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Howard”'s Recommended MOVIES of 2015
“Sicario” (R) (Action/Crime/Drama) Director: Denis Villeneuve. “The Hateful 8” (R) (Crime/Drama/Mystery) Director: Quentin Tarantino. “71”(R) (Action/Drama/Thriller/Civil War) Director: Yann Demange. “It Follows” (R) (Horror/Mystery/Thriller) Director: David Robert Mitchell. “When Marnie Was There” (PG) (Animation) Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi. (Japanese in English subtitles.) “The Big Short” (R) (Biography/Drama), Director: Adam McKay. “Mad Max: Fury Road” (R) Director: George Miller. “Trumbo”(R), Director: Jay Roach. “The Danish Girl” (R) Director: Tom Hooper. “Phoenix” (PG-13) Director: Christian Petzold. (German in English subtitles.)
Zootopia
By Howard McQuitter II ***** (PG) “Zootopia” is a Walt Disney Studios creation that”'s colorful, imaginative and full of life that adults as well as children can enjoy immensely. The three directors Bryon Howard (“Tangled”,”Bolt”), Rich Moore (“Wreck-It Ralph”, “The Simpsons”) and Jared Bush (“Part-Time Hero”, “Big Hero 6”) created terrific storytelling starting with the heroine Judy Hopps (voice by Ginnifer Goodwin), a bunny from a rustic community who is determined to hit the big city called Zootopia and become a cop. When she arrives to the place where all types of animals cross paths, she”'s relegated (“covert” sexism) to being just a ticket maid by her chief of police. There”'s never been a bunny cop which is made clear by her boss who”'s a lion and he”'s been the head over hippopotami, lions, tigers, etc. While she”'s giving tickets [...]
TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2015
#1 “Revenant” (R) Adventure/Drama/Thriller Director: Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu. Principal Cast: Leonardo Di Caprio (Hugh Glass), Tom Hardy (John Fitzgerald), Domhall Gleeson (Captain Andrew Henry), Forrest Goodluck (Hawk). Running time:156 minutes. #2 “Spotlight” (R) Drama/Biography Director: Tom McCarthy. Principal Cast: Mark Ruffalo (Mike Rezendes), Michael Keaton (Walter ”˜Robby”' Robinson), Rachel McAdams (Sacha Pfeiffer), Liev Schreiber (Marty Bacon), Stanley Tucci (Mitchell Garabedian) John Slattery (Ben Bradlee Jr.). Running time:128 minutes. #3.”Beasts of No Nation” Drama/War (Not Rated) Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga. Principal Cast: Idris Elba (Commandant), Abraham Attah (Dike). Running time: 128 minutes. #4 “The Martian” (PG-13) Sci-Fi Director: Ridley Scott Principal Cast: Matt Damon (Mark Watney), Jessica Chastain (Melissa Lewis), Jeff Daniels (Teddy Sanders), Kristen Wiig (Annie Montrose), Michael Pena [...]
