David Brent: Life On The Road

Director: Ricky Gervais Starring: Ricky Gervais, Ben Bailey Smith, Jo Hartley, Tom Bennett, Mandeep Dhillon, Oliver Maltman, Alexander Arnold Written by: Ricky Gervais Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th August 2016 After the disaster that was Absolutely Fabulous The Movie, I was hoping and praying that David Brent: Life Of The Road was going…

Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates

Director: Jake Szymanski Starring: Zac Efron, Anna Kendricks, Adam Levine, Audrey Plaza, Stephen Root, Stephanie Faracy, Sugar Lyn Beard, Sam Richardson Written by: Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th August 2016 Once again, it’s time for another gross-out comedy in which normally straight-laced actors are forced to belittle themselves with jokes that are…

Wiener-Dog

  Director: Todd Solondz Starring: Keaton Nigel Clarke, Tracy Letts, Julie Delpy, Greta Gerwin, Kieran Culkin, Danny DeVito, Ellen Burstyn Written by: Todd Solondz Running Time: 88 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th August 2016 Todd Solondz is a marmite director. You either love his work or you really despise it. I have a love-hate…

Finding Dory

Director: Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane Starring: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Hayden Rolence, Kaitlin Olsen, Ty Burell, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Sigourney Weaver Written by: Victoria Strouse and (also original story) Andrew Stanton Running Time: 97 mins Cert: U Release date: 29th July 2016 When Finding Nemo was released…

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Director: Mandie Fletcher Starring: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield, Celia Imrie, Chris Colfer Written by: Jennifer Saunders Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st July 2016 There are some golden rules to follow when making a big screen spin-off to a popular TV sitcom: Have your main characters…

Central Intelligence

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan, Danielle Nicolet, Jason Bateman, Aaron Paul. Written by: Rawson Marshall Thurber, (also story) Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 29th June 2016 I don’t know if it’s me but when I got to the cinema to watch a comedy…

The Secret Life Of Pets

Director:  Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney Starring: Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Lake Bell, Jenny Slate, Ellie Kemper, Albert Brooks, Dana Carvey, Steve Coogan Written by: Ken Daurio, Brian Lynch, and Cinco Paul Running Time: 90 mins Cert: U Release date: 24th June 2016 For almost a year we have been given the promise of a new animated…

Tale Of Tales

Director: Matteo Garrone Starring: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, Shirley Henderson, John C. Reilly, Hayley Carmichael, Babe Cave, Stacy Martin Written by: Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and (based on the book) Giambattista Basile Running Time: 133 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th June 2016 Every once in a while, a film comes along that is so…

Mother’s Day

Director: Garry Marshall Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Jason Sudeikis, Brie Robertson, Jack Whitehall, Hector Elizondo, Sarah Chalke Written by: (also story) Anya Kochoff Romano, Matt Walker, Tom Hines and (story) Garry Marshall Running Time: 118 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th June 2016 Garry Marshall is one of the kings of romantic comedies. His career…

The Boss

Director: Ben Falcone Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage, Ella Anderson, Kathy Bates, Tyler Labine, Cecily Strong Written by: Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, and Steve Mallory Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th June 2016 I think I have said this before but I think Melissa McCarthy is a very funny lady….

The Nice Guys

Director: Shane Black Starring: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angoure Rice, Kim Basinger, Margaret Qualley, Matt Bomer, Yaya DeCosta, Keith David Written by: Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd June 2016 Who would have thought that the funniest double act this year would be formed by two of…

The Angry Birds Movie

Directors: Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly Starring: (Voices only) Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage, Sean Penn Written by: Jon Vitti, (story) John Cohen, Mikael Hed, Mikko Polla and based on the Rovio Entertainment game Running Time: 97 mins Cert: U Release date: 13th May 2016 It seems now that everything…