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…
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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,…
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
Director: Matt Reeves. Starring: Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Toby Kebbell, Kodi Smit-McPhee. Written by: Mark Bomback, (also based on characters created) Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver (based on the book “La Planète des Singes”) Pierre Boulle Running Time: 130 Mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th July 2014 A map of America is etched out…
Transformers: Age Of Extinction
Director: Michael Bay Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Nicola Peltz, Jack Raynor, Titus Welliver Written by: Ehran Kruger Running Time: 165 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 5th July 2014 Before I start, I just want to say that, even though I really don’t like the Transformers movies, I still went in with a…
3 Days To Kill
Director: McG Starring: Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen, Tómas Lemarquis Written by: Adi Hasak and (also story) Luc Besson Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th June 2014 You can see what Kevin Costner has done. He’s looked at his career and then compared it to Liam Neeson and seen that…
22 Jump Street
Directors: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Peter Stormare, Wyatt Russell, Amber Stevens, Jillian Bell Written by: Oren Uziel, Rodney Rothman, (also story) Michael Bacall, (story) Jonah Hill, (based on the television show “21 Jump Street”) Patrick Hasburgh and Stephen J. Cannell Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 6th…
Omar
Director: Hany Abu-Assad Starring: Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Iyad Hoorani, Samer Bisharat, Waleed Zuaiter Written by: Hany Abu-Assad Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 30th May 2014 Omar has taken a long time to reach the UK shores but its been well worth the wait. Winner of the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the…
Edge Of Tomorrow
Director: Doug Liman Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Jonas Armstrong, Tony Way, Kick Gurry Written by: Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and (based on the novel “All You Need Is Kill”)Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th May 2014 Ever had that feeling you’ve been somewhere or done something…
Maleficent
Director: Robert Stromberg Starring: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Lesley Manville, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Sam Reilly Written by: Linda Woolverton, (based from the story “La Belle au bois dormant”) Charles Perrault, (based from the story “Little Briar Rose”) Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, (based from the motion picture “Sleeping Beauty”, story adaptation) Erdman Penner, (based from the motion picture “Sleeping Beauty”, screenplay) Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright, Milt Banta….
X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Director: Bryan Singer Starring: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Halle Berry, Nicholas Hoult, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage Written by: (also story) Simon Kinberg, (story) Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn Running Time: 131 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 22nd May 2014 The X-Men movies have always been more than…
Godzilla
Director: Gareth Edwards Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn Written by: Max Borenstein and (Story) Dave Callaham Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 15th May 2014 Way back in 1998, Roland Emmerich’s revision of the Japanese monster movie classic, Godzilla, was the first and (since then) only movie I have ever walked out of. I…
Sabotage
Director: David Ayer Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams, Terence Howard, Joe Manganiello, Josh Holloway Written by: Skip Woods and David Ayer Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 7th May 2014 Do you remember when a new film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was an event. A mix of mindless violence, exciting action, popcorn…
