Trailer Weekly – 9/19/15 Edition – “Steve Jobs,” “The 5th Wave” and “Our Brand in Crisis”

This week’s column is stacked with various movie genres such as biographical, action/adventure and even a dramedy! Steve Jobs chronicles the life of Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple and his rise to the top. The 5th Wave tells the story of how a series of lethal attacks have annihilated most of the Earth, yet one girl refuses to give up trying to save her brother. Finally, Our Brand in Crisis is based on the documentary, which calls attention to the use of American political campaign strategies in South America. All three films have celebrities in their casts that are the cream of the crop in Hollywood. In addition, all three movies have tremendous emotion in their plots whether it’s shown in the divulging the life of one of the men who changed the face of technology for the world or in the courage of family to never give up on each other or in how politics in a foreign country can employ the same principles as another, but with vastly different consequences.

Steve Jobs is a biographical film starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogan, Jeff Daniels and Men in Black 3’s Michael Stuhlbarg. The film follows Jobs as he endures career high and lows and culminates in with the unveiling of the iMac, a computer that revolutionized the technological industry. The biography’s trailer illustrates the struggle Jobs endured to create the revolutionary machine and become CEO of one of the biggest computer companies in the world. It opens in theaters on Friday, October 23.

The 5th Wave is an action/adventure, thriller and science fiction movie starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Liev Schreiber, Maria Bello, Ron Livingston, It Follows’ Maika Monroe, Jurassic World’s Nick Robinson and Sons of Anarchy’s Maggie Siff. Based on the novel by Rick Yancey, the motion picture’s plot revolves around the Earth being destroyed by four waves of disastrous alien attacks. Cassie (Moretz) survives and then goes in search of her brother, hoping to find him before the fifth wave of attacks hits. This actioner’s trailer displays how Cassie must be on her guard every second because she doesn’t know who to trust. It then details how each attack wave weakens and pretty much obliterates Earth. It opens in theaters on Friday, January 15, 2016.

Our Brand in Crisis is a dramedy starring Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton,Bored to Death’sZoe Kazan, Ant-Man’s Anthony Mackie, Halt and Catch Fire’s Scoot McNairy and Joaquim de Almeida. Based on the 2005 documentary of the same name by Rachel Boynton, it surveys the American political strategies that were implemented during the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. The movie’s trailer shows how one woman employed American political strategies during the presidential campaign of a South American country, ripe with strife and distrust of their political leaders. It opens in theaters on Friday, October 30.