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'Anomalisa': Puppets are invested with a full range of human emotionThe film features the voice work of David Thewlis as a motivational speaker who encounters a fan (Jennifer Jason Leigh) while staying at a hotel.
2015 in review: Here's what mattered in entertainment this yearFrom actress Viola Davis becoming the first black recipient of the Emmy best actress award to Adele keeping her music off streaming services and Pixar continuing to succeed with original stories, 2015 saw various moments in entertainment that could influence the industry for years to come.
'Force Awakens' becomes fastest movie to $1 billionThe latest Star Wars film crossed the milestone in just 12 days. 'You almost have to rewrite all the record books for this movie,' says one box office analyst.
'The Hateful Eight' is overscaled and underfelt'Hateful' stars such Quentin Tarantino players as Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Madsen, and Tim Roth as well as newcomers like Jennifer Jason Leigh.
'Concussion' doesn't have enough to say about the national obsession with footballThe movie stars Will Smith as Dr. Bennett Omalu, a doctor who researched brain trauma in football players and pressured the National Football League.
'The Revenant': The ultra-violent catalogue of horrors is over-the-top'Revenant' stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a man who survived almost certain death in the Old West to avenge himself against the trapper who left him to die in the Rockies.
'Joy' is full of whiplash changes in mood'Joy' stars Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano, who invented the Miracle Mop. The movie seems both overlong and truncated.
'Where to Invade Next' is kinder, gentler Michael MooreThe movie, which centers on Moore traveling to Europe and showing socio-political innovations there, is in many respects as dubious as most of his other film forays.
'Sisters' star Amy Poehler shares experiences from making the film with friend Tina Fey'Sisters' stars Poehler and Fey as siblings who decide to throw a party at their parents' house. The movie reunites Fey and Poehler after collaborations such as 'Mean Girls.'
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' box office: $250 million and counting'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' has sold $120 million worth of tickets in North America on Christmas weekend. Will it be the biggest movie ever?
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens': Just how big will it be at the box office?The anticipation for the new 'Star Wars' movie ran high prior to its debut. Can the film take down movies like 'Avatar' and 'Titanic' for all-time records?
'Star Wars' series joins growing trend of 'spin-off' moviesThe new 'Star Wars' movie 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' features familiar characters like Han Solo and Princess Leia. But the upcoming movie 'Rogue One' will center on all-new faces.
The 10 best movies of 2015 – our critic's picksMonitor film critic Peter Rainer selects the best films to come out this year. What made the final cut?
'Son of Saul' has powerful sequences but is too hypercontrolledThe Holocaust drama is directed by first-time Hungarian feature film director László Nemes and stars Geza Rohrig as a Jew imprisoned in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens': The series brings multiple generations togetherSince the original movie came out in 1977, the movies have gained only more fans.
With 'Force Awakens,' 'Star Wars' expands its universeThe resumption of George Lucas's space opera offers a shared cultural experience that transcends generations, gender, race, and politics. These days, that's rarer than water on Tatooine.
'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' is the best movie in the series since 'Empire Strikes Back''Star Wars' stars newcomers to the series like Daisy Ridley and John Boyega as well as actors from previous movies like Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill.
'The Big Short' director Adam McKay: The financial crisis 'was more about a system than it was about individuals'McKay's movie 'Short' is the story of the real people who predicted the 2008 financial crisis. It's based on the book of the same name by Michael Lewis.
'In the Heart of the Sea' actor Chris Hemsworth discusses the new movie and playing Thor'Heart' stars Hemsworth as a first mate on a whaling ship whose craft is wrecked by a sperm whale. The film co-stars Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, and Tom Holland.
'In the Heart of the Sea' is serviceable but mostly unstirring'Sea' stars Chris Hemsworth and Benjamin Walker as sailors whose ship is destroyed by a whale. The remaining crewmen must struggle to survive.
