Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Tempo Prediction: 5 stars
A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas and set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983).
Gossip: The production had a preference for using real locations and miniature models over green-screens and computer-generated imagery whenever possible in order to make the film aesthetically similar to the original Star Wars trilogy. Watch out for those stand out parts that were filmed in the UAE!
Directed By: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
In the Heart of the Sea
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Tempo Prediction: 3.5 stars
Based on the 1820 event, a whaling ship is preyed upon by a sperm whale, stranding its crew at sea for 90 days, thousands of miles from home.
Gossip: Based on the true story of the Essex, a whaling ship that was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the southern Pacific Ocean in 1820. The incident inspired Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”.
Directed By: Ron Howard
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson
Victor Frankenstein
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Tempo Prediction: 4.5 stars
Told from Igor’s perspective, we see the troubled young assistant’s dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, who becomes eyewitnesses to the emergence of Frankenstein the man – and the legend – we know today.
Gossip: Rather than don a wig or grow his hair long (which would’ve taken too long), Daniel Radcliffe wore hair extensions for his role as Igor. Because of this, he had to suffer the look and wear the locks along with his own hair throughout the entire filming period.
Directed By: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay
Mr. Right
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Tempo Prediction: 4 stars
A girl falls for the “perfect” guy, who happens to have a very fatal flaw: he’s a hitman on the run from the crime cartels who employ him.
Gossip: Anna Kendrick and Sam Rockwell previously worked together on Digging for Fire (2015).
Directed By: Paco Cabezas
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, Anson Mount
