Rosamund Pike (Amy Dunne)/Gone Girl- It's hard to say anything about Pike's performance without giving away major plot points. What I will say is there is a duality to this role that she nails to perfection.
Scarlett Johansson (Lucy)/Lucy- Lucy was a decent, but, overall unspectacular movie. It was made decent by Johansson who transitions from naïve college student to scared- out- of -her -wits drug mule to clinically cold one-woman hit squad seamlessly.
Emily Blunt (Rita Vrataski)/Edge of Tomorrow- Blunt mostly has moments that make me smile in this film more than anything else. Not that her performance is bad as the tough-as-nails Sergeant who trains Tom Cruise to be an alien killing machine. Cruise has this little Groundhog Day-trait that allows him to repeat the day whenever he dies in battle. Blunt is more than eager to kill him at times to get it right. I just found it all very amusing.
Emma Stone (Gwen Stacy)/The Amazing Spider-Man 2- What I like about Stone as Gwen is she isn't the typical damsel in distress that you find in most superhero movies. She has incredible chemistry with the hero. She's smart and more than willing to get involved in the action to help where she can (although she pays the ultimate price).
Charlize Theron (Anna Leatherwood)/A Million Ways to Die in the West- I never thought Charlize Theron had comic chops, but she's surprisingly funny in Seth MacFarlane's raunchy Western. It takes versatility to pull off comedy. She made me a bigger fan with this performance.
Felicity Jones (Jane Wilde Hawking)/The Theory of Everything- Jones gives a very understated, but, important performance opposite Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking's patient, but, overwhelmed wife. She has a sweet chemistry with her co-star. You feel for her plight even as you have the sinking notion this partnership is destined to ultimately fail.
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