TRAILERS: Movies to hit the big screen on January 15

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Comedy, Action

Starring: Ice Cube, Benjamin Bratt, Kevin Hart, Tika Sumpter

This film is the sequel to the blockbuster action-comedy that gave us the year’s most popular comedy duo. Ben and James venture to Miami to work on a case that will see them take down a notorious drug dealer.

Suffragette

Drama

Starring: Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, Helena Bonhan

Suffragette is inspired by the nineteenth century women’s movement Women’s Social and Political Union. This film depicts the early feminist movement which saw women take radical and violent action towards attaining the political freedoms they deserved – and they were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality.

The big short

Drama

Starring: Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Finn Wittrock

Based on the true story and best-selling book by Michael Lewis, The Big Short tells the story of four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the collapse of the economy. Their bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of modern banking where they must question everyone and everything.

Trumbo

Drama

Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Baryon Cranston

In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood’s top screenwriter, until he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee and subsequently found himself jailed and blacklisted for his political beliefs. Following his release from prison, Trumbo fights back by continuing to write screenplays under a pseudonym, winning two Oscars in the process.