Rylie’s June Selections!

Now the exam period is coming to an end, celebrate by treating to yourself with a trip to see one of this month’s recommendations.

Release date: 6th June

Certificate: 15

Running time:  112 minutes

Directed by: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)

Studio: Columbia Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Media Rights Capital / Original Film / Cannell Studios / 33andOut Productions / JHF Productions / LStar Capital

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

Genre: Action / Comedy / Crime

Starring: Channing Tatum (Magic Mike, Step Up), Jonah Hill (Superbad, The Wolf of Wall Street), Ice Cube (21 Jump Street, Boyz n the Hood)

Jenko and Schmidt go undercover as teens once again. After making it through high school, it’s time for the dream team to take on college and bust a narcotics case.

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Release date: 19th June

Certificate: TBC

Running time:  125 minutes

Directed by: Josh Boone (Stuck in Love)

Studio: Temple Hill Entertainment

Distributed by: 20th Century Fox

Genre: Drama / Romance

Starring: Shailene Woodley (Divergent, The Spectacular Now), Ansel Elgort (Divergent, Carrie), Sam Trammell (True Blood [TV]), Willem Dafoe (Spider-man, The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Hazel and Gus share not just a mordant wit but the fear of oblivion, for they both live with cancer: Hazel must be accompanied by an oxygen tank and Gus has a prosthetic leg. Through a support group, the two meet and fight their fear by giving each other’s lives a special meaning and purpose.

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Release date: 27th June

Certificate: U

Running time:  102 minutes

Directed by: Dean DeBlois (Mulan, Lilo & Stitch)

Studio: DreamWorks Animation / Mad Hatter Entertainment

Distributed by: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Genre: Animation / Action / Adventure

Starring: Gerard Butler (The Ugly Truth, P.S. I Love You), Jay Baruchel (This is the End, Tropic Thunder), Cate Blanchett (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty [TV], The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), Jonah Hill (The Wolf Of Wall Street, Superbad), Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids, Girl Most Likely), Kit Harrington (Game of Thrones [TV], Pompeii)

On the Island of Berk, viking Hiccup and his dragon Toothless must protect the new found peace between vikings and dragons when they discover a hidden ice cave that is home to hundreds of undiscovered, wild dragons- along with his mother whom he meets along the way.

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*PLEASE NOTE* This week’s post comes a week late with only three selections as all of my exams fell on the first week of June. 

Rylie’s February Selections!

As you probably expected, the majority of this week’s selections will be released on the most (commercially) important day of this month: Valentine’s Day. Whether you have a valentine or you are a member of the Lonely Heart’s Club, I’m sure you will find your perfect match here:

Release date: 7th February

Certificate: 15

Running time: 117 minutes

Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée (The Young Victoria)

Studio: Voltage Pictures / Truth Entertainment

Distributed by: Focus Features

Genre: Biography / Drama / History

Starring: Matthew McConaughey (The Wolf of Wall Street, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), Jennifer Garner (13 Going on 30, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), Jared Leto (Fight Club, Requiem For a Dream)

Based on a true story from 1985, electrician Ron Woodroof hustles his way around the system to help AIDs sufferers to get their medication after he himself is diagnosed with the disease.

Watch the official trailer here:

Release date: 14th February

Certificate: 15

Running time: 126 minutes

Directed by: Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa)

Studio: Annapurna Pictures

Distributed by: Entertainment Film Distributors

Genre: Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator, Signs), Amy Adams (Man of Steel, American Hustle), Scarlett Johansson (The Avengers: Assemble, Lost in Translation), Chris Pratt (Wanted, Delivery Man), Bill Hader (Paul, Superbad), Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

After coming out of a long-term relationship, writer Theodore is bereft and seeks companionship which he finds in the unlikely form of a computer operating system specifically designed to fulfil his every romantic need.

Watch the official trailer here:

Release date: 14th February

Certificate: TBC

Running time: 103 minutes

Directed by: Shana Feste (Country Strong, The Greatest)

Studio: Bluegrass Films / Fake Empire / Universal Pictures

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Genre: Drama / Romance

Starring: Gabriella Wilde (Carrie, The Three Musketeers), Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four, Magic Mike), Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek, Déjà Vu)

A privileged girl  and a charming boy fight for their whirlwind romance against protestations from both of their parents.

