June reels: Upcoming movies in cinemas this week

Edge of Tomorrow 

When: 5th June

Who: Doug Liman (Director), Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt

What: Set in the future during an alien invasion of Earth, Tom Cruise finds himself stuck in a time loop where he must relive Invasion Day over and over again by dying over and over again.

Why: Watching Tom Cruise relive Invasion Day over and over again by dying over and over again.. But seriously I have actually heard some pretty good things said about the clever storyline and refreshing characters.

Rated 95% on Rotten Tomatoes (surprising but impressive…) and 8.1/10 on IMDb.

The Fault in Our Stars

When: 5th June

Who: Josh Boone (Director), Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort

What: Based on the novel by John Greene, The Fault in Our Stars explores the love story between Hazel and Gus that began in a cancer support group.

Why: What I enjoyed most about the book was how refreshingly honest it was – it wasn’t just a really sad story about a brave dying person but it was a story of something devastating that happened to normal people with their own imperfections. The novel did such a great job at drawing the reader into their world but at the same time reminding us that this world is not so different from our own. BYO bucket.

Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb.

May reels: Upcoming movies in cinemas this week

A Million Ways to Die in the West 

When: 29/05/14

Who: Seth MacFarlane (Director), Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Neil Patrick Harris, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Sarah Silverman

What: A satire of The Good, The Bad and the Ugly with a lot more expletives and blood.

Sheep farmer falls in love with new mystery woman in town and must overcome his fears, ALL of his fears (“The American West is a terrible place and time. Everything that’s not you wants to kill you. Angry drunk people. Hungry animals. Outlaws. Diseases. The fucking doctor.”) to duel Clinch Leatherwood, the deadliest outlaw in the West, to earn her love and affection.

Why: Written, directed by and starring the highest paid television writer in history, and the creator of Ted, Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show.

Maleficent (pronounced ma-leh-fi-sent)

When: 29/05/14

Who: Robert Stromberg (Director), Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Juno Temple, Vivienne Jolie-Pitt

What: Sleeping beauty retold from the perspective of the villain.

Why: To see Angelina Jolie’s cheekbones as the sharpest objects on screens since the Miracle Blade III. But more seriously to find out that Aurora actually had interests and hobbies outside of sleeping and being beautiful.