: Starring George Clooney and Britt Robertson (The Longest Ride), this is yet another movie based off of a Disney theme park attraction following in the tradition of Tower of Terror, Mission to Mars, Haunted Mansion and a handful of others.
Is it necessary? Debatable. Will it kill at the box office? Probably not. Does it look fun? Absolutely.
However, just because something looks interesting and fun does not mean it will make sense. By the looks of the information and trailers that have been released, it has become increasingly hard to tell what this movie is even about. Special effects! Wonder! Mystery! If the idea of Clooney using a bathtub as a rocket doesn’t draw you in, I don’t know what will. (May 22)
Black Mass: It has become a modern joke that Johnny Depp’s go to schtick of inhabiting his roles more than becoming them has worn its welcome. We have seen Depp as a pirate (several times), a scissor handed pariah, a mad hatter, murderous barber and a gentleman spy. Now prepare to see him in the same level of ridiculous make-up for a surprisingly refreshing and dark role.
Black Mass is based off of the true story of the infamous mobster turned FBI informant Whitey Bulger. Depp sports a pair of grey contacts, a balding head, and an eerily intimidating confidence that will have you hoping the actor has made a comeback.
The cast is also something to behold. It includes Benedict Cumberbatch as Bulger’s brother, Peter Sarsgaard, Joel Edgerton and Kevin Bacon. (September 18)
Fantastic Four: With its odd casting and reshoots, there has been a controversial funk following this reboot of the mid 2000 series that starred Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans.
Probably wanting to distance itself from the middling reception that the aforementioned films got, this installment has chosen to go to with a much different variance of source material.
On top of the actors being in their early 20s, African American actor Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station) was casted to play the very blonde and very white playboy hot shot Johnny Storm. In short, however, the plot is essentially the same albeit the Baby Looney Toons spin.
It stars it-boy Miles Teller (Whiplash), Kate Mara, and Jamie Bell as three of the other four young scientists who achieve strange abilities after an experiment gone horribly wrong. (August 7)
Me, Earl and the Dying Girl: Also an adaptation of a young adult novel, essentially this movie is a darker and quirkier version of the John Green hit The Fault in Our Stars with lesser known actors. The trailer showcases a cornucopia of teen drama tropes but it also works in tandem to break them.
Thomas Mann is Greg Gaines, a teenage filmmaker who befriends Rachel (Olivia Cooke) who is a cancer patient. While it may not reach the heights that The Fault in Ours soared to in the hearts of young teens, it seems like something much more intimate, special and appealing to a larger audience.
Zhana Johnson
Senior Features Editor
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