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What you may need to know:

1. A teenage English mathematics prodigy is chosen to represent Great Britain at the International Mathematical Olympiad. He is faced with many challenges including falling in love.

2. Bit of an all star cast for this BBC production. You will not recognise Asa Butterfield from The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008).

3. You might recognise Sally Hawkins from Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine (2013). She got an Oscar nomination for that one. Although she was better in the excellent Layer Cake (2004) in our opinion.

4. The director Morgan Matthews is better known for his documentaries. His Beautiful Young Minds is the inspiration for this drama.

5. Not to be mistaken for the New York based flick X/Y(2014) which is dire. X + Y (2014) is meant to be much more compelling.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis:  Let’s get physical, physical.

Release Date: March 13, 2015

(Delboy remains at large. Tom Dillon (aka Dylan) is Broadsheet’s social media manager and man of the soil)

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What you may need to know:

1. A wealthy academic is cursed with an insatiable thirst for human blood after coming into contact with an ancient African artifact which belonged to a tribe who all died suffering from the same affliction.

2. It’s another kickstarted vampire movie. However it is not a vampire film. It is about “human beings who are addicted to Blood. Funny, Sexy and Bloody. A new kind of love story (and not a remake of 1972’s Blacula).”
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3. It is a re-imagining of Ganja and Hess (1973) and examines all sorts of themes.

4. The film is billed as a romantic horror comedy but there is not much to laugh about in this trailer.

5. Filming was wrapped up in 16 days. $1.4 million does not go far in Martha’s Vineyard.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Brooklyn will always be best.

Release Date: February 13, 2015

(Delboy is resting. Dylan is Broadsheet’s rural cinephile Tom Dillon)

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What you may need to know:

1. A gambling addict relocates to Las Vegas where he takes on private security jobs to fund his habit. He gets involved with the mafia when he tries to seek revenge on behalf of a victim of a viscous assault.

2. It’s a remake of the Burt Reynold’s flick Heat (1986). They are using the same script so brush up on your ’80s references.

3. The original film was not great. It had six directors. This one is not being directed by Brian De Palma but it almost was.

4. Jason Statham knows how to kicks ass. He could have done with a bit of that here.

5. Michael Angarano knows how to write great sci-fi.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: No mo’ no problems.

Release Date: January 30, 2015

(Delboy is playing gin rummy at an undisclosed location. Dylan is Tom Dillon, our farming, film and social media boss man)

What you may need to know:

1.To paraphrase Ron Burgundy – this is kind of a big deal.

2. No sign of Han, Luke or Leia (or our Domhnall for that matter) but there’s just enough here to whet our collective appetite.

3. So Oscar Isaac is a rebel, John Boyega’s a stormtrooper and I’m guessing that’s Adam Driver looking all dark and eeeevil with the funky lightsabre. And Daisy Ridley is the spit of her Ma.

4. Why do they keep messing with the lightsabres? They must be like iPhones. Goddamn Apple.

5. Okay, so we had a collective nerdgasm over the first trailer for The Phantom Menace in 1998 too, and everyone knows how that panned out. If that wacky droid has more than 3 seconds of screen time, it might be an issue.

6. “If George Lucas calls, I’m not in.” The main reason to be optimistic about this is that Lucas is not involved.

7. Feel free to add lens flare comments below.

8. Broadsheet Prognosis: Hell, yeah.

Release Date: December 18, 2015.

(DelBoy has written the Lyric Theatre’s 2014 pantomime, Sleeping Beauty. We wish him the very best of luck with it. Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

What you may need to know:

1. Claire (Jennifer Aniston) becomes obsessed with a woman in her support group (Anna Kendrick) who committed suicide, and initiates a dubious relationship with her widower (Sam Worthington).

2. And yes… there is cake.

3. I guess that no one told Aniston that life was gonna be this way.

4. The studio is really hoping for an Oscar nod for Aniston. This isn’t out until January but is getting a limited December release to be in contention.

