Director: Olivier Megaton Starring: Liam Neeson, Forest Whittaker, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, Sam Spruell Written by: (also based on the characters created) Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th January 2015 Back in 2012, Taken 2 was my worst film of that year, with its…
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The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lily, Lee Pace Written by: Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo Del Toro and (based on the book) J.R.R. Tolkien Running Time: 144 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th December 2014 It has been 13 years since…
The Grandmaster
Director: Wong Kar Wai Starring: Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, Jin Zhang, Qingxiang Wang, Chen Chang Written by: Jingzhi Zou, Haofeng Xu and (also story) Wong Kar Wai. Running Time: 130 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th December 2014 The first thing that strikes you about watching Wong Kar Wai martial arts biopic of the legendary Ip…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
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: 123 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th November 2014 If you listen to any fans of the three books that make…
Fury
Director: David Ayer Starring: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs Written by: David Ayer Running Time: 134 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd October 2014 It’s not often that you leave a cinema completely shaken to your core but David Ayer’s brutal World War II drama set in a…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Director: Jonathan Liebesman Starring: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Alan Ritcher, Noel Fisher, Pete Ploszek, Jeremy Howard Written by: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Evan Daugherty, (based on characters created) Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman Running Time: 101 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th October 2014 Back in 1990, the first film based on the cartoon creations…
Dracula Untold
Director: Gary Shore Starring: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Art Parkinson, Charles Dance, Diarmaid Murtagh, Paul Kaye Written by: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless and (based on characters created) Bram Stoker Running Time: 92 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd October 2014 After years of having teenage girls screaming and swooning over the vampires of Twilight,…
The Maze Runner
Director: Wes Ball Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper Written by: Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, T.S. Nowlin and (based on the novel) James Dashner. Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th October 2014 There has already been a host of Young Adult books series…
The Equalizer
Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloe Grace Mortez, David Harbour, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo Written by: Richard Wenk, (based on the television series created by) Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim. Running Time: 131 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th September 2014 There was a television series in the late 80’s, early 90’s…
A Walk Among The Tombstones
Director: Scott Frank Starring: Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour, Adam David Thompson, Brian ‘Astro’ Bradley. Written by: Scott Frank and (based on the novel) Lawrence Block. Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th September 2014 Do you remember the days when Liam Neeson use to be a serious actor and he wasn’t gruffly…
Let’s Be Cops
Director: Luke Greenfield Starring: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, James D’Arcy, Nina Dobrev, Keegan-Michael Key, Andy Garcia Written by: Luke Greenfield and Nicholas Thomas Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 27th August 2014 Let’s Be Cops is one of those low-concept comedies about slackers who think they are invincible and can…
Lucy
Director: Luc Besson Starring: Scarlet Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-Sik Choi, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt Written by: Luc Besson Running Time: 89 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd August 2014 Luc Besson is the king of nonsensical, popcorn fodder action films. He knows exactly what works to keep an undemanding audience happy: a story that edges…
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