Director: Guillermin del Toro Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Jim Beaver, Burn Gorman Written by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 16th October 2015 Guillermo del Toro doesn’t make many films, so when he does step behind the camera, it should be a…
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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…
Pan
Director: Joe Wright Starring: Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Adeel Akhtar, Kathy Burke, Amanda Seyfried Written by: Jason Fuchs and (based on the characters created) J.M. Barrie Running Time: 111 mins Cert: PG Release date: 16th October 2015 Pan is another origins tale, dealing with how Peter Pan became the boy who…
Sicario
Director: Denis Villeneuve Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Daniel Kaluuya, Jon Bernthal Written by: Taylor Sheridan Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 9th October 2015 Any film that comes lauded with praise from critics and a film poster covered with 5 star comments is kind of heading for…
Macbeth
Director: Justin Kurzel Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine, Sean Harris, David Thewlis, Jack Reynor Written by: Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie, Todd Louiso and (based on the play) William Shakespeare. Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 2nd October 2015 Here is a film that is definitely style over substance. Take a classic…
Suffragette
Director: Sarah Gavron Starring: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham-Carter, Meryl Streep, Anne-Marie Duff, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw, Romola Garai Written by: Abi Morgan Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th October 2015 It’s surprising that there has never been a film about the Suffragette movement of the early 20th Century before. In fact the…
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…
The Martian
Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Pena, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan Written by: Drew Goddard and (based on the novel) Andy Weir Running Time: 141 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th September 2015 After quite a few bum notes making epic dramas (and the least…
A Walk In The Woods
Director: Ken Kwapis Starring: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Nick Offerman, Kristen Schall, R. Keith Harris Written by: Rick Kerb, Bill Holderman and (based on the novel) Bill Bryson Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th September 2015 The books of Bill Bryson and his various adventures around the world…
Bill
Director: Richard Bracewell Starring: Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond, Helen McCrory, Damian Lewis Written by: Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond Running Time: 94 mins Cert: PG Release date: 18th September 2015 One of the big success stories in British television of the past few years is Horrible Histories,…
Everest
Director: Baltasar Kormakur Starring: Jason Clarke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Sam Worthington, Emily Watson, John Hawkes, Keira Knightley. Written by: William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 18th September 2015 The fascination with trying to conquer Everest has led to many trying and many lives lost. So in 1992,…
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Director: Wes Ball Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aiden Gillen, Patricia Clarkson, Ki Hong Lee Written by: T.S. Nowlin and (based on the novels) James Dashner Running Time: 131 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th September 2015 Last year I was a huge champion of the YA dystopian drama, The Maze Runner. Even…
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