Director: Matthew Vaughn Starring: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton, Sofia Boutella, Mark Hamill Written by: Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn, (based on the comic book “The Secret Service”) Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons Running Time: 129 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th January 2015 Take one part James Bond, a sprinkle…
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American Sniper
Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes, Kyle Gallner, Jake McDorman, Brian Hallisay. Written by: Jason Hall, (based on the book) Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and James Defelice Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 16th January 2015 Remember a time when war films were about daring deeds and heroic, flag-waving…
Taken 3
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…
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…
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