5. Relax… the Star Wars trailer is coming.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Soggy bottomed.

Release Date: January 2015.

(DelBoy is catching up on Peaky Blinders. Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

What you may need to know:

1. Reimagining (sigh) of J.M. Barrie’s fairy tale about a young boy who wakes up in Neverland after Michael Jackson plies him full of ‘Jesus juice‘. That might not be correct.

2. Still has to be better than Hook (1991). Right?

3. Director Joe Wright has largely failed to sustain the promise of his early career. That one-take Steadycam shot in Atonement (2007) is still da bomb, though.

4. Looks like Hugh Jackman is “pulling a Depp.” At least there’s no singing.

5. Rooney Mara’s casting as the Native American Tiger Lily has caused a bit of a stink. She’s still waiting on a call from David Fincher about The Girl who Played with Fire. Daniel Craig isn’t.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: The Cliffs Notes version of Peter Pan.

Release Date: July 17, 2015.

(DelBoy says hi. Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

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What you may need to know:

1. Two decades after the events of Jurassic Park (1993) and they still don’t have the fences right. The Masrani Corporation are now in charge of a fully functioning dinosaur theme park when they decide to breed a genetically modified hybrid mutant dinosaur.

2. The film has been in development since the poor Jurassic Park III (2001) with the original cast being hired and fired and with many scripts written and trashed since then.

3. They got rid of the evil red logo and replaced with a safer blue one.

4. Bryce Dallas Howard rocks white like John Hammond. She is the daughter of actor and director Ron Howard. She was conceived in Dallas, hence her name.

5. Chris Pratt rides with the most bad-ass velociraptor biker gang. They are currently looking for some new prospects.

6. There is always one at 1.10

7. Broadsheet Prognosis: Who let the dino’s out?

Release Date: 12 June 2015

(Delboy is doing his own damn thing. Dylan is writer/farmer/Broadsheet social media boss Tom Dillon)

What you may need to know:

1. Pitch Perfect (2012) was an unlikely box office smash so the [all-girl a cappella group] Barden Bellas get a sequel. After winning The Nationals they qualify for the World Championships!

2. Well, $115 million in the box office and $93 million in video sales smash to be exact.

3. Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld at 0.38. Is she very tall or is Anna Kendrick very small?

4. They are up against Pentatonix this time. They are a real band.

5. Elizabeth Banks is making her directing debut. She is a funny lady.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Glee filled.

Release Date: May 14 2015

(Delboy was just here. Dylan is Tom Dillon, writer, Broadsheet social media manager and rustic type)

What you may need to know:

1. Thomas Hardy’s classic tale of love and not so much love gets the Hollywood treatment. Again.

2. The book was originally published anonymously as a monthly series in the Cornhill Magazine.

3. Carey Mulligan does breathlessly in love very well.

4. That’s Mulligan singing in the trailer too, alongside Michael Sheen. It’s “Let No Man Steal Your Thyme”.

5. Thomas Vinterberg is directing. He has had mixed success with English language films. His Dear Wendy (2005) flick sold only 14521 tickets.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Hardy

Release Date: May 1, 2015

(Delboy remains an enigma. Dylan is Tom Dillon, agriculturalist and writer)

What you may need to know:

1. Fantasy based on The Spook’s Apprentice, the first book of Joseph Delaney’s Wardstone Chronicles.

2. There are 13 books in the series. It’s safe to say that there won’t be two movies.

3. Seventh Son has had a very troubled history. Originally due for release in February 2013, it was delayed when Legendary Pictures’ distribution deal with Warner Bros. ended. Universal are now distributing, and I’d say Warners are thrilled with themselves.

4. Needs some ‘Maiden.

5. “So, uh Jeff… are you sticking with that voice for the whole movie?” It sounds like Bridges is channelling Mr. Magoo.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: The Big Excalibowski.

Release Date: February 17, 2015.

(DelBoy is in full-on Billie Barry mode. Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)