2016 is going to be lit year with movies, here is a list of 10 movies you should not miss watching during the year. Enjoy!!!
1) Ghostbusters
Paul Feig’s female fronted reboot of the adventures of the ghoul-squishing quartet has met with some worrying blowback from fans of the original concerned that ladies wouldn’t be able to cut it. But the film itself looks like a cracker, with Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig among those donning a jumpsuit, plus cameos from almost all the original crew.
2) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
It’s taken them years, but finally DC Comics are catching up with the Marvel’s interlinked-stories concept as applied to cinema. This film, originally conceived as the sequel to the forehead-kneading Man of Steel, sees the Caped Crusader (Ben Affleck) make his way to Superman’s Metropolis, there to confront the phone-box-bothering superhero (Henry Cavill) who he suspects may wreak chaos if left unchecked. The trailers make it look pretty fun (as they would) and it all sets up future movies, such as the long pined for Wonder Woman, whose lead actor Gal Gadot is getting a prominent cameo here.
3) Star Wars: Rogue One
You’re ready for another, right? Barely a year after the seismic upheaval of JJ Abrams’s franchise reboot, there are yet more wars on the way. Gareth Edwards’ spin-off stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna and Ben Mendelsohn. Set before the original trilogy, we’ll be following a bunch of resistance fighters plotting to steal plans to the Death Star. Let the hype be your guide.
4) Suicide Squad
We’ve done dark, we’ve done poppy, now let’s try naughty. Directed by David Ayer and based on the DC comic about a gang of antiheroes co-opted by the US government, Suicide Squad might be more raw, more vicious than your average do-gooder superhero story. The cast list has some whack: Will Smith is the squad’s de facto leader as expert marksman Deadshot, Margot Robbie is popular Batman villain Harley Quinn, and Jared Leto will prance around the outskirts as The Joker, the first new big-screen take on the character since Heath Ledger played him in the Dark Knight trilogy. Subtlety isn’t Ayer’s superpower. He won’t need it for material this wacky.
5) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
JK Rowling’s first screenplay – a Harry Potter spin-off – is escorted to the big screen by regular Hogwarts wrangler David Yates. Eddie Redmayne stars as Newt Scamander, a scholar whose studies are complicated by the escape of a menage of magical creatures from his briefcase. Ezra Miller, Katherine Waterson and Colin Farrell are among those joining Eddie on the hunt through 1920s New York.
6) The Legend of Tarzan
More Margot Robbie, this time as Jane opposite Alexander Skarsgård’s smalls-wearing Tarzan in David Yates’ take. The trailer (above) promises a dark thriller set in a jungle that “consumes everything” and “preys on the weak”. Probably closer to Peter Jackson’s apery of King Kong than George of the Jungle.
7) Independence Day 2
“Today … we celebrate … OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!” etc etc etc. Some 20 years after Roland Emmerich blew up the White House, he’s back to wreck more destruction on pitiful humanity. That said, perhaps the film won’t be so bad? The trailer (above) offers up a doomy vision of alien invasion, perhaps better suited to our times than the 90s original’s poppy spirit. And the cast is good – Liam Hemsworth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jeff Goldblum. Will Smith isn’t returning, but – given recent form – that might not be a catastrophe.
8) Bourne 5
Both Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon are back after the Jeremy Renner side story, The Bourne Legacy, slumped. Damon will play the titular super-spy, apparently OK now after the truth about his manipulation by the naughty government caused a grandscale breakdown. Joining him in some kind of accord will be franchise regular Julia Stiles and newbie Alicia Vikander. Viggo Mortensen and Vincent Cassel will be on the other side of a conflict with more sides than Nandos.
9) Zoolander 2
Second helping of Derek’n’Hansel, which is a good thing – even if Zoolander’s adoption by humourless fashionista types wore out the welcome mat. This time around the author of Le Tigre, Blue Steel and Magnum is out of fashion, but in-demand as he’s the only dim bulb who can shed light on a spat of celebrity deaths linked to his signature look. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson walked the Valentino catwalk at Paris fashion week last March. Having jumped the shark, can the pair turn it into a nice bit of clobber?
10) 13 Hours
Michael Bay gets serious and goes to Libya; but this politically charged thriller about the death of a US ambassador could go all Pearl Harbor. Or it could be good.
