Director: S. Craig Zahler Starring: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, Lili Simmons, Evan Janigkeit, David Arquette. Written by: S. Craig Zahler Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 19th February 2016 The western is a genre that has been with us since the birth of cinema (The Great Train Robbery being…
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The Survivalist
Director: Stephen Fingleton Starring: Michael McCann, Mia Goth, Olwen Fouere, Andrew Simpson Written by: Stephen Fingleton Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 12th February 2016 Films don’t necessarily need million dollar budgets to produce something gripping and unsettling. Take The Survivalist, a post-apocalyptic drama filmed in Northern Ireland that has a cast made…
Deadpool
Director: Tim Miller Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Ed Skrein, Michael Benyaer, Brianna Hilderbrand, Stefan Kapicic, Gina Carano Written by: Rhett Reece, Paul Wernick, (based on the characters created) Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza Running Time: 108 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th February 2016 After years of languishing in development hell, Ryan…
Goosebumps
Director: Rob Letterman Starring: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell Written by: Darren Lemke, (story) Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski and (based on the Goosebumps books) R.L.Stine Running Time: 103 mins Cert: PG Release date: 5th February 2016 I love going into a film with low expectations. You are never…
Ride Along 2
Director: Tim Story Starring: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Ken Jeong, Olivia Munn, Benjamin Bratt, Bruce McGill, Sherri Shepherd Written by: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi and (based on the characters created) Greg Coolidge Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 22nd January 2016 Is it really two years ago that we had to suffer the…
The Revenant
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Paul Anderson. Written by: Paul L. Smith, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and (based on part of the book) Michael Punke Running Time: 156 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th January 2016 There is an old saying about suffering for your art. If…
In The Heart Of The Sea
Director; Ron Howard Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Michelle Fairley Written by: (also story) Charles Leavitt, (story) Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and (based on the book “In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex”) Nathaniel Philbrick Running Time: 122 mins Cert: 12A Release date:…
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson Written by: Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt and (based on the characters) George Lucas Running Time: 135 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th December 2015 December 1977. Queuing up around…
Victor Frankenstein
Director: Paul McGuigan Starring; James McAvoy, Daniel Radcliffe, Jessica Brown Findlay, Andrew Scott, Charles Dance, Daniel Mays, Callum Turner Written by: (also screen story) Max Landis and (based on the novel “Frankenstein”) Mary Shelley. Running Time: 110 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 3rd December 2015 I am all for introducing a new generation to a…
The Good Dinosaur
Director: Peter Sohn Starring: Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Raymond Ochoa, Steve Zahn, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, John Ratzenberger Written by: (also story) Meg LeFauve, (story) Peter Sohn, Erik Benson, Kelsey Mann and Bob Peterson Running Time: 100 mins CertL PG Release date: 27th November 2015 The Good Dinosaur has had issues. Pulled from being released…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Director: Francis Lawrence Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore. Written by: Peter Craig, Danny Strong and (adaptation and novel “Mockingjay”) Suzanne Collins Running Time: 137 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th November 2014 A couple of words of warning before stepping into the second part…
Spectre
Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Monica Bellucci, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Dave Bautisa, Andrew Scott, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw Written by: Jez Butterworth, (also story) John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and (based on the characters created) Ian Fleming Running Time: 148 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th October 2015 From the…
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