Watch the official trailer here:

Release date: 14th February

Certificate: TBC

Running time: 100 minutes

Directed by: Phil Lord (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street) / Christopher Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street) 

Studio: Warner Bros. / Village Roadshow Pictures / LEGO / Vertigo Entertainment / Lin Pictures / Animal Logic

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Genre: Animation / Action / Comedy

Starring: Will Arnett (Ratatouille, Blades of Glory), Chris Pratt (Her, Delivery Man), Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games, The 40-Year-Old Virgin), Will Ferrell (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Step Brothers), Dave Franco (Now You See Me, 21 Jump Street), Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en), Jonah Hill (21 Jump Street, This is the End)

Emmett is your average LEGO minifigure- that is, until he is mistaken for a hero and kidnapped by an organisation that recruits him to help them save the world from an evil tyrant planning to glue the universe.

Watch the official trailer here:

For an EXTRA selection this month, check out why you should see Monuments Men in my magazine article:

http://www.loudmag.co.uk/news/116-films-for-2014

Rylie’s December Selections!

So, the countdown has begun! And with a chocolate a day to mark the lead up, here’s four films to bring you into Christmas and the New Year.

Release date: Friday 6th December

Certificate: TBC

Running time: 104 minutes

Directed by: John Krokidas

Studio: Killer Films / Benaroya Pictures / Outpost Studios

Distributed by: The Works UK Distribution

Genre: Biography / Drama / Romance

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe (The Harry Potter Series, The Woman in Black), Dane DeHaan (Chronicle, Lawless), Michael C. Hall (Dexter [TV], Gamer)

Based on true events, poets of the Beat movement Allen Ginsberg, Lucien Carr and Jack Kerouac become entangled in the suspicious murder of David Kammerer in 1944.

Watch the official trailer here:

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Release date: Friday 6th December

Certificate: PG

Running time: 108 minutes

Directed by: Chris Buck (Surf’s Up)  and Jennifer Lee

Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios / Walt Disney Pictures

Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Musical

Starring: Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Veronica Mars), Idina Menzel (Enchanted, Glee [TV]), Josh Gad (Love and Other Drugs, Jobs), Jonathan Groff (C.O.G, Glee [TV])

Christmas just would not be the same without a new Disney release. In the hands of Elsa, the Snow Queen, the city of Arendelle is transformed from a sunny paradise to a winter wonderland and the only person who can reverse the curse is her sister Anna. Although accompanied by a trusty sidekick snowman and a guy who sells ice for a living, on their journey to save the kingdom from the big freeze Anna proves to be a strong, independent character and much more than your generic Disney princess.

Watch the official trailer here:

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Release date: Friday 13th December

Certificate: TBC

Running time: 170 minutes

Directed by: Peter Jackson (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Lord of The Rings Trilogy)

Studio: MGM / New Line Cinema / WingNut Films

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Genre:  Fantasy / Adventure / Drama

Starring: Martin Freeman (The World’s End, Sherlock [TV]), Ian McKellen (X-MEN, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek: Into Darkness, Sherlock [TV]), Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Troy)

Bilbo Baggins, the dwarves and Gandalf the Grey continue their quest to reclaim their homeland of Erabor from Smaug in the second part of the trilogy prequel to the Lord of the Rings, telling the story of how Bilbo came to own the ring and eventually pass it on to his nephew Frodo.

Watch the official trailer here:

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Release date: 20th December

Certificate: 15

Running time: 119 minutes

Directed by: Adam McKay (Anchorman, Step Brothers)

Studio: Apatow Productions / Gary Sanchez Productions / Paramount Pictures

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Genre: Comedy

Starring: Will Ferrell (Blades of Glory, Elf), Paul Rudd (Wanderlust, I Love you Man), Steve Carrell (The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Crazy Stupid Love), Vince Vaughn (Wedding Crashers, The Break-up), Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids, Girl Most Likely), Harrison Ford (Star Wars saga, Indiana Jones series)

San Diego’s top-rated newsman Ron Burgundy returns with his crew to take on New York’s first ever 24-hour news channel.

Watch the official trailer here:

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NEW RELEASE: Girl Most Likely

You may remember a previous post of mine concerning the launch of Film Feeder and how I will be writing some articles for this site. The site’s recommendations for this week include my first article on Girl Most Likely: a romantic comedy led by Kristen Wiig and starring my favourite young star Darren Criss (Glee). Girl Most Likely is released in cinemas today- read about why you should see it here:

http://www.filmfeeder.co.uk/girl-likely-12a-rylie-trott/

NOTE: The website is run using subscriptions, so in order to access some areas (including my article), you will have to sign up for your free membership and use your acquired password to access the content.

