Archive for July, 2014

6. Fast and Furious 6

Or ‘Furious 6’ as it is officially titled, stars series regular Vin Diesel and the late Paul Walker as part of the team driving fast cars and living the high life. This high-octane action defies the laws of probability and gravity once more.

5. Before Midnight

Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke reprise the beloved roles of Celine and Jesse for the third instalment of Richard Linklater’s ‘Before’ trilogy. Heart-warming and heart-breaking in equal measure, you don’t need to have seen the other two films to enjoy this one.

4. Captain Phillips

This probable Oscar contender stars Tom Hanks as the captain of the title, trying to keep him and his crew safe after their vessel is boarded by Somali pirates. Director Paul Greengrass keeps the tension ratcheted up with his usual visual style.

1. Gravity

Thrilling audiences all over the world, this outer space nail-biter stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as two astronauts facing disaster after a debris cloud disturbs a USA mission and sends Bullock spinning off into space.

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2. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The second instalment in Peter Jackson’s trilogy hit UK cinemas just in time for Christmas. Martin Freeman’s Bilbo Baggins comes up against the dragon Smaug (voiced by Freeman’s Sherlock co-star Benedict Cumberbatch).

3. Les Misérables

The epic musical was released in film form this year, starring Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried as the various cast members trying to survive in pre-rebellion France. The sweeping visuals and well-known songs make this one to watch.

1. X-Men | Days of Future Past

Sentinels, robots that were created for the purpose of hunting down mutants were released in 1973. 50 years later the Sentinels would also hunt humans who aid mutants.

Charles Xavier and his X-Men try their best to deal with the Sentinels but they are able to adapt and deal with all mutant abilities. Charles decides to go back in time and change things. He asks Kitty Pryde who can send a person’s consciousness into the person’s past to send him but she can only send someone back a few weeks because if she sends someone back further it could harm them. So Logan decides to go back himself because he might be able to withstand it.

So Charles tells him that it’s Mystique who’s responsible because when she learned about the Sentinels she sought out Bolivar Trask the man who created them and killed him. She would be caught and studied and her ability to change was somehow added to the Sentinels which is why they can adapt.

Logan must go to the younger Charles and ask him to help; problem is that he was despondent at that time and without his powers because he took a drug which allows him to walk but takes away his powers. Logan is also told to find Magneto.