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…
Tag: comedy
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,…
Planes
Director: Klay Hall Starring: Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Teri Hatcher, John Cleese, Julia Louise-Dreyfus, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards Written by: Jeffrey M. Howard and (story) John Lasseter Running Time: 91 mins Cert: U Release date: 16th August 2013 What is going on at Disney? It seems that no one seems to have any creative ideas…
2 Guns
Director: Baltasar Kormakur Starring: Denzel Washington, Mark Walhberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, Fred Ward, James Marsden, Edward James Olmos. Written by: Blake Masters and (based on the Boom! Studios graphic novels) Steven Grant Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 16th August 2013 Isn’t it strange. You wait for ages for a buddy buddy…
Kick-Ass 2
Director: Jeff Wadlow Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Mortez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey, Morris Chestnut, Clark Duke Written by: Jeff Wadlow, (based on the comic book by) Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 14th August 2013 Kick-Ass 2 is the long awaited sequel to the ultra-cool, superb…
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Director: Declan Lowney Starring: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Tim Key, Felicity Montagu, Nigel Lindsay Written by: Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Armando Iannucci Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 7th August 2013 Once upon a time there was a period when British cinema only seemed to produce movie…
The Smurfs 2
Director: Raja Gosnell Starring: Hank Azaira, Neil Patrick Harris, Brandon Gleeson, Jayma Mays, Katy Perry, Alan Cummings, Jonathan Winters Written by: J. David Stern, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick, David Ronn and Karey Kirkpatrick Running Time: 105 mins Cert: U Release date: 31st July 2013 La. La. La la la la. Its a happy smurf-day…
Red 2
Director: Dean Parisot Starring: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung-hun Lee Written by: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, (based on the characters created by) Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 2nd August 2013 The mildly successful 2010 action comedy RED was a…
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