Upcoming Movies I NEED to See

One of my favorite things to do I to watch a GREAT movie, next best to that is to watch amazing movie trailers. Here are just a few of my favorite trailers that I'm seeing around YouTube (in no particular order)

Good Kill

Release Date: TBA

About: A Las Vegas-based fighter pilot turned drone pilot fights the Taliban by remote control for 12 hours a day, then goes home to the suburbs and feuds with his wife and kids for the other 12. But the pilot is starting to question the mission. Is he creating more terrorists than he's killing? Is he fighting a war without end.

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Jake Abel, January Jones, Zoe Kravitz

Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE a good war movie

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Still Alice

Release Date: Jan. 16

About: Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested

Cast: Julianne Moore, Kate Bosworth, and Alec Baldwin

GREAT book, tragic disease

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Woman in Gold

Release Date: April 3

About: Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.

Cast: Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds

Any movie about the holocaust peaks my interest, instantly

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Focus

Release Date: February 27

About: A veteran grifter takes a young, attractive woman under his wing, but things get complicated when they become romantically involved.

Cast: Will Smith and Margot Robbie

This is definitely not something I would see in theater, but looks interesting none-the-less

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Cake

Release Date: Jan.23

About: The acerbic, hilarious CLAIRE SIMMONS becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group. As she uncovers the details of Nina's suicide and develops a poignant relationship with Nina's husband, she also grapples with her own, very raw personal tragedy.

Cast: Jennifer Aniston and Anna Kendrick

I love me so Jennifer Aniston and love any movie or book relating to addiction

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You're Not You

Release Date: On DVD April 14

About: A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.

Cast: Hilary Swank and Emmy Rossum

-A truly powerful story-

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Life Partners

Release Date: Out

About: Sasha and Paige's co-dependent friendship is tested as Paige gets serious with a guy for the first time.

Cast: Leighton Meester

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The Longest Ride

Release Date: April 10

About: Based on the bestselling novel by master storyteller Nicholas Sparks, THE LONGEST RIDE centers on the star-crossed love affair between Luke, a former champion bull rider looking to make a comeback, and Sophia, a college student who is about to embark upon her dream job in New York City's art world. As conflicting paths and ideals test their relationship, Sophia and Luke make an unexpected and fateful connection with Ira, whose memories of his own decades-long romance with his beloved wife deeply inspire the young couple. Spanning generations and two intertwining love stories, THE LONGEST RIDE explores the challenges and infinite rewards of enduring love.

Cast: Scott Eastwood and Britt Robertson

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While We're Young

Release Date: March 27

About: An uptight documentarian and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.

Cast: Ben Stiller, Amanda Seyfried, Naomi Watts, and Adam Driver 

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True Story

Release Date: May 7

About: A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.

Cast: Jonah Hill and James Franco

I'm excited to see both Jonah and Franco in a drama

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In the Heart of the Sea

Release Date: March 13

About: In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. 

Cast: Chris Hemsworth

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The Age of Adaline

Release Date: April 25

About: After miraculously remaining 29 years old for almost eight decades, Adaline Bowman has lived a solitary existence, never allowing herself to get close to anyone who might reveal her secret. But a chance encounter with charismatic philanthropist Ellis Jones reignites her passion for life and romance. When a weekend with his parents threatens to uncover the truth, Adaline makes a decision that will change her life forever.

Cast: Blake Lively

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Little Accidents

Release Date: Jan. 16

About: When a teenage boy goes missing in a small town already devastated by a fatal mining accident, three strangers find themselves drawn together in a tangle of secrets, lies, and the collective grief of the community. Reeling from the disappearance of her son, Diane (Elizabeth Banks) finds herself drifting away from her husband (Josh Lucas), a mining company executive whose role in the accident has made her family the prime target for the town’s anger. When she forms a dangerous bond with the sole survivor of the disaster (Boyd Holbrook), truths will be uncovered that threaten to tear apart the few remaining threads holding the town together in this intense drama from writer-director Sara Colangelo.

Cast: Elizabeth Banks and Josh Lucas

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Cinderella

Release Date: March 13

About: A live-action retelling of the classic fairy tale about a servant step-daughter who wins the heart of a prince.

Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Cate Blanchett, and Lily James

I'm not a huge fan of remakes but with this cast, I need to watch

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Tomorrowland

Release Date: May 22

About: Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.

Cast: George Clooney and Britt Robertson

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Foxcatcher

Release Date: Jan. 15

About: Based on true events, Foxcatcher tells the dark and fascinating story of the unlikely and ultimately tragic relationship between an eccentric multi-millionaire and two champion wrestlers. When Olympic Gold Medal winning wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum) is invited by wealthy heir John du Pont (Steve Carell) to move on to the du Pont estate and help form a team to train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics at his new state-of-the-art training facility, Schultz jumps at the opportunity, hoping to focus on his training and finally step out of the shadow of his revered brother, Dave (Mark Ruffalo). Driven by hidden needs, du Pont sees backing Schultz's bid for Gold and the chance to "coach" a world-class wrestling team as an opportunity to gain the elusive respect of his peers and, more importantly, his disapproving mother (Vanessa Redgrave)

Cast: Channing Tatum and Steve Carell

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Fifty Shades of Grey

Release Date: Feb. 13

About: When Anastasia Steele, a literature student, goes to interview the wealthy Christian Grey, as a favor to her roommate Kate Kavanagh, she encounters a beautiful, brilliant and intimidating man. The innocent and naive Ana started to realize she wants him, despite his enigmatic reserve and advice, she finds herself desperate to get close to him. Not able to resist Ana's beauty and independent spirit, Christian Grey admits he wants her too, but in his own terms. Ana hesitates as she discovers the singular tastes of Christian Grey - despite of the embellishments of success, his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family - Grey is consumed by the need to control everything.

Cast: Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson

The Soundtrack sounds spectacular too