Movies to Look Forward to, End of 2015 Through 2016

As the year is coming to an end, a large amount of amazing movies have come about. With films such as The Martian, Inside Out, Southpaw, Youth, Carol, Mr. Holmes, The Walk, and Bridge of Spies, the rest of 2015 has some exciting movies coming out mid-December, and 2016 looks to have game-to-movie adaptations, comedic, sport films, animations, something for everyone. Here is my list of movies to look forward to for the rest of 2015 and 2016:

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

• In theaters December 18, 2015, Director: J.J. Abrams
• Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew
• Takes place 30 years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

   2. The Hateful Eight

• In theaters December 25, 2015, Director: Quentin Tarantino 
• Cast: Channing Tatum, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russel, Walton Goggins
• Post-Civil War, eight strangers take shelter where tension arises 

 

   3. Concussion 

• In theaters December 25, 2015, Director: Peter Landesman 
• Cast: Will Smith, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Luke Wilson, Alec Baldwin
• Dr. Bennet Omalu discovers the truth about football players who suffer brain damage due to concussions 

   4. The Revenant 

• In theaters December 25, 2015, Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu
• Cast: Tom Hardy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter
• Inspired by real events, Hugh Glass fought a bear and was left for dead. Glass seeks redemption on his own team. 

   5. Race

• In theaters February 19, 2016, Director: Stephen Hopkins
• Cast: Jeremy Irons, Jason Sudeikis, Amanda Crew, Stephan James
• Based on Olympic runner Jessi Owens at the 1936 Olympics, where he experiences Hitler's Aryan supremacy 

   6. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

• In theaters March 25, 2016, Director: Zach Snyder
• Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jessie Eisenberg, Gal Gadot
• The world of Superman and Batman collide, war between each other ensues, and all the while a new threat arises 

   7. Captain America: Civil War 

• In theaters May 6, 2016, Director: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
• Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Rudd
• The Avengers are split into two camps, one led by Steve Rogers, and the other by Tony Stark

   8. Finding Dory

• In theaters June 17, 2015, Director: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
• Cast: Ellen Degeneres, Ty Burrell, Idris Elba, Willem Dafoe, Ed O'Neill
• Dory is reunited with her loved ones, and along the way everyone learns a few things about the meaning of family 

   9. Ghostbusters

• In theaters July 15, 2016, Director: Paul Feig
• Cast: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Dan Aykroyd 
• Plot is still unknown according to IMDB. 
• There is still no trailer, but here are lead female characters on set

   10. Suicide Squad 

• In theaters August 5, 2016, Director: David Ayer
• Cast: Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Ben Affleck, Jared Leto, Will Smith, Scott Eastwood
• Government agency recruits' supervillains from prisons in order to conduct dangerous missions in return for mercy 

   11. Moana

• In theaters November 23, 2016
• Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk, Auli'i Cravalho, Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
• Daughter of the chief, Moana sets off to an island in order to help her family, and we follow her and her hero the demi God Maui on their journey
• There is still no official trailer, but here's Auli'i finding out she got the part of Moana

Like I said, the rest of 2015 and 2016 has something for everyone. Whether you're into superhero movies, there's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. If you're into a movie with female lead characters and are a fan of SNL (Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, etc.), Ghostbusters is for you. If you're more of the sports-movie type, there's Concussions starring Will Smith and Race. For the children, there are two main animations: Finding Dory and the new princess Moana. Which one are you excited for?