Director: Rob Letterman Starring: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell Written by: Darren Lemke, (story) Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski and (based on the Goosebumps books) R.L.Stine Running Time: 103 mins Cert: PG Release date: 5th February 2016 I love going into a film with low expectations. You are never…
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Ride Along 2
Director: Tim Story Starring: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Ken Jeong, Olivia Munn, Benjamin Bratt, Bruce McGill, Sherri Shepherd Written by: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi and (based on the characters created) Greg Coolidge Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 22nd January 2016 Is it really two years ago that we had to suffer the…
The Revenant
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Paul Anderson. Written by: Paul L. Smith, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and (based on part of the book) Michael Punke Running Time: 156 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th January 2016 There is an old saying about suffering for your art. If…
In The Heart Of The Sea
Director; Ron Howard Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley Written by: (also story) Charles Leavitt, (story) Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and (based on the book “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex”) Nathaniel Philbrick Running Time: 122 mins Cert: 12A Release date:…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson Written by: Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt and (based on the characters) George Lucas Running Time: 135 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th December 2015 December 1977. Queuing up around…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Director: Francis Lawrence Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore. Written by: Peter Craig, Danny Strong and (adaptation and novel “Mockingjay”) Suzanne Collins Running Time: 137 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th November 2014 A couple of words of warning before stepping into the second part…
Spectre
Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Monica Bellucci, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Dave Bautisa, Andrew Scott, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw Written by: Jez Butterworth, (also story) John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and (based on the characters created) Ian Fleming Running Time: 148 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th October 2015 From the…
Pan
Director: Joe Wright Starring: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Adeel Akhtar, Kathy Burke, Amanda Seyfried Written by: Jason Fuchs and (based on the characters created) J.M. Barrie Running Time: 111 mins Cert: PG Release date: 16th October 2015 Pan is another origins tale, dealing with how Peter Pan became the boy who…
The Martian
Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Pena, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan Written by: Drew Goddard and (based on the novel) Andy Weir Running Time: 141 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th September 2015 After quite a few bum notes making epic dramas (and the least…
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Director: Wes Ball Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aiden Gillen, Patricia Clarkson, Ki Hong Lee Written by: T.S. Nowlin and (based on the novels) James Dashner Running Time: 131 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th September 2015 Last year I was a huge champion of the YA dystopian drama, The Maze Runner. Even…
Hitman: Agent 47
Director: Aleksander Bach Starring: Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zackery Quinto, Ciaran Hinds, Thomas Kretschman Written by: Michael Finch and (also story) Skip Woods Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 28th August 2015 Films based on computer games have always been problematic. What may be exciting when played by an individual, doesn’t always translate to the…
The Man From U.N.C.L.E
Director: Guy Ritchie Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Hugh Grant, Jared Harris Written by: (also story) Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram, (story) Jeff Kleeman, David Campbell Wilson and (based on the television series) Sam Rolfe Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th August 2015 Guy Ritchie’s career has been one of…
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