Director: Derek Cainfrance Starring: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, Rose Byrne. Written by Derek Cainfrance, Ben Coccio and Darius Marden Running Time: 140 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th April 2013 Some reviews are very hard to write because you don’t want to give too much away and yet you…
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Oblivion
Director: Joseph Kosinski Starring: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo Written by: Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt, (also comic book) Joseph Kosinski and (comic book) Arvid Nelson Running Time: 126 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th April 2013 Science fiction is a hard genre to handle. It can go any way. It can…
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Director: Jon M. Chu Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jonathan Pryce, Adiranna Palicki, Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Byung-hun Lee, D.J. Cotrona . Written by: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick Running Time: 110 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 23rd March 2013 Before I start, I want to make it absolutely clear that I liked G.I. Joe: Rise Of The…
Stolen
Director: Simon West Starring: Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston, Marin Akerman, Sami Gayle, Mark Valley Written by: David Guggenheim Running time: 96 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th March 2013 There are some films that fall into the category of “So Bad They’re Good” and Stolen, which sees the reteaming of director Simon West…
Welcome To The Punch
Director: Eran Creevy Starring: James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough, David Morrissey, Peter Mullan. Written by: Eran Creevy Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th March 2013 Britain aren’t known for action thrillers. We do costume dramas, whimsical romantic comedies and studies of urban life. If there’s a murder mystery, it’s usually in…
Red Dawn
Director: Don Bradley Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas Written by: Carl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore, (1984 screenplay) John Millius and Kevin Reynolds Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th March 2013 In 1984, when a group of youthful actors who the press named “The Brat Pack” were starring…
Parker
Director: Taylor Hackford. Starring: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte, Wendell Pierce, Patti LuPone. Written by: John J. McLaughlin and (novel “Flashfire” by Donald E. Westlake. Running Time: 118 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th March 2013 Let me get this out in the open, right from the start. I am a big…
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
Director: Tommy Wirkola Starring: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Atherton, Famke Jenssen, Peter Stormare, Pihla Viitala, Derek Mears Written by: Tommy Wirkola Running Time: 88 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 27th February 2013 Remember the classic fairy tale about the two children left in the woods by their parents ans they come across a cottage made of sweets, only…
Cloud Atlas
Directors: Tom Tykwer, Andy Waskowski, Lara Waskowski Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, Susan Sarandon, Hugo Weaving. Written by: Tom Tykwer, Andy Waskowski, Lara Waskowski and (book) David Mitchell Running Time: 172 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd February 2013 In a season of extremely long films…
A Good Day To Die Hard
Director: John Moore Starring: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Yuliya Snigir, Radivoje Bukvic, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Written by: Skip Woods and (certain original characters) Roderick Thorp Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th February 2013 It’s 25 years since John McClane first donned that grubby vest and single-handledly beat Alan Rickman in Nakatomi…
Bullet To The Head
Director: Walter Hill Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater, Sarah Shahi Written by: Alessandro Camon and (based on the graphic novel Du plomb dans la tête) Alexis Nolent. Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st February 2013 There seems to be a bit of an 80s action movie revival going on at the…
The Last Stand
Director: Jee-woon Kim Starring: Arnold Schwarenegger, Johnny Knoxville, Forest Whittaker. Luis Guzman, Jaimie Alexander Written by: Andrew Knauer. Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 24th January 2013 Arnie’s back! Well, he hasn’t been too far away and has already guest starred in both The Expendables movies as well as Around The World In…
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