Jackie

Director: Pablo Larrain Starring: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwin, Billy Crudup, Richard E. Grant, John Hurt, Casper Phillipson Written by: Noah Oppenheim Running Time: 100 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 20th January 2017 After the disasters that were Diana and Grace of Monaco, the thought of another icon female in the public limelight having her…

XXX: Return of Xander Cage

Director: D.J. Caruso Starring: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Toni Collette, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Rory McCann, Samuel L. Jackson Written by: Rich Wilkes and (based on the characters created) F. Scott Frazier Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th January 2017 Back in 2002, I attended the UK…

The Young Offenders

Director: Peter Foott Starring: Alex Murphy, Chris Walley, Hilary Rose, Dominic McHale, P.J. Gallagher, Shane Casey Written by: Peter Foott Running Time: 83 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 13th January 2017 It is always a pleasure when you discover a film that you know very little about, that has a title that doesn’t really inspire…

Manchester By The Sea

Director: Kenneth Lonergan Starring: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Gretchen Mol, Matthew Broderick, C.J. Wilson Written by Kenneth Lonergan Running Time: 137 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 13th January 2017 A word of warning about Manchester By The Sea. This isn’t a film about football or that a Northern town has moved…

La La Land

Director: Damien Chazelle Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemary DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, Jason Fuchs, Tom Everett Scott Written by: Damien Chazelle Running Time: 128 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th January 2017 Sometimes, just sometimes, Hollywood gets the timing absolutely right. In a time of uncertainty and despair within the world, how perfect…

Silence

Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Yoshi Oida Written by Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese and (based on the novel) Shûsaku Endô Running Time: 161 mins Cert; 15 Release date: 1st January 2017 Martin Scorsese’s name attached to any project is enough to know that what you are going to get…

Collateral Beauty

Director: David Finkel Starring: Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Michael Pena, Naomie Harris, Jacob Latimore Written by: Alan Loeb Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th December 2016 Christmas time! A time to be jolly! That’s one thing you won’t feel if you view Collateral Beauty, a mawkish,…

Passengers

Director: Morten Tyldum Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia Written by: Jon  Spaihts Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 21st December 2016 With Rogue One commanding the box office during this Christmas period, it takes a very brave film company to take on the might of the Empire…

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Director: Gareth Edwards Starring: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Forest Whittaker, Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen, Jimmy Smits Written by: Chris Weitz, Tony Gilroy, (story) John Knoll, Gary Whitta and (based on the characters) George Lucas. Running Time: 134 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 15th December 2016 When Disney bought the…

Moana

Directors: Ron Clement, Don Hall, John Musker and Chris Williams Starring: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jermain Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk Written by: Jared Bush, (story) Ron Clement, Don Hall, John Musker, Chris Williams, Pamela Ribon, Aaron Kendell and Jordan Kendell Running Time: 107 mins Cert: PG Release date: 2nd December…

Office Christmas Party

Directors: Josh Gordon and Will Speck Starring: Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller, Jennifer Aniston, Kate McKinnon, Courtney B. Vance, Jillian Bell, Rob Corddry, Vanessa Bayer Written by: Justin Malen, Laura Solon, Dan Mazer, (story) Jon Lucas, Scott Moore and Timothy Dowling Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th December 2016 It’s as…

Sully

Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney,  Mike O’Malley, Anna Gunn, Jamey Sheridan, Holt McCallany, Valerie Mahaffey Written by: Todd Komarnicki, (based on the book “Highest Duty”) Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 2nd December 2016 Thursday 15th January 2009, the world witness “The Miracle On…