Director: Peter Berg Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Eric Bana Written by: Peter Berg, (based on the book by) Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 30th January 2014 It doesn’t need a spoiler alert to tell you that the title Lone Survivor is going…
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That Awkward Moment
Director: Tom Gormican Starring: Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Imogen Poots, Mackenzie Davis, Jessica Lucas Written by: Tom Gormican Running Time: 94 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th January 2014 That Awkward Moment is one of those films that is so pleased with itself, it comes across as just plain smug. A bro-mantic…
Inside Llewyn Davis
Director: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen Starring: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, F. Murray Abrahams Written by: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release Date: 24th January 2014 If there is one thing you cannot accuse the Coen Brothers of being, and that is predictability….
Grudge Match
Director: Peter Segal Starring: Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Hart, Alan Arkin, Kim Basinger, Jon Bernthal, LL Cool J Written by: Rodney Rothman and (also story) Tim Kelleher Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 24th January 2014 This must have seem a great idea on paper: Rocky and Raging Bull taking each…
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Director: Kenneth Branagh Starring: Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Keira Knightley, Colm Feore, Gemma Chan Written by: Adam Cozad, David Koepp and (based on the characters created) Tom Clancy Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 24th January 2014 Tom Clancy’s reluctant CIA agent Jack Ryan first hit our screens back in 1990…
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Johan Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jean Dujardin Written by Terence Winter and (based on his book) Jordan Belfort Running Time: 180 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 17th January 2014 Martin Scorsese is back! After playing around with music documentaries (Shine A Light, George Harrison:…
12 Years A Slave
Director: Steve McQueen Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o Written by: John Ripley and (based on Twelve Years A Slave) Solomon Northup Running Time: 134 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th January 2014 For months this has been the most eagerly anticipated film, with 10 BAFTA…
Delivery Man
Director: Ken Scott Starring: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Andrezj Blumenfeld, Simon Delaney, Bobby Moyniham Written by: Ken Scott (based on the original screenplay “Starbuck”) and Martin Petit Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th January 2014 Watching Delivery Man is like the equivalent to eating a bag of sugar, a box…
Last Vegas
Director: Jon Turteltaub Starring: Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenbergen Written by: Dan Fogelman Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 3rd January 2014 Having big names in one movie can sometimes point to disaster, so I entered Last Vegas with a little trepidation. I needn’t have because what…
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Director: Christopher Landon Starring: Andrew Jacobs, Molly Ephraim, Jorge Diaz, Richard Cabrel, Micah Sloat Written by: Christopher Landon Running Time: 84 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st January 2014 First off, Happy New Year and we kick off 2014 like we did last year, with another horror film from a fairly popular franchise. This time…
47 Ronin
Director: Carl Rinsch Starring: Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, Min Tanaka Written by: Chris Morgan, Hossein Amini and (screen story) Walter Hamada Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th December 2013 If you haven’t had enough of Christmas turkey then you could have your fill with this Hollywood version of…
All Is Lost
Director: J.C. Chandor Starring: Robert Redford Written by: J.C. Chandor Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th December 2013 What is it with Hollywood and leaving people stranded. Not two months have passed since we were floating around in space with Sandra Bullock in Gravity but now we are in another vast area,…
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