Director: Ben Stiller Starring: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Sean Penn, Kathryn Hahn Written by: Steve Conrad and (based on the short story) James Thurber Running Time: 114 mins Cert: PG Release date: 26th December 2013 Some people are ignorant. I’m sorry to have to say that but they are. I have…
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Moshi Monsters: The Movie
Directors: Wip Vernooij and Morgan Francis Starring: Phillipa Alexander, Steve Cleverley, Rajesh David, Boris Hiestand, Tom Clarke Hill Written by: Steve Cleverley and Jocelyn Stevenson Running Time: 81 mins Cert: U Release date: 20th December 2013 As you may realise and know, there are so many films being released each week now, that it’s almost…
American Hustle
Director: David O. Russell Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K. Written by: David O. Russell and Eric Singer Running Time: 138 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 20th December 2013 I first encountered the work of David O. Russell way back in 1996 with the black comedy, Flirting With…
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Director: Adam MacKay Starring: Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Christina Applegate, James Marsden, Meagan Good, Kristen Wiig Written by: Will Ferrell and Adam MacKay Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th December 2013 Nine years. Nine long years we have waited for a sequel to one of the biggest, funniest…
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellan, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry Written by: Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Guillermo del Toro and (based on the novel The Hobbit) J.R.R Tolkien Running Time: 161 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 13th December 2013 Can you…
Frozen
Directors: Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk Written by: Jennifer Lee, (story) Chris Buck, Shane Morris, (inspired by The Snow Queen) Hans Christen Andersen. Running Time: 108 mins Cert: PG Release date: 6th December 2013 Going to see a Disney animation of late…
Kill Your Darlings
Director: John Krokidas Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jack Hudson, Ben Foster, Elizabeth Olsen, Ben Cross, Jennifer Jason Leigh Written by: Austin Bunn and John Krokidas Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th December 2013 The moment I saw this film I knew that the press would have a field…
Carrie
Director: Kimberley Peirce Starring: Chloe Grace Mortez, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Gabriella Wilde, Portia Doubleday Written by: Lawrence D. Cohen, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and (based on his novel) Stephen King Running Time: 100 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th November 2013 Before I start this review, I have to say that Brian De Palma’s 1976 horror…
Saving Mr Banks
Director: John Lee Hooker Starring: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Paul Giammati, Ruth Wilson, Bradley Whitford, Jason Schwartzman, B.J. Novak, Kathy Baker Written by: Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith Running Time: 125 mins Cert: PG Release date: 29th November 2013 Let me get this out-of-the-way right at the very beginning…I’m not a fan of…
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Director: Francis Lawrence Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Stanley Tucci Written by: Simon Beaufoy, Michael Arndt and (based on the novel Catching Fire) Suzanne Collins Running Time: 146 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 21st November 2013 For me, the first Hunger Games film, based on the…
Don Jon
Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johanssen, Julianne Moore, Glenne Headly, Tony Danza Written by: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 15th November 2013 Joseph Gordon-Levitt has never shied away from difficult subjects in his movies and so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut, of his own script, deals…
The Counsellor
Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz, Brad Pitt, Rosie Perez, Bruno Ganz Written by: Cormac McCarthy Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 15th November 2013 I went into The Counsellor with extremely high expectations. Ridley Scott, one of the great film visionaries directing an original script by…
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