Director: Christian Ditter Starring: Lily Collins, Sam Claflin, Tamsin Egerton, Christian Cooke, Jamie Winstone, Suki Waterhouse Written by: Juliette Towhidi and (based on the novel “Where Rainbows End”) Cecelia Ahern. Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd October 2014 Last week we had the macho romance of Nicholas Sparks with The Best Of Me….
Tag: comedy
The Rewrite
Director: Marc Lawrence Starring: Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, Allison Janney, J.K. Simmons, Chris Elliott, Bella Heathcote, Annie Q Written by: Marc Lawrence Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th October 2014 If bland was an object, it would be The Rewrite, a pointless, ordinary, unoriginal romantic comedy that sees the return of Hugh…
Life After Beth
Director: Jeff Baena Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Anna Kendrick Written by: Jeff Baena Running Time: 89 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st October 2014 Most films tend to run out of steam way before the end. Life After Beth is a curiosity as it runs…
The Boxtrolls
Director: Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, Simon Pegg, Elle Fanning, Isaac Hempstead Wright Written by: Irena Brignull, Adam Pava and (based on the novel “Here Be Monsters) Alan Snow Running Time: 95 mins Cert: PG Release date: 12th September 2014 Laika Entertainment could be looked upon as…
What We Did On Our Holiday
Directors: Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkins Starring: Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly, Ben Miller, Amelia Bullmore, Celia Imrie Written by: Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkins Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th September 2014 Fans of the hit TV comedy Outnumbered will probably find a welcoming place here in this charming British…
Magic In The Moonlight
Director: Woody Allen Starring: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Simon McBurney, Eileen Atkins, Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver Written by: Woody Allen Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th September 2014 There is a certain amount of reassurance when entering a new Woody Allen film. You know it’s going to be one of three…
Pride
Director: Matthew Warchus Starring: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, Andrew Scott, Joseph Gilgun, George MacKay Written by: Stephen Beresford Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th September 2014 If there is one thing that British cinema is very good at producing, its feel-good comedy dramas based around real events. The…
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Director: Lasse Hallstrom Starring: Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, Charlotte Le Bon, Amit Shah, Farzana Dua Elahe. Written by: Steven Knight and (based on the novel) Richard C. Morais. Running Time: 122 mins Cert: PG Release date: 5th September 2014 Earlier this year we had Chef, a film that was pretty much food porn. Well…
Sex Tape
Director: Jake Kasdan Starring: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Roy Corddry, Ellie Kemper, Rob Lowe Written by: Jason Segel, Nicholas Stroller and (also story) Kate Angelo. Running Time: 94 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd September 2014 Looking at the trailer for Sex Tape (see above) you immediately think, low-brow, one gag charmless comedy and your…
Let’s Be Cops
Director: Luke Greenfield Starring: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, James D’Arcy, Nina Dobrev, Keegan-Michael Key, Andy Garcia Written by: Luke Greenfield and Nicholas Thomas Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 27th August 2014 Let’s Be Cops is one of those low-concept comedies about slackers who think they are invincible and can…
What If
Director: Michael Dowse Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park, Ralf Spall, Adam Driver, Mackenzie Davis Written by: Elan Mastai, (based on the play “Toothpaste and Cigars”) T.J. Dawe and Michael Rinaldi Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 20th August 2014 What if they made a romantic comedy in which the characters actually spoke…
Hector And The Search For Happiness
Director: Peter Chelsom. Starring: Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Stellan Skarsgard, Jean Reno, Christopher Plummer. Written by: Maria von Heland, Peter Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay and (novel “Le voyage d’Hector ou la recherche de bonheur”) François Lelord Running Time: 114 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th August 2014 What is the secret of happiness? That is exactly what Simon Pegg’s…
