Director: Babak Najafi Starring: Gerald Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Alon Aboutboul, Radha Mitchell Written by: Christian Gudegast, Chad St. John, (also story and based on the characters created) Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd March 2016 At last! A comedy that is genuinely laugh-out-loud funny. A film…
Anomalisa
Directors: Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson Starring: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan Written by: Charlie Kaufman Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 11th March 2016 Charlies Kaufman has to be regarded as one of the geniuses of cinema. His films are never straight forward. Always unique and special and allows his…
Hail, Caesar
Directors: Joel and Ethan Coen Starring: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Aiden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, Frances McDormand, Jonah Hill Written by Joel and Ethan Coen Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 4th March 2016 Hail, The Coen Brothers. All hail to thee. After months of frankly unfunny and…
Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip
Director: Walt Becker Starring: Jason Lee, Justin Long, Kimberley Williams-Paisley, Tony Hale, Bella Thorne, Matthew Gray Guber, Jesse McCartney Written by: Randi Mayem Singer, Adam Sztylkiel, (based on the characters created) Ross Bagdasarian and Janice Karman. Running Time: 92 mins Cert: U Release date: 12th February 2016 There is something evil afoot within Alvin and the Chipmunk…
The Forest
Director: Jason Zada Starring: Natalie Dorman, Taylor Kinney, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Noriko Sakura, Eoin Macken Written by: Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwall and Ben Ketai Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th February 2016 If you go down to the woods today, you may be in for a bit of a bore. For The Forest, with all its…
Grimsby
Director: Louis Leterrier Starring: Sasha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Penelope Cruz, Isla Fisher, Rebel Wilson, Ian McShane, Scott Adkins Written by: Sasha Baron Cohen, Phil Johnston and Peter Baynham Running Time: 83 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th February 2016 Another week, another gross-out comedy that pushes the boundaries of good taste while at the same…
Secret In Their Eyes
Director: Billy Ray Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Dean Norris, Alfred Molina, Joe Cole Written by Billy Ray and (based on the film “El secreto de sus ojos”) Juan José Campanella. Running Time: 111 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th February 2016 This was always going to be a hard film to impress me, as the…
The Finest Hours
Director: Craig Gillespie Starring: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz, Kyle Gallner Written by: Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, (based on the book) Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th February 2016 It seems that Disney are getting into a…
Triple 9
Director: John Hillcoat Starring: Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Woody Harrelson, Aaron Paul, Kate Winslet, Norman Reedus, Gia Gadot Written by: Matt Cook Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th February 2016 Triple 9 has a lot going for it. A director who can certainly handle genre cinema. A cast of top-notch character…
Bone Tomahawk
Director: S. Craig Zahler Starring: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, Lili Simmons, Evan Janigkeit, David Arquette. Written by: S. Craig Zahler Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 19th February 2016 The western is a genre that has been with us since the birth of cinema (The Great Train Robbery being…
The Survivalist
Director: Stephen Fingleton Starring: Michael McCann, Mia Goth, Olwen Fouere, Andrew Simpson Written by: Stephen Fingleton Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 12th February 2016 Films don’t necessarily need million dollar budgets to produce something gripping and unsettling. Take The Survivalist, a post-apocalyptic drama filmed in Northern Ireland that has a cast made…
Deadpool
Director: Tim Miller Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Ed Skrein, Michael Benyaer, Brianna Hilderbrand, Stefan Kapicic, Gina Carano Written by: Rhett Reece, Paul Wernick, (based on the characters created) Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza Running Time: 108 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th February 2016 After years of languishing in development hell, Ryan…
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