Director: Peter Hedges Starring: Jennifer Garner, Joe Edgerton, CJ Adams, Dianne Wiest, David Morse, Ron Livingston, Odaya Rush Written by: Peter Hedges and (story) Ahmet Zappa Running Time: 105 mins Cert: U Release date: 5th April 2013 As the title suggests, The Odd Life Of Timothy Green is, well, odd. A fantasy tale from Disney…
Tag: comedy
Identity Thief
Director: Seth Gordon Starring: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, John Cho, Robert Patrick Written by: Craig Mazin and (story) Jerry Eeten Running Time: 111 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22th March 2013 Melissa McCarthy was the woman who walked away with Brides Maids a few years ago. Her turn as the larger-than-life friend who…
The Croods
Directors: Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders Starring: (Voices) Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Clark Duke Written by: Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders Running Time: 98 mins Cert: U Release date: 22nd March 2013 The Croods is the new animated feature from Dreamworks, the team who released Shrek. Those…
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Director: Don Scardino Starring: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Jim Carrey, Alan Arkin, James Gandolfini, Jay Mohr Written by: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, (story) Chad Kultgen and Tyler Mitchell Running Time: 100 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th March 2013 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone should have winner stamped all over it. A comedy…
Robot and Frank
Director: Jake Schreier Starring: Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler, James Marsden, Peter Sarsgaard, Jeremy Strong Written by: Christopher D. Ford Running Time: 89 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th March 2013 The one good thing about cinema is once in a while it throws up a movie that you don’t expect, that you listen…
Song For Marion
Director: Paul Andrew Williams Starring: Terence Stamp, Gemma Atherton, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Eccleston Written by: Paul Andrew Williams Running Time: 93 mins Cert: PG Release date: 22nd February 2013 I really wanted to like this film. It has a good cast of actors and is from the same man who gave us the disturbing but…
This Is 40
Director: Judd Apatow Starring: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow, Jason Segal, Megan Fox, Albert Brooks, John Lithgow Written by: Judd Apatow. Running Time: 134 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 14th February 2013 Knocked Up was a reasonably amusing tale of unexpected pregnancy and a big success for writer director Judd Apatow. After…
Warm Bodies
Director: Jonathan Levine Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Analeigh Tipton, Rob Corddry Wrtitten by: Jonathan Levine and (novel) Isaac Marion Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th February 2013 I was a little skeptical when entering to see Warm Bodies. Was this to do to zombies what Twilight has done to vampires…
I Give It A Year
Director: Dan Mazar Starring: Rose Byrne, Anna Faris, Ralf Spall, Simon Baker, Minnie Driver, Jason Flemyng, Olivia Colman. Written by: Dan Mazar Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8 February 2013 Regular readers will know that the genre I struggle with the most (apart from terrible modern horrors) are romantic comedies. They always…
Wreck-It Ralph
Director: Rich Moore Starring: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk Written by: Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee, (story) Rich Moore and Phil Reardon. Running Time: 108 mins Cert: PG Release date: 8th February 2013 It seems mightily appropriate that Walt Disney, who recently acquired LucasFilms and the Star Wars franchise, along…
Movie 43
Directors: Elizabeth Banks, Steve Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, Jonathan Van Tulleken. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Anna Faris, Emma Stone, Richard Gere, Kate Bosworth, Justin Long, Uma Thurman, Kristen Bell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Grace Mortez, Gerard…
The Sessions
Director: Ben Lewin Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks Written by: Ben Lewin and (based on his article) Mark O’Brien Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th January 2013 There are some subject matters that, if handled badly by a film director, could be construed as being in…
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