Director: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlberg, Doug Jones, David Hewlett, Nick Searcy Written by: Vanessa Taylor and (also story) Guillermo Del Toro Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 14th February 2018 One of the reasons I love cinema is that sometimes it can produce…
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Fifty Shades Freed
Director: James Foley Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumford, Rita Ora, Luke Grimes, Marcia Gay Harden Written by: Niall Leonard and (based on the book) E.L. James Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 9th February 2018 Firstly, let’s have a moment to celebrate. This is the last of the series…
Downsizing
Director: Alexander Payne Starring: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig, Rolf Lassgard, Ingjerd Egeberg, Udo Kier. Written by: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Running Time: 130 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 24th January 2018 Downsizing, the latest film from director Alexander Payne, famed for the likes of About Schmidt, Sideways and Election, looks like…
Journey’s End
Director: Saul Dibb Starring: Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Toby Jones, Ava Butterfield, Stephen Graham, Tom Sturridge, Robert Glenister, Miles Jupp, Theo Barklem-Biggs Written by: Simon Reade, (based on the novel) Vernon Bartlett and (based on the novel and play) R.C. Sherriff Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 2nd February 2018 R.C. Sherriff’s acclaimed…
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Director: Wes Ball Starring: Dylan O’ Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodeario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Patricia Clarkson, Aiden Gillen, Giancarlo Esposito Written by: T.S. Nowlin and (based on the novel) James Dashner Running Time: 142 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 28th January 2018 When The Maze Runner hit our screens in 2014, at the height of…
The Post
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys, Alison Brie Written by: Liz Hannah and Josh Singer Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th January 2018 Hollywood is often criticised for either ignoring events current or jumping on them and overblowing…
Coco
Director: Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina Starring: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, Renee Victor, Jaime Camil, Alfonso Arau Written by: (also original story) Adrian Molina, Matthew Aldrich, (original story) Lee Unkrich and Jason Katz Running Time: 105 mins Cert: PG Release date: 19th January 2018 Mexico has been in the news…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Director: Martin McDonagh Starring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Lucas Hedges, Cabel Landry Jones, Amanda Warren Written: Martin McDonagh Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th January 2018 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri isn’t a title that is snappy or skips off the tongue easily. Yet if you look beyond…
Darkest Hour
Director: Joe Wright Starring: Gary Oldman, Kristen Scott-Thomas, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane, Nicholas Jones, Samuel West Written by: Anthony McCarten Running Time: 125 mins Cert: PG Release date: 12th January 2018 The attention around this movie about the early days of Winston Churchill’s role as Prime Minister is mainly aimed at…
All The Money In The World
Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris, Timothy Hutton, Charlie Plummer, Andrew Buchan Written by: David Scarpa and (based on the book) John Pearson Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th January 2018 All the Money in the World, Ridley Scott’s latest drama, won’t be remembered for being…
Molly’s Game
Director: Aaron Sorkin Starring: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O’Dowd, J.C. MacKenzie, Brian D’Arcy James Written by: Aaron Sorkin and (based on the book) Molly Bloom Running Time: 140 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st January 2018 After about 5 minutes of watching Molly’s Game, I concluded that I…
The Greatest Showman
Director: Michael Gracey Starring: Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Austyn Johnson, Cameron Seely, Keala Settle Written by: Bill Condor and (also story) Jenny Bicks Running Time: 105 mins Cert: PG Release date: 26th December 2017 Entering into The Greatest Showman, we are offered visual delights and plenty of razzamatazz. Like the…
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