Utopia SA will be screening the following new releases from Wednesday 20 January 2016:
- Creed (sports drama; 133 mins, 6+, in EN) at Utopolis-Kirchberg & Utopolis-Belval from Wed 20 January 2016.
Directed by Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) and starring Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station; Fantastic Four; The Wire (tv series)), Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo, Cliffhanger, The Expendables), Tessa Thompson (Selma, South Dakota, When a Stranger Calls) and Tony Bellew (a professional boxer in his first film role).
Synopsis: Adonis Johnson is the son of the famous boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died in a boxing match in Rocky IV (1985). Adonis wasn't born until after his father's death and wants to follow his fathers footsteps in boxing. He seeks a mentor who is the former heavyweight boxing champion and former friend of Apollo Creed, the retired Rocky Balboa. Rocky eventually agrees to mentor Adonis. With Rocky's help they hope to get a title job to face even deadlier opponents than his father. But whether he is a true fighter remains to be seen....
- Daddy's Home (comedy drama, 96 mins, 6+, in EN) at Utopolis-Kirchberg & Utopolis-Belval from Wed 20 January 2016.
Directed by Sean Anders (Horrible Bosses 2, That's My Boy) and starring Will Ferrell (Anchorman, The Campaign, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby), Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter, The Departed, Ted 2, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Planet of the Apes) and Linda Cardellini (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Welcome to Me ).
Synopsis: Stepdad, Brad Whitaker, is a radio host trying to get his stepchildren to love him and call him Dad. But his plans turn upside down when the biological father, Dusty Mayron, returns.
- Legend (crime drama; 132 mins; 6+, in EN) at Utopolis-Kirchberg from Wed 20 January 2016.
Directed by Brian Helgeland (A Knight's Tale, Payback, 42, and writer of Mystic River, L.A. Confidential) and starring Tom Hardy (Inception, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Dark Knight Rises, Child 44, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Emily Browning (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ) and Taron Egerton (Testament of Youth; Kingsman: The Secret Service).
Synopsis: The film tells the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.
- The Danish Girl (drama; 119 mins; 6+, in EN) at Utopolis-Kirchberg & Utopolis-Belval from Wed 20 January 2016.
Diredcted by Tom Hooper (The King's Speech; Les Misérables; The Damned United) and starring Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything; Les Misérables; My Week with Marilyn; The Other Boleyn Girl) and Alicia Vikander (Testament of Youth, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., A Royal Affair, Anna Karenina, The Fifth Estate).
Synopsis: A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
For further details, see www.utopolis.lu.
