5. Focus
The Players: Directors: John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (I Love You Phillip Morris, Crazy, Stupid Love) Writers: John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (Bad Santa, Cats & Dogs) Starring: Will Smith (Men In Black, The Pursuit Of Happyness), Margot Robbie (The Wolf Of Wall Street, About Time).
Synopsis: A veteran grifter takes a young, attractive woman under his wing, but things get complicated when they become romantically involved.
Why you should watch it: I'm not even sure honestly, the trailer doesn't make Focus look like anything special, really the sticking point for me and this movie will be reviews... If the reviews are positive I'll make more of an effort to see it, but right now my sole reason for watching Focus is to see the chemistry between Smith and Robbie before they share the screen in DC Comics Suicide Squad as Deadshot and Harley Quinn respectively.
4. Hot Tub Time Machine
The Players: Director: Steve Pink (About Last Night, Hot Tub Time Machine) Writer: Josh Heald (Hot Tub Time Machine, Mardi Gras) Starring: Craig Robinson (This Is The End, Get On Up), Rob Corddry (Warm Bodies, The Way Way Back), Clark Duke (Kick-Ass, The Croods), Collette Wolfe (Interstellar, Young Adult), Adam Scott (Step-Brothers, The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty).
Synopsis: When Lou, who has become the "father of the Internet," is shot by an unknown assailant, Jacob and Nick fire up the time machine again to save their friend.
Why you should watch it: I loved the first Hot Tub Time Machine, but this one looks like it's going to crash and burn in comparison. Firstly, although most of the cast has returned John Cusack has not, and although it's still cloudy as to why, recently Cusack's been doing a bunch of straight to DVD fare here in North America but he's never been known for doing comedies. Though I still think Cusack didn't want to touch this with a 20 foot pole. The trailer even lacks the luster of the first or the "relive the 80's charm" the first one had. Only time will tell if director Steve Pink can strike gold twice in this franchise, but right now I'm down on this film though I will still watch out of my love for the first.
3. Seventh Son
The Players: Director: Sergei Bodrov (Mongol, East/West) Writers: Charles Leavitt (Blood Diamond, K-Pax), Steven Knight (World War Z, Locke) Starring: Jeff Bridges (Tron, True Grit), Julianne Moore (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Still Alice), Ben Barnes (The Chronicles Of Narnia, The Big Wedding), Kit Harington (How To Train Your Dragon 2, Pompeii).
Synopsis: In a time long past, an evil is about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the forces of the supernatural and humankind once more. Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges) is a knight who had imprisoned the malevolently powerful witch, Mother Malkin (Julianne Moore), centuries ago. But now she has escaped and is seeking vengeance. Summoning her followers of every incarnation, Mother Malkin is preparing to unleash her terrible wrath on an unsuspecting world. Only one thing stands in her way: Master Gregory. In a deadly reunion, Gregory comes face to face with the evil he always feared would someday return. He has only until the next full moon to do what usually takes years: train his new apprentice, Tom Ward (Ben Barnes) to fight a dark magic unlike any other. Man's only hope lies in the seventh son of a seventh son.
Why you should watch it: This is a case that in a weak month with a good looking trailer you can crack the top 3. I'm not going to get overly excited as I made that mistake with a similarly themed movie, Jack And The Giant Slayer. I was a big Narnia fan so seeing Barnes on screen again is a plus, and you know Jeff Bridges is pretty cool too as the crotchety old man training new blood role. This looks like it should be a summer blockbuster, but it's coming out in February, it also has no reviews at this writing which is a week from release are big red flags. Also you know the year-plus delay in reaching the big screen.
2. The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water
The Players: Director: Paul Tibbitt (debut) Writers: Paul Tibbitt (The Spongebob Squarepants Movie), Glenn Berger and Jonathan Aibel (Kung Fu Panda, Monsters Vs. Aliens) Starring: Antonia Banderas (Spy Kids, Puss In Boots).
Synopsis: SpongeBob SquarePants, the world's favourite sea dwelling invertebrate, comes ashore for his most super-heroic adventure yet. SpongeBob goes on a quest to discover a stolen recipe that takes him to our dimension, our world, where he tangles with a pirate.
Why you should watch it: The last Spongebob movie came out over a decade ago, and is still a favourite of mine. That being said, this flick looks like a shadow of it's former self, Not that Spongebob has gotten monotonous, and this does still have some potential to be good, though Antonia Banderas has been box office poison as of late, it just seems it won't be as well received among none 8 year olds as the previous one was. I'm still iffy about the live action/cartoon crossover... The Smurfs and Alvin And The Chipmunks are the most recent success stories in that genre, though both had underwhelming performances from their sequels.
1. Kingsman: The Secret Service
The Players: Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) Writers: Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman (Stardust, The Debt) Starring: Colin Firth (The King's Speech, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers, The Other Guys), Michael Caine (The Dark Knight, Interstellar), Mark Strong (Zero Dark Thirty, The Imitation Game).
Synopsis: Based upon the acclaimed comic book and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), Kingsman: The Secret Service tells the story of a super-secret spy organisation that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Why you should watch it: Other than Matthew Vaughn's golden touch you mean? First off who doesn't like British bad ass's? Exactly. Secondly it's based upon a great comic book series from writer Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Civil War) and artist Dave Gibbons (Watchmen). Thirdly the reviews are positive thus far holding a 77% approval rating, as of this writing, over at RottenTomatoes.com with 35 reviews. The only question now will be will the box office numbers be there as it opens against the aforementioned 69 Shades Of Bondage.
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