Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Avengers: Age of Ultron is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is intended to be the sequel to 2012's Marvel's The Avengers and the eleventh installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was scripted and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, James Spader, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Paul Bettany. In Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Avengers must work together to defeat Ultron, a technological enemy bent on human extinction.

The sequel was announced in May 2012, after the successful release of The Avengers. Whedon, the director of the first film, was brought back on board in August and a release date was set. By April 2013, Whedon had completed a draft of the script, and casting began in June with the re-signing of Downey. Second unit filming began in February 2014 in South Africa with principal photography taking place between March and August 2014. The film was primarily shot at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, with additional footage filmed in Italy, South Korea, and various locations around England.

Avengers: Age of Ultron is scheduled for release on May 1, 2015 in North America, in 2D and IMAX 3D.

PREMISE :

With S.H.I.E.L.D. destroyed and the Avengers needing a hiatus from stopping threats, Tony Stark attempts to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program with Ultron, a self-aware, self-teaching, artificial intelligence. However, his plan backfires when Ultron decides that humans are the main enemy and sets out to eradicate them from Earth, and it is up to Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, along with support from Nick Fury and Maria Hill, to stop him from enacting his plans. Along the way, the Avengers encounter the powerful twins, Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, as well as the familiar Vision.

WATCH TRAILER :



Directed   by Joss Whedon
Produced   by Kevin Feige
Screenplay by Joss Whedon
Based on  The Avengers by Stan Lee Jack Kirby
Starring :

•     Robert Downey, Jr.
•     Chris Evans
•     Chris Hemsworth
•     Mark Ruffalo
•     Scarlett Johansson
•     Jeremy Renner
•     Samuel L. Jackson
•     Cobie Smulders
•     James Spader
•     Elizabeth Olsen
•     Aaron Taylor-Johnson
•     Paul Bettany

Music by  Brian Tyler
Cinematography by Ben Davis 

Production company : Marvel Studios
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates : May 1, 2015 (North America)
Country :    United States
Language :    English

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Bilbo and Company are forced to be embraced in a war against an armed flock of combatants and the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and incinerating all of Middle-Earth.

Director    : Peter Jackson
Writers      : Fran Walsh (screenplay), Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Stars          : Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage

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Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

Super spy teams aren't born...they're hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. These elitists of the elite are joining forces with a chic undercover organization, The North Wind. Led by handsome and husky Agent Classified (we could tell you his name, but then...you know). Together, they must stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine, from destroying the world as we know it.

- Written by DreamWorks Animation

Directors     : Eric Darnell | Simon J. Smith
Stars            : Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, Benedict Cumberbatch

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The Boxtrolls (2014)

The Boxtrolls is a 2014 American 3D stop motion animated fantasy-comedy film based on the novel Here Be Monsters! by Alan Snow. Produced by Laika, it was directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi. The Boxtrolls follows the adventures of Eggs, a human boy raised by trash-collecting trolls, as he attempts to save them from Archibald Snatcher, a pest exterminator. The film stars Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade and Tracy Morgan. It was released on September 26, 2014, to generally positive reviews.

VOICE CAST :

•     Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Eggs, an orphaned human boy raised by the Boxtrolls.
•     Elle Fanning as Winnie Portley-Rind, Eggs's first human friend.
•     Ben Kingsley as Archibald Snatcher, a pest exterminator
•     Toni Collette as Lady Portley-Rind, Winnie's mother.
•     Jared Harris as Lord Portley-Rind, Winnie's father and leader of the White Hats.
•     Nick Frost as Mr. Trout, Snatcher's corpulent, bumbling, yet deep-thinking henchman.
•     Richard Ayoade as Mr. Pickles, Snatcher's, spindly, well-meaning but misguided henchman.
•     Tracy Morgan as Mr. Gristle, Snatcher's diminutive and maniacal henchman.
•     Simon Pegg as Herbert Trubshaw, Eggs's father.
•     Dee Bradley Baker as Fish, Wheels, and Bucket, three Boxtrolls.
•     Steve Blum as Shoe and Sparky, two Boxtrolls.

