Director: Dustin Hoffman Starring: Maggie Smith, Tom Courtney, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon, Sheridan Smith Written by: Ronald Harwood (based on his play) Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st January 2013 Hollywood star Dustin Hoffman has been at the top of his game as an actor since the sixties when he…
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Pitch Perfect
Director: Jason Moore Starring: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Camp, Skylar Astin. Written by: Kay Cannon and (book) Mickey Rapkin. Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 21st December 2012 A few years ago, a US TV show stormed the network and the world and became flavour…
Seven Psychopaths
Director: Martin McDonagh Starring: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko Written by: Martin McDonagh Running Time: 110 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th December 2012 Every so often a film comes along that because of the prestige of the director and the cast, it has to be…
Gambit
Director: Michael Hoffman Starring: Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Tom Courtney, Stanley Tucci, Cloris Leachman. Written by: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Running Time: 89 mins Cert 12A Release date: 21st November 2012 The Coen brothers are, without doubt, the most exciting film making team around. Time after time they have produced inventive, sometimes courageous films….
Silver Linings Playbook
Director: David O. Russell Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker Written by: David O. Russell and (book) Matthew Quick Running Time: 122 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21st November 2012 Too often than not, the movies treat mental health issues in two ways: either as a form of ridicule…
Here Comes The Boom
Director: Frank Coraci Starring: Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Greg Germann, Joe Rogan Written by: Kevin James, Allan Loeb and Rock Reuben Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 9th November 2012 There is a written rule with reviewing films: never go into a film hating it before you start! That’s what happened…
The Sapphires
Director: Wayne Blair Starring: Chris O’Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell Written by: Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson Running Time: 103 mins Cert: PG Release date: 7th November 2012 If there is one country that produces surprise after surprise when it comes to cinema, it has to be Australia. Just look at…
Excision
Director: Richard Bates Jr Starring: Annalynn McCord, Traci Lord, Ariel Ward, Roger Bart, John Waters, Marlee Matlin Written by: Richard Bates Jr Running Time: 81 mins Cert: 18 Released date: 28th October 2012 I have always had a problem with modern horror films. Very few of them really know what the meaning of the word…
Frankenweenie
Director: Tim Burton Starring: Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Landau, Winona Ryder, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer. Written by: John August, (based on a screenplay) Leonard Ripps and (based on an original idea) Tim Burton Running Time: 87 mins Cert: PG Release date: 17th October 2012 In 1984 a young film maker took a short animation…
Ruby Sparks
Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas, Elliott Gould, Steve Coogan. Written by: Zoe Kazan Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th October 2012 It has been 6 years since directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris made the surprise sleeper smash, Little Miss Sunshine. They…
Liberal Arts
Director: Josh Radner Starring: Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Alison Janney, Zac Efron Written by: Josh Radnor Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 5th October 2012 If you are in a long-running successful sitcom like How I Met your Mother, you are going to find a way to get yourself to the…
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
Director: Stephen Chbosky Starring: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Dylan McDermott. Written by: Stephen Chbosky (based on his book) Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 3rd October 2012 Either I have a soft, squiggy side underneath this cynical, critical shell or The Perks Of Being A Wallflower is a film…
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