Director: Colin Trevorrow Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson Written by: Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly, (also story) Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and (based on the characters created) Michael Crichton. Running Time: 124 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 11th June 2015 Was it really 23 years…
Tag: Adventure
Survivor
Director: James McTeigue Starring: Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster. Written by Philip Shelby Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 5th June 2015 A note to the film makers: please can we have a spin-off movie. Not with the main characters, or using the same situation. No, can we…
Spy
Director: Paul Feig Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart, Jude Law, Alison Janney, Bobby Cannavale Written by: Paul Feig Running Time: 12o mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th June 2015 I was beginning to worry a little about Melissa McCarthy’s career. What started out as promising in her scene stealing role in Bridesmaids,…
San Andreas
Director: Brad Peyton Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Giamatti, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi Written by: Carlton Cuse, (story) Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore Running Time: 114 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 29th May 2015 I am a real sucker for a disaster movie. The Towering Inferno is in my list of favourite…
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond
Director: Brad Bird Starring: George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Brit Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Tim McGraw, Kathryn Hahn Written by: Jeff Jensen, (also story) Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird Running Time: 130 mins Cert: PG Release date: 22nd May 2015 Disney like to take their famous areas from their theme parks and turning them into movies. We’ve had…
Mad Max: Fury Road
Director: George Miller Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones. Written by: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nick Lathouris Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 14th May 2015 A lot of water has passed under the bridge since we were last visited by Max Rockatansky. In fact…
Spooks: The Greater Good
Director: Bharat Nalluri Starring: Kit Harington, Peter Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Tuppence Middleton, Tim McInnerny, David Harewood Written by: Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th May 2015 TV spin-offs (popular shows that were given big screen treatments) always suffered from the same problem: taking something set in one…
Big Game
Director: Jalmari Helander Starring: Samuel. L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson, Victor Garber, Mehmet Kurtulus, Ted Levine, Felicity Huffman, Jim Broadbent Written by: Jalmari Helander Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th May 2015 Remember, before the days of lycra-wearing superheroes, when action movies were called high concept and usually involved someone completely outnumbered, out-gunned and…
Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Director: Joss Whedon Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johanssen, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson Written by: Joss Whedon (based on the comic book) Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Running Time: 142 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 23rd April 2015 Joss Whedon certainly knows…
Last Knights
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya Starring: Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Cliff Curtis Written by: Michael Konyves and Dove Sussman Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th April 2015 A snowy backdrop where it never seems to end with the constantly falling white stuff. The clanking of metal against metal. Men walking in slow motion while…
Fast & Furious 7
Director: James Wan Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Kurt Russell, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris Written by: Chris Morgan and (based on the characters created) Gray Scott Thompson Running Time: 137 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 3rd April 2015 What once started life as a B-movie about illegal street…
The Water Diviner
Director: Russell Crowe Starring: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Yilmaz Erdogan, Deniz Akdeniz Written by: Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios Running Time: 111 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd April 2015 Winner of three Australian Oscars, including a tie for best picture (with The Babadook), Russell Crowe’s feature directorial debut is an assured and powerful drama centring on events after…
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