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Black Mass (2015)

With his audience goodwill somewhat eroded by a string of gimmicky performances in big-budget flops, Johnny Depp appears to be attempting to restore some of his serious actor credibility playing a stone-cold killer in this grim biopic about notorious Boston underworld figure James ‘Whitey’ Bulger.

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The Martian (2015)

Alien and Prometheus director Ridley Scott re-affirms his status as one of modern cinema’s most confident helmers of space-bound movies with this tense, slick thriller faithfully adapted from Andy Weir’s 2011 runaway bestseller.

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Everest (2015)

A thorough and dizzying account of the infamous 1996 disaster on the world’s tallest mountain, Everest is equal parts thrilling, heartfelt and epic. Jason Clarke (Terminator: Genisys) plays Kiwi mountaineer Rob Hall, who pioneered the concept of leading private expeditions up Everest.

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Pixels (2015)

A high-concept comedy with plenty of production value and even more commercial ambition, but very little in the way of energy, wit or genuine fun. Adam Sandler stars as an ’80s video game champ who is drafted in by his old pal the U.S. President (Kevin James) when aliens invade taking the form of Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and other classic game characters.

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The Transporter Refueled (2015)

As cheesy as they often are, the action films released by Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp — which include the Taken and Transporter series — do a lot to help maintain the tradition of a certain kind of movie, and should be applauded for that. That doesn’t mean always they’re always good, though.

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We Are Your Friends (2015)

Instantly more famous for how little money it made on its opening weekend (a new record low for a wide release) than for anything that happens in the film, this would-be zeitgeist-capturing drama about DJs contains absolutely nothing original, but at least it looks like the characters are actually having fun.

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People, Places, Things (2015)

After going big in What We Do In The Shadows, Kiwi comedic genius Jemaine Clement offers up a somewhat mellower performance which textures up this romantic dramedy. When you’ve seen enough of these kinds of movies, a point of difference like this counts for a lot.

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Straight Outta Compton (2015)

As innumerable films have demonstrated in the past decade or so, there is an inherent lack of drama to the musical biopic. They usually come across as a cinematic Greatest Hits, a collection of famous events and songs with only nostalgia to drive them. This is not the case with Straight Outta Compton.

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Trainwreck (2015)

After gazing a little too lovingly at his own navel in his previous film, the superlatively self-regarding This Is 40, director Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, Funny People) returns to form with this appealing comedy starring and written by nascent superstar Amy Schumer.

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Southpaw (2015)

Jake Gyllenhaal follows up the stellar Nightcrawler with another physically transformative performance, but he struggles to elevate Southpaw beyond the boxing movie clichés it entirely relies upon.

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