And now – the movies to look forward to (and avoid) over the second half of 2015:
JULY
1 – “Magic Mike XXL”, “Terminator: Genisys” (Dictionary addition?)
10 – “Minions”, “Gallows”
17 – “Ant-Man”, “Trainwreck” (the review probably writes itself)
24 – “Pan”, “Pixels”, “Poltergeist” (Scary, Scarier, and Scariest)
31 – “Grimsby”, “Point Break”, “Self/Less”
AUGUST
7 – “The Fantastic Four”, “Ricki and the Flash” (and Meryl)
14 – “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”, “Masterminds”, “Straight Outta Compton”
21 – “Sinister 2”, “Max”, “Me Before You”, “Criminal”
28 – “Regression”, “Hitman: Agent 47” (because Agent 46 wasn’t available)
SEPTEMBER
4 – “Jane Got a Gun”, “Kitchen Sink”
11 – “The Visit”, “Triple Nine”
18 – “Everest”, “Untitled Whitey Bulger Film”, “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” (previously titled “The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials”)
25 – “Hotel Transylvania 2”, “The Intern”, “The Disappointments Room”
OCTOBER
2 – “The Walk”, “Victor Frankenstein”, “London Has Fallen” (Olympus wasn’t enough)
9 – “The Jungle Book”, “Vacation”, “Kidnap”
16 – “Crimson Peak”, “Untitled Cold War Spy Thriller” (Hanks and Spielberg reunite)
23 – “Jem and the Holograms”, “The Last Witch Hunter”
30 – “Scouts vs. Zombies”
NOVEMBER
6 – “Spectre”, “The Peanuts Movie” (Best Box Office Battle of the Year?)
13 – “Rock the Kasbah”, “Friday the 13th” (of course)
20 – “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2”
25 – “The Good Dinosaur”, “The Martian”, “Midnight Special”, “Seth Rogen/Joseph Gordon-Levitt X-Mas Movie” (from Sony)
DECEMBER
4 – “Krampus”
18 – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, “The Nest” (it should open on the bare 11th)
23 – “Alvin and the Chipmunks 4” (Why?)
25 – “Mission: Impossible 5”, “Joy”, “The Revenant” (Limited)
Release dates courtesy of BoxOfficeMojo.com. All subject to change.
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.