The Gift (2015)

The Gift

Joel Edgerton

20151 h 48 min
Overview

A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.

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Title The Gift
Director Joel Edgerton
Director of Photography Eduard Grau
Writer Joel Edgerton
Runtime 1 h 48 min
Release Date 30 July 2015
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Movie Rating Good
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Actors
Starring: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, David Denman, Beau Knapp, Allison Tolman, P. J. Byrne, Tim Griffin, Beth Crudele, David Joseph Craig, Busy Philipps, Wendell Pierce, Nash Edgerton, Mirrah Foulkes, Katie Aselton

The Revenant (2015)

Overview

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

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Title The Revenant
Director of Photography Emmanuel Lubezki
Writer Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mark L. Smith
Runtime 2 h 36 min
Release Date 25 December 2015
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Movie Rating Excellent
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Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson, Paul Anderson, Brad Carter, Kristoffer Joner, Lukas Haas, Brendan Fletcher, Joshua Burge, Robert Moloney, Grace Dove, Timothy Lyle, Kory Grim, Forrest Goodluck, Duane Howard, Vincent Leclerc

Room (2015)

Room

Lenny Abrahamson

20151 h 57 min
Overview

Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

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Title Room
Director Lenny Abrahamson
Director of Photography Danny Cohen
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Runtime 1 h 57 min
Release Date 16 October 2015
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Movie Rating Masterpiece
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Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, Sean Bridgers, William H. Macy, Megan Park, Amanda Brugel, Kate Drummond, Chantelle Chung, Randal Edwards, Jack Fulton, Wendy Crewson, Cas Anvar, Joe Pingue, Justin Mader, Tom McCamus, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Rory O'Shea, Jee-Yun Lee, Rodrigo Fernandez- Stoll, Matt Gordon, Ola Sturik, Brad Wietersen, Sandy McMaster

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Overview

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.

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Title Mad Max: Fury Road
Director George Miller
Director of Photography John Seale
Writer Nick Lathouris, George Miller, Brendan McCarthy
Runtime 2 h 00 min
Release Date 13 May 2015
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Movie Rating Very good
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Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, Josh Helman, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Zoë Kravitz, Riley Keough, Nathan Jones, Richard Norton, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, Megan Gale, Melissa Jaffer, Richard Carter, John Howard, Angus Sampson, Jennifer Hagan, Iota, Melita Jurišić, Gillian Jones, Joy Smithers, Coco Jack Gillies, Stephen Dunlevy, John Walton, Sebastian Dickins, Lee Perry, Judd Wild

Spotlight (2015)

Spotlight

Tom McCarthy

20152 h 08 min
Overview

The true story of how The Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

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Title Spotlight
Director Tom McCarthy
Director of Photography Masanobu Takayanagi
Writer Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
Runtime 2 h 08 min
Release Date 6 November 2015
IMDb Id tt1895587
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Movie Rating Masterpiece
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Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d'Arcy James, Stanley Tucci, Elena Wohl, Gene Amoroso, Doug Murray, Sharon McFarlane, Jamey Sheridan, Neal Huff, Billy Crudup, Robert B. Kennedy, Duane Murray, Brian Chamberlain, Michael Cyril Creighton, Paul Guilfoyle, Michael Countryman, Tim Whalen, Martin Roach, Brad Borbridge, Don Allison, Patty Ross, Paloma Nuñez, Robert Clarke, Gary Galone, David Fraser, Paulette Sinclair, Laurie Heineman, Elena Juatco, Nancy Villone, Wendy Merry McCarthy, Siobhan Murphy, Eileen Padua, Darrin Baker, Joe Stapleton, Maureen Keiller, James LeBlanc, Tim Progosh, Neion George, Laurie Murdoch, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Krista Morin, Paula Barrett, Mairtin O'Carrigan, Rob deLeeuw, Nancy E. Carroll, Anthony Paolucci, Michele Proude, Richard O'Rourke, Len Cariou, Dennis Lynch, Stefanie Drummond, Mark McGrinder, Richard Fitzpatrick, Tom Driscoll, Jeffrey Samai, Moira Driscoll, Forrest Weber, Doreen Spencer, Janet Pinnick, Shannon McDonough, Shannon Ruth, Daniel Ruth, Jennifer Ruth, Timothy Mooney, Bruce-Robert Serafin, Donna Sue Jahier, Edward Brickley, John Franchi, Richard Jenkins

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