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…
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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…
Blood Ties
Director: Guillaume Canet Starring: Clive Owen, Billy Crudup. Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, James Caan Written by: Guillaume Canet, James Gray, (based on the film “Les liens du sang”) Jacques Maillot, Pierre Chosson, Eric Veniard (and the novel “Deux freres, un flic, un truand”) Bruno Papet and Michel Papet Running Time: 127 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th August 2014 I went into…
The Expendables III
Director: Patrick Hughes Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lungdren, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Kelsey Grammer. Written by: Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, (also story) Sylvester Stallone and (based on the characters created) David Callaham Running Time: 127 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th July 2014 When…
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Director: James Gunn Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautisia, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Glenn Close, John C. Reilly, Karen Gillan, Lee Pace Written by: James Gunn, Nicole Perlman, (based on the comic book) Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 31st July 2014 Marvel’s newest entry in the…
Hercules
Director: Brett Ratner Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, John Hurt, Joseph Fiennes, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Aksel Hennie Written by: Ryan Condal, Evan Spiliotopoulos and (based on the Radical comic “Hercules”) Steve Moore Running Time: 98 mins Cert:12A Release date: 25th July 2014 Hercules is one of those legendary characters that film makers love; a Greek demigod with…
The Purge: Anarchy
Director: James DeMonaco Starring: Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez, Zoe Soul Written by: (also based on the characters created) James DeMonaco Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 25th July 2014 Last year saw the release of the high concept genre film, The Purge, a film that had a very intriguing central idea,…
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