 

Related articles

• Film Feeder: A New Way to Get Your Film Fix! (thelifeofryliee.wordpress.com)
• Rylie’s September Selections (thelifeofryliee.wordpress.com)

 

Rylie’s September Selections

As much as we’ve all tried to stop it from happening, September is finally here and, with it, it has welcomed the time to start getting ourselves together ready for another academic year. In order to keep you powering through the first few weeks, I’ve devised a list of upcoming films to both look out for and look forward to this month.

Release date: 4th September

Certificate: 12A

Running time: 123 minutes

Directed by: Richard Curtis (Love Actually, The Boat that Rocked)

Studio: Working Title Films

Genre: Drama and Comedy with Sc-Fi elements

Starring: Rachel McAdams (The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Notebook), Domnhall Gleeson (Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows), Bill Nighy (The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy, Love Actually)

Tim (Gleeson) is just your average 21-year-old. That is, until his Father tells him a great secret about the men in his family: they all have the ability to travel through time. Just like a piece of film, he can stop, start and rewind parts of his life in order to relive them until he gets them right. As any young man would, Tim decides to use his newly found ability to find true love in the form of a young woman named Mary (McAdams). Alas, although he saves himself from some hilariously awkward situations, he also finds that trying to make life his definition of perfect can sometimes have the opposite effect. After bending time once too much, Tim learns that relationships have their own imperfections and nobody can avoid the ups and downs that they throw.

Watch the official trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/user/universalpicturesuk?v=u2PUMA6nFWk

Release date: 20th September

Certificate: TBC

Running time: TBC

Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel (The Invasion, Downfall)

Studio: Ecosse Films

Genre: Biographic Drama

Starring: Naomi Watts (King Kong, The Impossible), Naveen Andrews (Lost [TV], Sinbad [TV]), Douglas Hodge (Robin Hood), Geraldine James (Sherlock Holmes, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Cas Anvar (The Terminal, Argo)

In this biographic drama of one of the most beloved and cherish members of royalty, the public eye is opened to the last two years of Princess Diana’s life after divorcing Prince Charles, including an insight to her relationships with heart surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan (Andrews) and Dodi Fayed (Anvar).

Watch the official trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCSkXCr1hE8

Release date: 27th September

Certificate: TBC

Running time: 97 minutes

Directed by: Jerusha Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre)

Studio: Fickle Fish Films

Genre: Romantic comedy

Starring: Keri Russell (Felicity [TV], Mission Impossible: III), JJ Feild (Captain America: The First Avenger), Jennifer Coolidge (American Pie series, A Cinderella Story), Georgia King (One Day, Wild Child), Bret McKenzie (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

Utterly obsessed with Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice classic since the age of 13, a thirty-something American woman goes on holiday to England to visit Austenland: the world’s only immersive Austen experience. Whilst living life as if she were a character in one of the novels herself, she embarks on a journey to find her own, non-fictional Mr Darcy.

Watch the official trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIxmVwP3ROI

Release date: 27th September

Certificate: 12A

Running time: 103 minutes

Directed by: Shari Springer Berman (American Splendor [WRITER]) and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor [WRITER])

Studio: Lionsgate Entertainment

Genre: Comedy

Starring: Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids, Paul), Annette Bening (American Beauty, Being Julia), Matt Dillon (There’s Something About Mary, You Me and Dupree), Darren Criss (Glee [TV])

After having a mid-life meltdown and staging a failed suicide attempt to win back her ex, Imogene (Wiig) must come to terms with the fact that she is a failed playwright and move on with her life. In order to do so, she is forced to leave her New York lifestyle for the not so glamorous New Jersey to go back home and live with her eccentric mother (Bening), her weird boyfriend (Dillon) and a random lodger who has taken her childhood bedroom (Criss). Whilst toning her New York lifestyle down and accepting she is no longer a promising playwright, Imogene embraces the party life whilst also accepting that although she is no longer young on the surface, she can still be young at heart.

Watch the official trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-FRopjvFB8

Check back during the month for Ryviews of upcoming films!