PLOT :

In the European town of Cheesebridge, rumors abound that subterranean trolls known as Boxtrolls kidnap and kill young children. Pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher strikes a deal with Lord Portley-Rind, offering to exterminate every Boxtroll in exchange for membership in the White Hats, a group of cheese-loving aristocrats led by Lord Portley-Rind that serves as the town council.

In actuality, the Boxtrolls prove to be peaceful creatures, wearing cardboard boxes, who emerge from underground at night to scavenge through the trash for items they can use to make inventions. A baby boy named Eggs lives among them, cared for by a Boxtroll named Fish. As Eggs grows up over a period of ten years, he becomes dismayed over the disappearing Boxtrolls due to Snatcher's capture of them.

Lord Portley-Rind’s neglected daughter Winnie grows frustrated at being ignored and throws his white hat out a window. Leaving the house to retrieve it, she sees Eggs rummaging through trash with two Boxtrolls. Snatcher and his men chase the trio and capture Fish. Devastated, Eggs puts together a disguise and sneaks back up to the surface to find him. Eggs emerges in the midst of an annual fair to commemorate the disappearance of the Trubshaw Baby eleven years earlier – presumably kidnapped and killed by Boxtrolls. Disgusted by the town’s inaccurate portrayal of the creatures, he follows Winnie away from the fair. She recognizes him as the boy she saw the previous night and directs him to Snatcher’s headquarters, an abandoned factory.

Sneaking into the factory, Eggs finds Fish locked in a cage and frees him. Meanwhile, Snatcher holds a cheese tasting with his henchmen, Mr. Gristle, Mr. Trout, and Mr. Pickles, as preparation for becoming a White Hat, disregarding his severe allergy toward cheese that causes grotesque swelling. Eggs and Fish try to sneak out of the factory only to be caught by Mr. Gristle. Snatcher recognizes Eggs as the Trubshaw Baby and reveals that all the captured Boxtrolls are still alive and building a machine. Winnie overhears this exchange, having followed Eggs to the factory. They and Fish escape from Snatcher and take shelter in the Boxtrolls’ underground cavern.

Winnie is surprised to learn the truth about the Boxtrolls, and convinces Eggs that he is not one of them. His father had given him to them as a baby in order to keep him safe from Snatcher. Winnie agrees to help Eggs tell Portley-Rind the truth. At a ball that night, held to commemorate the purchase of a giant cheese wheel, Eggs tries to confront Portley-Rind. He narrowly avoids capture by a disguised Snatcher, but inadvertently knocks the cheese down the stairs so that it rolls into a river. Eggs announces himself to the crowd as the Trubshaw Baby, but no one believes him and Lord Portley-Rind throws him out in a fury over losing his beloved cheese.

Eggs returns to the cavern and tries to persuade the remaining Boxtrolls that they need to flee for their own safety. Snatcher digs into the cavern using his machine, captures the entire group, and takes them back to the factory. Eggs, imprisoned in a cage in the basement, awakens to find his real father, Herbert Trubshaw - captured years ago by Snatcher and held prisoner ever since - hanging upside down next to him. He sees the Boxtrolls stacked in a crusher and begs them to run, but the crusher activates and flattens all the boxes.

Snatcher drives his machine to Lord Portley-Rind’s house, shows him the flattened boxes as proof of the Boxtrolls’ deaths, and demands Portley-Rind’s white hat once he kills the last one (actually Eggs dressed up as a Boxtroll). Winnie persuades Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles, who initially believed that their actions were justified due to the infamous reputation of the Boxtrolls, to redeem themselves by not killing Eggs. The Boxtrolls suddenly arrive with Herbert, having sneaked out of their boxes just before the crusher activated, and free Eggs. An infuriated Snatcher tries to take Portley-Rind’s hat by force, but Eggs, Herbert, and the Boxtrolls disable the machine. Eggs and Snatcher are thrown clear and land on the giant cheese wheel, freshly fished out of the river. Snatcher swells into a hideous giant and forces Lord Portley-Rind to give up his hat in exchange for Winnie's safety. Snatcher triumphantly enters the cheese tasting room, but unconcerned about his allergy, explodes after taking one bite of a rare cheese.

The townspeople no longer see the Boxtrolls as monsters and come to live peacefully with them. Winnie tells the tale of Snatcher's end to a crowd of people, while Eggs and Fish drive off in one of Herbert’s contraptions.

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