The Water Diviner

In post-First World War Australia, Joshua Connor (Crowe), a farmer and water diviner, struggles to cope with the sudden loss of his wife (McKenzie) who, unable to cope with losing all three of their sons in the war, commits suicide while he's digging a well on his property. Joshua vows to bring his sons' bodies home to be buried next to their mother and makes his way to Istanbul, Turkey, where he takes a room in a small hotel run by a widow (Kurylenko) who takes a quick liking to him. Not long into his search for his sons, he's informed by the British consul that he's not allowed to go to Gallipoli, where the fighting took place. Determined to recover his sons' bodies and convinced that one of the three is still alive, Joshua must figure out a way to sneak onto the site and escape without getting caught.

Director: Russell Crowe. Stars: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jacqueline McKenzie, Yilmaz Erdogan, Jai Courtney. 2014. 111 min. Drama.

Home

A friendly alien race known as Boov has come to Earth to escape their bitter enemy, the Gorg, and politely removes humans from their homes so that they can move in. One excitable Boov named Oh (Parsons) is looking to host a party in his new apartment, but when he tries to email invites to the rest of the Boov, he accidentally sends them to the Gorg as well, giving away the location of the Boov's new home. Meanwhile, a human girl named Tip (Rihanna) has become separated from her mother during the chaos of the human evacuation, and she and Oh have to team up to both find her mother and save the planet.

Director: Tim Johnson. Stars: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez. 2015. 94 min. Animated.

White God

When the Hungarian government passes a new law heavily penalizing owners of mixed-breed dogs, 13-year-old Lili's (Psotta) father puts her beloved dog Hagen out on the street. She sets out to find him, but meanwhile Hagen has already been picked up by the pound. Hagen escapes and rebels against humans, gathering the many misfit and unwanted dogs around him in an act of defiance against the hands that once fed them.

Director: Kornél Mundruczó. Stars: Zsófia Psotta, Sándor Zsótér, Lili Horváth. 2014. 121 min. Drama.