2015 Summer Movie Preview: March And April
2015 Summer Movie Preview: March And April

2015 Summer Movie Preview: March And April

2015 is the year of awaited big blockbusters. Let’s start in the month of spring’s beginning, March:

Chappie

CHAPPIE

The Good: Neill Blomkamp directed District 9, one of the great recent sci-fi films. Hugh Jackman is a pretty good actor.

The Bad: Blomkamp also directed the getting worse by the day Elysium.

Prediction:

Chappie could be great or awful. Expect heavy doses of sci-fi monologue, but the special effects will be very good, and this movie’s main character is a robot, which could also lead to something great.

 The 2nd Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

The Good: Everyone is mostly back, including all the Brits and their humor, plus the energetic Dev Patel looks to have a bigger role.

The Bad: Pretty sure there will be no change in formula compared to the first film.

Prediction:

British sniping is always enjoyable, but this one will be a little lazier and less charming that the first Marigold Hotel.

Unfinished Business

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

The Good: Dave Franco and Nick Frost are funny.

The Bad: Crappy director and writer, lazy premise, Tom Wilkinson is only funny when British, Vince Vaughn hasn’t made a good movie in years.

Prediction:

Expect irrelevant humor and very quick one and done gags with a forced message about teamwork.

Cinderella

CINDERELLA

The Good: Cate Blanchett will make a deliciously evil stepmother. Colors will pop. Kenneth Branagh is a good director.

The Bad: Who was clamoring for a remake of a near perfect classic? Untested movie leads are in FAMOUS roles.

Prediction:

Cinderella will look very pretty, but expect the SAME story. Pointlessness consumes this film.

Unknown

RUN ALL NIGHT

The Good: Neeson and his underrated Non-Stop director reunite. There will be lots of fun fight sequences and solid tension probably.

The Bad: Joel Kinnaman cannot act, Genesis Rodriguez can barely act, and we’ve seen this same Neeson film for years now.

Prediction:

Just because Neeson makes similar films doesn’t make the films any less entertaining, and Ed Harris makes a cool villain.

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INSURGENT

The Good: Shaliene Woodley is a great young actress.

The Bad: This franchise is the Hunger Games as thought out by a teenager; it’s too simplistic, plus lots of miscasting abounds here (Miles Teller is the worst example) or phoned in performances (read: Kate Winslet).

Prediction:

Red flags abound for this franchise apart from Woodley, who deserves all the credit for holding this film together as best she can.

Get Hard

GET HARD

The Good: Pairing Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell together seems like a good comedic match.

The Bad: Awful premise, more than five writers, untested director, Ferrell’s star is fading

Prediction:

I really hope for this to be good, but it feels lazy at best. Ferrell’s star will continue to fade and Hart will suffer a setback on his road to stardom.

Home

HOME

The Good: Original premise, DreamWorks produced the How to Train Your Dragon films.

The Bad: DreamWorks also has a habit of leaning too hard on kid humor and simplistic themes.

Prediction:

Should be cute but quickly forgotten.

Furious 7

FURIOUS 7

The Good: Say goodbye to Paul Walker, Jason Statham and Kurt Russell signed on, the dialogue and cast know the material well.

The Bad: The director is known for horror films.

Prediction:

Fast cars, established actors, plus hopefully some over-the-top action. Should be chill and fun.

Paul Blart Mall Cop 2

PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2

The Good: Kevin James will give it his all, Vegas is fun.

The Bad: A movie that didn’t need a sequel got one.

Prediction:

Like constant fat jokes and punching old women? This is your film, and stay away from me.

The Age of Adaline

THE AGE OF ADALINE

The Good: Blake Lively is pretty.

The Bad: Nicholas Sparksian premise, bleh writer/director. Washed up actors/actresses.

Prediction:

Great date film guys.

MUST SEE: None. This crop is pretty crappy. If I had to pick one, I’d say, Furious 7.

MUST SKIPGet Hard. I love Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, but the premise is nearly as bad as last year’s Let’s Be Cops.

MOST INTRIGUINGChappie. Neill Blomkamp’s films are great or secretly awful. At worst, it should be interesting.

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