You can tell that the holiday family movies have been replaced by award-longing films when the opening week of January has proven with Nosferatu, We Live in Time and A Real Pain. Now we have Babygirl, a movie that has had a lot of word of mouth, mainly because of the subject matter of S&M….
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Paddington In Peru
Many consider Paddington 2 one of the greatest family movies ever made. It is a dazzling mix of slapstick comedy, unexpected star turns, and a big heart filling the cinema with pure joy. A third adventure from the Bear was always going to be a hard act to follow, especially when the main drivers of…
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
1981, just two days after the wedding of Charles and Diana, my friends and I headed off to ABC 1 in Enfield for an opening day screening of a new adventure from the director of Jaws and produced by the man behind Star Wars, about an archaeologist looking for a religious relic. I remember spending…
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Who would have thought that a new Puss In Boots movie was the sequel we needed? It was 2011 when we saw this character in cinemas and we did think it was the last time we would have any more connections with the Shrek franchise. Well now, Dreamworks Animation has decided to bring a new…
Uncharted
Director: Ruben Fleischer Starring: Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Tati Gabrielle, Antonio Banderas, Sophia Ali, Steven Waddington, Pingi Moli Written by: Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, (also screen story) Rafe Judkins, (screen story) Jon Hanley Rosenberg, Mark D. Walker and (based on the Playstation video game) Amy Hennig Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 11th…
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
Director: Patrick Hughes Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas, Morgan Freeman, Frank Grillo Written by: Tom O’Connor, Brandon Murphy and Phillip Murphy Running Time: 100 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 14th June 2021 Last week, I reviewed “Nobody”, an action film full of inventiveness and wit, and it was hugely enjoyable,…
Dolittle
Director: Stephen Gaghan Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Jessie Buckley, Harry Collett, Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, John Cena, Kumail Nanjiani, Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, Ralph Fiennes, Selena Gomez Written by: Stephen Gaghan, Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, Chris McKay, (screen story) Thomas Shepherd and (characters created) Hugh Lofting Running Time: 101…
Life Itself
Director: Dan Fogelman Starring: Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Annette Bening, Olivia Cooke, Antonio Banderas, Mandy Patinkin, Jean Smart, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Laia Costa, Alex Monner Written by Dan Fogelman Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 4th January 2019 Life Itself is written and directed by Dan Fogelman, whose track record for his creations is…
The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water
Director: Paul Tibbitt Starring: Antonio Banderas, Tom Kenny, Paul Tibbitt, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass Written by: Glenn Berger, Jonathan Aibel, (story) Paul Tibbitt and (story and creator of series “Spongebob Squarepants”) Stephen Hillenburg Running Time: 92 mins Cert: U Release date: 27th March 2015 It’s been 12 years since SpongeBob Squarepants, the hugely popular Nicelodeon cartoon series, was…
The Expendables III
Director: Patrick Hughes Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lungdren, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Kelsey Grammer. Written by: Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, (also story) Sylvester Stallone and (based on the characters created) David Callaham Running Time: 127 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th July 2014 When…
Ruby Sparks
Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Elliott Gould, Steve Coogan. Written by: Zoe Kazan Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th October 2012 It has been 6 years since directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris made the surprise sleeper smash, Little Miss Sunshine. They…
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