Reel Life – April 2013

Storyline: On a future Earth evolved beyond recognition, humanity seeks a new home in the stars. Only one man, Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) can find the truth and discover hope for our future. On this spectacular future, one man’s confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind. Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Melissa Leo, and Morgan Freeman

Storyline: This is about a charmingly modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full-blown family fiasco.
To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long-divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin (Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton) are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son’s wedding after his ultra-conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present, and future – and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process.

Director: Justin Zackham
Cast: Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, and Robin Williams

Storyline: In the much-anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film, five 20-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.

Director: Federico Alvarez
Cast: Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore, Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, and Lou Taylor Pucci

Storyline: Chronicles the story of Steve Jobs’ ascension from college dropout to one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
The biopic stars Ashton Kutcher as the iconic Silicon Valley visionary, and will shed new light on Steve Jobs’ most defining and personal moments, motivations, and the people that drove him. The film covers Jobs from his early years as an impressionable youth and wayward hippie, through his initial successes and infamous ousting, to his storybook return and ultimate triumphs as a man who set out to change the world and did just that.

Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Ron Eldard, John Getz, Lesley Ann Warren, and James Woods

Storyline: Follows a group of young Londoners as they struggle to find meaning in their lives while masking their discontent with sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll. The story centers on ex-model and aspiring actress Alice (Antonia Campbell-Hughes) as she struggles with her relationship with Charlie (Johnny Flynn), her drug-addicted ex-boyfriend. The fashionable group of friends epitomizes a new modern “lost generation” reminiscent of Ernest Hemmingway and his cohorts.

Director: Alexandra McGuinness
Cast: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Johnny Flynn, Benn Northover, Liam Browne, Amber Anderson, and Jay Choi

Storyline: A wealthy man has created an island amusement park filled with dinosaurs cloned from fossilized DNA. When he invites experts to endorse it, nature takes over.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Ariana Richards, and Samuel L. Jackson