Director: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman Written by: Guillermo del Toro and (also story) Travis Beacham Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th July 2013 A few weeks ago I wrote a review about Man Of Steel, in which I complained that the…
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Snitch
Director: Ric Roman Waugh Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Barry Pepper, Michael K. Williams, Rafi Gavron Written by: Justin Haythe and Ric Roman Waugh Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 21st June 2013 Trailers and advertising for films can be very deceiving. They can either give away everything there is to…
World War Z
Director: Marc Forester Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, David Morse, Peter Capaldi Written by: Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, Damon Lindelof, (story) J. Michael Straczynski and (based on the novel) Max Brooks Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21st June 2013 Look everyone, it’s another zombie movie. With the…
Man Of Steel
Director: Zack Synder Starring: Henry Cavell, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne Written by David S. Goyer, (story) Christopher Nolan, (characters created by) Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster Running Time: 142 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th June 2013 It is the most hyped movie of the year (adverts…
After Earth
Director: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Zoe Isabella Kravitz, Sophie Okonedo Written by: Gary Whitta, M. Night Shyamalan and (story) Will Smith. Running Time: 100 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 7th June 2013 Could someone please stop giving M. Night Shyamalan money to make any more movies. His films are getting worse and…
The Purge
Director: James DeMonaco Starring: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, Max Burkholder, Edwin Hodge, Rhys Wakefield Written by James DeMonaco Running Time: 85 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 31st May 2013 Isn’t it annoying when a premise comes along that sounds really interesting and then you see the movie and that premise is kind of…
Fast and Furious 6
Director: Justin Lin Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Luke Evans, Gina Carano Written by: Chris Morgan and (based on the characters created by) Gary Scott Thompson Running Time: 130 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th May 2013 And we’re back! The sixth entry to a series that just won’t die, of…
Deadfall
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky Starring: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek, Kris Kristofferson, Kate Mara, Treat Williams Written by: Zach Dean Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th May 2013 Dead is a total curiosity. Advertised as an out-and-out action thriller, the type you’d expect to find on any DVD shelf among the other low grade thrillers, it is…
Star Trek Into Darkness
Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumerbatch, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Alice Eve Written by: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof and (based on the characters created by) Gene Roddenberry Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 12A Release Date: 9th May 2013 Four years after the first reboot and newly appointed…
Dead Man Down
Director: Niels Arden Oplev Starring: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper, Terence Howard, Isabelle Huppert, Luis De La Silva Jr. Written by: J.H. Wyman Running Time: 118 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd May 2013 Never judge a book by its cover. The same applies to movies. I went into Dead Man Down, a revenge…
Iron Man 3
Director: Shane Black Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley Written by: Shane Black, Drew Pearce, (based on the comic book by) Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby Running Time: 130 mins Cert 12A Release date: 24th April 2013 Marvel’s Iron Man 3 has a…
Olympus Has Fallen
Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Rick Yune, Dylan McDermott, Melissa Leo Written by: Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th April 2013 At the end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s, we had a heap of terrorist/hostage action thrillers following on the bandwagon…
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