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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Goosebumps
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…
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…
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