Director: James Kent Starring: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Hayley Atwell, Dominic West, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson Written by: Juliette Towhidi and (based on the autobiography) Vera Britten Running Time: 129 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 16th January 2015 Based on the autobiography of writer Vera Brittain, Testament Of Youth is regarded highly by those who…
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Wild
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Gaby Hoffman, Michiel Huisman, Keene McRae Written by: Nick Hornby and (based on the memoir “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail”) Cheryl Strayed Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 16th January 2015 On paper, Wild doesn’t sound like the most exciting…
Into The Woods
Director: Rob Marshall Starring: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp, Tracey Ullman Written by: (also musical) James Lapine and (musical) Stephen Sondheim Running time: 125 mins Cert: PG Release date: 9th January 2015 Take one of Broadway’s foremost musical king’s shows, with Disney backing and directed by the man…
Taken 3
Director: Olivier Megaton Starring: Liam Neeson, Forest Whittaker, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Dougray Scott, Sam Spruell Written by: (also based on the characters created) Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th January 2015 Back in 2012, Taken 2 was my worst film of that year, with its…
Enemy
Director: Denis Villeneuve Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini, Tim Post Written by: José Saramago and (based on the novel The Double) Javier Gullón Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 2nd January 2015 The doppelganger is a well-worn narrative device seen in dozens of movies, normally used for comic effect or some twisted…
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…
Birdman
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Starring: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan Written by: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 15 Release date: West End 26th December 2014 Nationwide 1st January 2015 It’s not often that you enter a cinema to see a film and…
The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death
Director: Tom Harper Starring: Phoebe Fox, Jeremy Irvine, Helen McCrory, Leanne Best, Adrian Rawlins, Oaklee Pendergast, Ned Dennehy Written by: Jon Croker and (story) Susan Hill Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st January 2015 I went into The Woman In Black: Angel Of Death with a little trepidation. I liked the original…
Exodus: Gods And Kings
Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Christian Bale, Joe Edgerton, John Turturro, Aaron Paul, Ben Mendelsohn, María Valverde, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley Written by: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Jeffrey Caine and Steven Zaillian Running Time: 150 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th December 2014 Hollywood always has a flavour of the month (or year) and this time its…
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…
Annie
Director: Will Glick Starring: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Written by: Will Glick, Aline Brosh McKenna, (based on the stage play book) Thomas Meehan and (based on the comic strip) Harold Gray Running Time: 115 mins Cert: PG Release date: 20th December 2014 I went into the modern revamp of Annie with…
Dumb And Dumber To
Directors: Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle, Kathleen Turner, Laurie Holden, Rachel Melvin. Written by: Sean Anders, Mike Corrone, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, John Morris and Bennett Yellin Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th December 2014 Has it really been twenty years since the original Dumb…
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