HOLIDAY MOVIE PREVIEW PART II

HOLIDAY MOVIE PREVIEW PART II

EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS (opens December 12)

Ridley Scott makes visually dazzling movies, and the 76 year old director says this is the biggest film he’s ever made. The well-worn Old Testament tale stars Christian Bale as Moses, who’s chosen by God to free the Israelites from their bondage under Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton). We can’t wait to see Scott’s interpretation of the 10 Biblical plagues, including the locust infestation and turning eater into blood.

·         THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (opens December 17)

The plate-tossing dwarves and uptight Bilbo (Martin Freeman) introduced in the first Hobbit film are long gone. This third and final film in the series is all about war and greed. At the end of The Desolation of Smaug we saw the giant dragon set his sights on Lake-Town, meaning the dwarves are in control of Erebor’s vast treasure. But men, elves, orcs and goblins all want their share, and Smaug is still out there. We’re about to find out who’ll control that mountain of gold.

·         UNBROKEN (opens December 25)

Louis Zamperini’s unbelievable life story was destined for the big screen. Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) was an American World War II pilot who not only survived 47 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean after crashing his plane, but then two years of torture in a Japanese prison camp. Angelina Jolie, directing only her second film, is tasted with bringing the epic saga to life, but the job is undoubtedly made easier then you consider four top- notch writers- Joel and Ethan Coen, William Nicholson and Richard LaGravenese-joined forces to pen the script.

·         INHERENT VICE (opens December 25)

Word is we’re in for a crazy ride in director Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel. Set in 1970 L.A., the film stars Joaquin Phoenix as a pothead private eye who gets tangled up with a cast of crazy characters while investigation the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend. Phoenix’s co-star Josh Brolin called the shoot “crazy, chaotic but really gratifying.” The large cast also includes Reese Whiterspoon, Owen Wilson, Benicio del Toro and Martin Short.   

Source: Cineplex