Paddington

Director: Paul King Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Ben Whithaw, Julie Walters, Nicole Kidman, Peter Capaldi, Jim Broadbent. Written by: Paul King and (based on the books) Michael Bond Running Time: 95 mins Cert: PG Release date: 28th November 2014 Having spent the year in utter despair at the quality of populist entertainment produced by…

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

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: 123 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th November 2014 If you listen to any fans of the three books that make…

The Homesman

Director: Tommy Lee Jones Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter, Meryl Streep Written by: Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, Wesley A. Oliver and (based on the novel) Glendor Swarthout Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21st November 2014 The western genre is one that comes and goes….

Interstellar

Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Wes Bentley Written by: Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan Running Time: 169 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 7th November 2014 Christopher Nolan has become one of those directors you genuinely look forward to watching his latest. He is certainly up there with Spielberg, Scorsese…

Fury

Director: David Ayer Starring: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs Written by: David Ayer Running Time: 134 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd October 2014 It’s not often that you leave a cinema completely shaken to your core but David Ayer’s brutal World War II drama set in a…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Director: Jonathan Liebesman Starring: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Alan Ritcher, Noel Fisher, Pete Ploszek, Jeremy Howard Written by: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Evan Daugherty, (based on characters created) Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman Running Time: 101 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th October 2014 Back in 1990, the first film based on the cartoon creations…

Dracula Untold

Director: Gary Shore Starring: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Art Parkinson, Charles Dance, Diarmaid Murtagh, Paul Kaye Written by: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless and (based on characters created) Bram Stoker Running Time: 92 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd October 2014 After years of having teenage girls screaming and swooning over the vampires of Twilight,…

The Maze Runner

Director: Wes Ball Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper Written by: Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, T.S. Nowlin and (based on the novel) James Dashner. Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th October 2014 There has already been a host of Young Adult books series…

The Equalizer

Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloe Grace Mortez, David Harbour, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo Written by: Richard Wenk, (based on the television series created by) Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim. Running Time: 131 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th September 2014 There was a television series in the late 80’s, early 90’s…

The Boxtrolls

Director: Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, Simon Pegg, Elle Fanning, Isaac Hempstead Wright Written by: Irena Brignull, Adam Pava and (based on the novel “Here Be Monsters) Alan Snow Running Time: 95 mins Cert: PG Release date: 12th September 2014 Laika Entertainment could be looked upon as…

A Walk Among The Tombstones

Director: Scott Frank Starring: Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour, Adam David Thompson, Brian ‘Astro’ Bradley. Written by: Scott Frank and (based on the novel) Lawrence Block. Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th September 2014 Do you remember the days when Liam Neeson use to be a serious actor and he wasn’t gruffly…

Let’s Be Cops

Director: Luke Greenfield Starring: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, James D’Arcy, Nina Dobrev, Keegan-Michael Key, Andy Garcia Written by: Luke Greenfield and Nicholas Thomas Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 27th August 2014 Let’s Be Cops is one of those low-concept comedies about slackers who think they are invincible and can…