Directors: Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland Starring: Adam Samberg, Katie Crown, Kesley Grammer, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell, Anton Starkman, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele Written by Nicholas Stoller Running Time: 87 mins Cert: U Release date: 14th October 2016 Let’s get this out there right now. Storks is bonkers! And to appreciate it, you have to…
Tag: Adventure
Deepwater Horizon
Director: Peter Berg Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Kate Hudson, Gina Rodriguez, James DuMont, Dylan O’Brien, Douglas M. Griffin Written by: Matthew Michael Carnahan, (also screen story) Matthew Sand, (based on the article) David Rohde and Stephanie Saul Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th September 2016 Back in the 70’s, the…
Swiss Army Man
Directors: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Antonia Ribero, Timothy Eulich, Richard Gross, Marika Casteel Written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 30th September 2016 There are some films that you can place neatly into a category. There are some that…
The Magnificent Seven
Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard Written by: Richard Wenk, Nic Pizzlatto, (based on the screenplay) Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni Running Time: 133 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 23rd September 2016 A few weeks back we had the laboured and incredibly dull remake of…
Ben-Hur
Director: Timur Bekmambetov Starring: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Morgan Freeman, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, Pilou Asbæk, Sofia Black-D’Elia Written by: Keith R. Clarke, John Ridley and (based on the novel) Lew Wallace Running Time: 125 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 9th September 2016 There is a very famous review of the Charlton Heston 1959 version of Ben-Hur that…
Swallows And Amazons
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe Starring: Rafe Spall, Andrew Scott, Kelly McDonald, Dane Hughes, Orla Hill, Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen, Bobby McCulloch, Harry Enfield, Jessica Hynes Written by: Andrea Gibb and (based on the book) Arthur Ransome Running Time: 97 mins Cert: PG Release date: 19th August 2016 If you are of a certain age, as I am, you will remember the…
Pete’s Dragon
Director: David Lowery Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence, Isiah Whitlock Jr Written by: David Lowery, Toby Halbrooks, (based on a screenplay) Malcolm Marmorstein, (based on a story) Seton I. Miller and S.S. Field Running Time: 103 mins Cert; PG Release date: 12th August 2016 Disney continues their…
Suicide Squad
Director: David Ayers Starring : Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Viola Davis, Joe Kinnaman, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jay Hernandez, Cara Delevingne Written by: David Ayers and (based on the comic book) John Ostrander Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th August 2016 With Marvel seeming to rule the roost when it comes to superhero…
Finding Dory
Director: Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Hayden Rolence, Kaitlin Olsen, Ty Burell, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Sigourney Weaver Written by: Victoria Strouse and (also original story) Andrew Stanton Running Time: 97 mins Cert: U Release date: 29th July 2016 When Finding Nemo was released…
Jason Bourne
Director: Paul Greengrass Starring: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed Written by: Paul Greengrass, Christopher Rouse and (based on the characters created) Robert Ludlum Running Time: 123 mins Cert; 12A Release date: 27th July 2016 Bourne is back! Not the lacklustre replacement on from The Bourne Legacy but…
The BFG
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Ralf Spall, Bill Hader Written by: Melissa Matheson and (based on the book) Roald Dahl Running Time: 117 mins Cert: PG Release date: 22nd July 2016 Steven Spielberg’s return to a more family friendly film is perfect for his talents. A…
Star Trek Beyond
Director: Justin Lin Starring: Chris Pine, Zachery Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella Written by: Simon Pegg, Doug Jung and (based on the television series “Star Trek”) Gene Roddenberry Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 22nd July 2016 Back in 2009, when the reboot…
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