Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, also billed as Cobain: Montage of Heck,[1]is a documentary film about Nirvana front man and '90s rock icon Kurt Cobain, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. It has received a limited theatrical release worldwide and will premiere on television in the United States on HBO on May 4, 2015.[2][3](copyright by http://en.wikipedia.org/)
The Imitation Game is a 2014 historical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum, with a screenplay by Graham Moore loosely based on the biographyAlan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges (previously adapted as the stageplay and BBC drama Breaking the Code). It stars Benedict Cumberbatchas the British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who helped solve the Enigma codeduring the Second World War and was later prosecuted for homosexuality.
The film's screenplay topped the annual Black List for best unproducedHollywood scripts in 2011. The Weinstein Company acquired the film for $7 million in February 2014, the highest amount ever paid for U.S. distribution rights at the European Film Market. It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 14 November and the U.S. on 28 November.
The Imitation Game was a commercial and critical success. By April 2015, it had grossed over $219 million worldwide against a $14 million production budget, making it the highest-grossing independent film of 2014. It was nominated in eight categories at the 87th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Tyldum), Best Actor (Cumberbatch), and Best Supporting Actress (Keira Knightley). It won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. It garnered five nominations in the 72nd Golden Globe Awards and was nominated in three categories at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, including Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. It also received nine British Academy of Film and Television Artsnominations, including Best Film and Outstanding British Film.
The LGBT civil rights advocacy and political lobbying organisation the Human Rights Campaign honoured The Imitation Game for bringing Turing's legacy to a wider audience. However, the film was criticised for its inaccurate portrayal of historical events and Turing's character and relationships. (copyright by http://en.wikipedia.org/)
Home is a 2015 American 3D computer-animated buddy comedy film[4]produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is based on Adam Rex's 2007 children's book The True Meaning of Smekdayand stars Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, and Steve Martin. Tim Johnson is the director of the film, Chris Jenkins and Suzanne Buirgy are its producers, and the adaptation is by Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember. The story takes place on planet Earth, where an alien race called the Boov invade the planet. However, a teenage girl named Tip manages to avoid capture and goes on the run.
The film was released in theaters on March 27, 2015.[5] Home was promoted with the release of a four-minute short film, titled Almost Home, and premiered at the Boulder International Film Festival on March 7, 2015. Besides lending her voice to the film, Rihanna also created a concept albumof the same name. The soundtrack includes guest vocals from Jennifer Lopez, among others, was supported by two singles, "Towards the Sun" and "Feel the Light", and was met with moderate success on music charts. Homereceived mixed reviews from film critics, positive reviews from film audiences, and has grossed over $301 million at the box office. (copyright by http://en.wikipedia.org/)
Unfriended (originally released as Cybernatural) is a 2014 American found footage supernatural horror film directed by Levan Gabriadze,[4][5][6] written by Nelson Greaves, and produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Jason Blum, and Greaves.
The film premiered at the Fantasia Festival on July 20, 2014, and at SXSW on March 13, 2015. It received a theatrical release on April 17, 2015. The film stars Shelley Hennig as one of several friends who find themselves terrorized online by an anonymous person.[7] A variation on the found footage genre, the entire film is set in real-time on a character's computer screen.[8] The film received mixed reviews, and has grossed over $27 million. (copyright by http://en.wikipedia.org/)
The Age of Adaline is a 2015 American epic romance fantasy film directed byLee Toland Krieger and written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz. The film stars Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew,Harrison Ford, and Ellen Burstyn. The film was released on April 24, 2015. (copyright by http://en.wikipedia.org/)
Furious 7 (stylized onscreen as Furious Seven and alternatively known asFast & Furious 7)[7] is a 2015 American action film directed by James Wanand written by Chris Morgan. It is the seventh installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson,Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Kurt Russell, and Jason Statham. Furious 7 follows Dominic Toretto (Diesel), Brian O'Conner (Walker), and the rest of their team, who have returned to the United States to live normal lives after securing amnesties for their past crimes in Fast & Furious 6 (2013), until Deckard Shaw (Statham), a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother, puts them in danger once again.
With the previous three installments being set between 2 Fast 2 Furious(2003) and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Furious 7 is the first film in the franchise to take place after Tokyo Drift. The film also marks the final film appearance of Walker, who died in a single-vehicle accident on November 30, 2013, with filming only half-completed. After Walker's death, filming was delayed for script rewrites and his brothers, Caleb and Cody, were used as stand-ins to complete his remaining scenes. (copyright by http://en.wikipedia.org/)
Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 American superhero film based on theMarvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studiosand distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's The Avengers and the eleventh installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon and features anensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle,Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders,Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsg�rd, James Spader, and Samuel L. Jackson. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Avengers must work together to defeat Ultron, a technological enemy bent on human extinction.
The sequel was announced in May 2012, after the successful release of The Avengers. Whedon, the director of the first film, was brought back on board in August and a release date was set. By April 2013, Whedon had completed a draft of the script, and casting began in June with the re-signing of Downey.Second unit filming began in February 2014 in South Africa with principal photography taking place between March and August of 2014. The film was primarily shot at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, with additional footage filmed in Italy, South Korea, Bangladesh, New York, and various locations throughout the United Kingdom.
Avengers: Age of Ultron was released in Australia on April 23, 2015, and then in the United States on May 1, 2015, in 3D and IMAX 3D. Upon release, the film became a critical and commercial success, and has grossed over $400 million worldwide. Two sequels, Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 and Avengers: Infinity War Part 2, are scheduled to be released on May 4, 2018, and May 3, 2019, respectively. (copyright by http://en.wikipedia.org/)