Director: Julia Ducournau Starring: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh, Mara Cissé Written by: Julia Ducournau, (writing consultants) Jacques Akchoti, Simonetta Greggio and Jean-Christophe Bouzy. Running Time: 108 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 31st December 2021 Watching so many films over a year can leave you forgetting a large proportion of them. Some…
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The Matrix Resurrections
Director: Lana Wachowski Starring: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jessica Henwick, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, Jada Pinkett Smith Written by: Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell, Aleksandar Hemon and (based on the characters created) The Wachowski. Running Time: 148 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd December 2021 The 1999 science fiction adventure The Matrix…
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Director: Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, Benedict Wong Written by: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, (based on the Marvel comic book) Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Running Time: 148 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 15th December 2021 Along with No Time…
West Side Story
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno, Brian d’Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Mike Faist Written by: Tony Kushner, (based on the Broadway musical) (book) Arthur Laurents, (music) Leonard Bernstein, (lyrics) Stephen Sondheim Running Time: 156 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th December 2021 The 1961 screen version of…
Encanto
Directors: Byron Howard, Jared Bush and (co-director) Charise Castro Smith Starring: Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo, Jessica Darrow Written by: (also story) Jared Bush, Charise Castro Smith, (story) Byron Howard, Jason Hand, Nancy Kruse and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Running Time: 102 mins Cert: PG Release date: 24th November 2021 The 60th animated…
House of Gucci
Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek Written by: Becky Johnston, Roberto Bentivegna and (based on the book) Sara Gay Forden Running Time: 157 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th November 2021 Director Ridley Scott recently complained that his previous film, The Last Duel, was a…
Petite Maman
Director: Céline Sciamma Starring: Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Margot Abascal, Stéphane Varupenne, Nina Meurisse Written by: Céline Sciamma Running Time: 72 mins Cert: U Release date: 19th November 2021 Often when watching movies, you are confronted with dark issues played out in thought-provoking ways or make you feel incredibly depressed. Sometimes a film comes along…
Cry Macho
Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Clint Eastwood, Dwight Yoakam, Eduardo Minett, Natalia Traven, Fernanda Urrejola Written by: Nick Schenk and (also based on the novel) N. Richard Nash Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th November 2021 50 years ago, Clint Eastwood first stepped behind the camera for his feature directorial debut, the excellent…
Spencer
Director: Pablo Larraín Starring: Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sean Harris, Sally Hawkins, Jack Farthing, Jack Nielen, Freddie Spry Written by: Steven Knight Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 5th November 2021 At the start of Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, a disclaimer announces that the following is “a fable of a true tragedy”. It’s important…
Eternals
Director: Chloe Zhao Starring: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kit Harrington, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Ma Dong-seok, Harish Patel Written by: Chloe Zhao, Patrick Burleigh, (also screen story) Ryan Firpo, Kaz Firpo and (based on the Marvel comics) Jack Kirby Running Time: 157 mins Cert:…
Last Night in Soho
Director: Edgar Wright Starring: Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Diana Rigg, Matt Smith, Terence Stamp, Rita Tushingham, Synnove Karlsen, Michael Ajao Written by: Krysty Wilson-Cairns and (also story) Edgar Wright Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 29th October 2021 Edgar Wright is a cinephile of the highest order. You have to watch his films…
The French Dispatch
Director: Wes Anderson Starring: Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, Rupert Friend, Elisabeth Moss, Guillaume Gallienne, Mathieu Amalric, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Henry Winkler, Lois Smith, Bob Balaban, Timothée Chalamet, Cécile De France, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Benicio Del Toro, Stephen Park, Hippolyte Girardot, Tony Revolori, Liev Schreiber, Léa Seydoux, Christoph Waltz,…
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