Director: David Frankel Starring: James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters, Colm Meaney, Mackenzie Crooks Written by: Justin Zackham Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 25th October 2013 Recently we have had a host of biopic: Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate, Diana in Diana and now the one we’ve all been waiting for…Paul…
Tag: comedy
Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa
Director: Jeff Tremaine Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll, Spike Jonze, Georgina Cates, Catherine Kenner Written by: Johnny Knoxville, Spike Jonze, Jeff Tremaine, (story) Fax Bahr and Adam Small Running Time: 92 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 23th October 2013 I have to admit that the Jackass movies are a bit of a guilty pleasure to…
Turbo
Director: David Soren Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Pena, Bill Hader, Snoop Dogg, Michelle Rodriguez, Luis Guzman, Richard Jenkins Written by: Darren Lemke, Robert D. Siegel and David Soren Running Time: 96 mins Cert: U Release date: 17th October 2013 Turbo is the new animation from Dreamworks about a snail that…
Filth
Director: Jon S. Baird Starring: James McAvoy Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsden, Imogen Poots, Shirley Henderson Written by: Jon S. Baird and (based on the novel) Irvine Welsh Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 4th October 2013 If you are considering visiting the cinema this week and fancy something naughty, depraved and…
Sunshine On Leith
Director: Dexter Fletcher Starring: Peter Mullins, Jane Horrocks, George MacKay, Antonia Thomas, Kevin Guthrie, Freya Mavor, Jason Flemyng Written by: (based on his stage play) Stephen Greenhorn Running Time: 100 mins Cert: PG Release date: 4th October 2013 Who would have thought that a musical based on the songs by Scottish band, The Proclaimers, and…
Thanks For Sharing
Director: Stuart Blumberg Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad, Pink, Jody Richardson, Patrick Fugit Written by: Stuart Blumberg and Matt Winston Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 4th October 2013 The topic of sex addiction was heavily covered a few years ago in the dramatic Shame. Now comes a much…
Blue Jasmine
Director: Woody Allen Starring: Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Peter Sarsgaard, Andrew Dice Clay, Louie CK Written by: Woody Allen Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 27th September 2013 Some films demand your attention because of their epic scale. Others because of the subject matter. Some because of their entertainment value. Blue…
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
Director: Jeanie Finlay Starring: Gavin Bain, Billy Boyd Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 6th September 2013 How many times have you watched a pop or rock group and said you yourself “Are you for real?” Then you see Californian-based hip hop artists, Silibil n’ Brains, from the beginning of this century, who were…
About Time
Director: Richard Curtis Starring: Rachel McAdams, Domhnall Gleeson, Bill Nighy, Lindsay Duncan, Tom Hollander Written by: Richard Curtis Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 4th September 2013 Richard Curtis, what are you doing? The man who gave us the hilarious and touching Four Weddings And A Funeral and Notting Hill is back with…
Pain And Gain
Director: Michael Bay Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Rebel Wilson Written by: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely and (based on the magazine articles by) Pete Collins Running time; 129 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 30th August 2013 Take a completely bizarre crime that is true. So bizarre that you…
The Way, Way Back
Directors: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Starring: Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry, Amanda Peet Written by: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 29th August 2013 For most of the year I have been berating the state of American comedy…
We’re The Millers
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter, Ed Helms, Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn Written by: Bob Fisher, Steve Faber, Sean Anders and John Morris Running Time: 110 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 23rd August 2013 The road trip is a comedy staple of Hollywood. There are hundreds of them,…
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