Director: David O.Russell Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen, Isabella Rossellini Written by: (also story) David O. Russell and (story) Annie Mumolo Running Time: 124 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st January 2016 David O. Russell’s latest film is a bit of a curiosity. Taking, as his…
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The Danish Girl
Director: Tom Hooper Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Amber Heard, Sebastian Koch, Matthias Schoenaerts Written by: Lucinda Coxon and (based on the novel) David Ebershoff Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st January 2016 You can tell that it’s awards season once again as we get extremely well made, well acted,…
The Program
Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Dustin Hoffman, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemont, Lee Pace, Bryan Greenberg Written by: John Hodge and (based on the book “Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong”) David Walsh Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 16th October 2015 He was the man who defeated an…
The Walk
Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, Clement Sibony, James Badge Dale, Cesar Domboy, Steve Valentine Written by Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Browne and (based on the book, To Reach The Clouds) Philippe Petit Running Time: 123 mins Cert: PG Release date@ 2nd October 2015 A few years back was an extraordinary…
Straight Outta Compton
Director: F. Gary Gray Starring: O’Shea Jackson Jr, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr, Aldis Hodge, Paul Giamatti Written by: Jonathan Herman, (also story) Andrea Berloff, (story) S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus Running Time: 147 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 28th August 2015 The surprise smash of the summer has been Straight Outta…
Legend
Director: Brian Helgeland Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Christopher Eccleston, David Thewlis, Taron Egerton, Chazz Palminteri Written by Brian Helgeland and (based on the book “The Profession of Violence”) John Pearson Running Time: 131 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 9th September 2015 There has been a continuous fascination with Ronnie and Reggie Kray, the twin brothers…
Love And Mercy
Director: Bill Pohlad Starring: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti, Jake Abel, Kenny Wormald, Joanne Going Written by: Oren Moverman, Michael Alan Lerner and (based on the life) Brian Wilson Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th July 2015 What is often problematic in trying to recreate the life of a musical…
The Theory Of Everything
Director: James Marsh Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Charlie Cox, Simon McBurney Written by: Anthony McCarten and (based on the book,”Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen”) Jane Hawking Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st January 2015 We all know that Stephen Hawking, renowned astrophysicist, is a remarkable…
Big Eyes
Director: Tim Burton Starring: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter, Terence Stamp, Jason Schwarzman Written by: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski Running Time: 108 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th December 2014 When Tim Burton makes a movie, you know exactly what you are going to get: a dark, gothic tale with weird characters…
The Grandmaster
Director: Wong Kar Wai Starring: Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, Jin Zhang, Qingxiang Wang, Chen Chang Written by: Jingzhi Zou, Haofeng Xu and (also story) Wong Kar Wai. Running Time: 130 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th December 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnh7GofhLHs The first thing that strikes you about watching Wong Kar Wai martial arts biopic of the legendary…
Get On Up
Director: Tate Taylor Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Lennie James, Fred Melamed, Craig Robinson Written by: (also story) Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and (story) Steven Baigelman Running Time: 139 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 21st November 2014 Flavour of the month in terms of cinematic genres is the biopic. There doesn’t…
The Imitation Game
Director: Morten Tyldum Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Rory Kinnear Written by: Graham Moore and (based on the book “Alan Turing: The Enigma”) Andrew Hodges Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th November 2014 Many people will be unfamiliar with the name Alan Turing. Hopefully after The Imitation…
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