Goodbye Christopher Robin

Director: Simon Curtis Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly McDonald, Will Tilton, Alex Lawther, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard McCabe Written by: Frank Cottrell Boyce and Simon Vaughn. Running Time: 107 mins Cert: PG Release date: 29th September 2017 The stories of Winnie the Pooh, the loveable bear and his adventures with his friends in the…

Borg Vs McEnroe

Director:  Janus Metz Starring: Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny, David Bamber,  Bjorn Granath Written by: Ronnie Sandahl Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd September 2017 Tennis on film has never really been a successful sport to cross over. Films like Players and Wimbledon haven’t exactly set the box office alight and critically they…

mother!

Director: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson Written by: Darren Aronofsky Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 15th September 2017 With most films, the reviews almost write them. I am struggling to know where to begin with Darren Aronofsky’s latest. Here is a director…

Victoria And Abdul

Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Tim Pigott-Smith, Michael Gambon, Olivia Williams, Adeel Akhtar,  Fenella Woolgar Written by: Lee Hall and (based on the book) Shrabani Basu Running Time: 112 mins Cert: PG Release date: 15th September 2017 Victoria and Abdul should have been a sure-fire winner. A film that follows the same…

Wind River

Director: Taylor Sheridan Starring: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Graham Greene, Gil Birmingham,  Tokala Clifford,  James Jordan,  Jon Bernthal Written by: Taylor Sheridan Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th September 2017 Trailers for some movies can give away huge plot pointers, while others make you think you are going to watch one film and…

It

Director: Andy Muschietti Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff Written by: Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, Gary Dauberman and (based on the novel) Stephen King Running Time: 135 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th September 2017 Horror films are incredibly difficult things to get right. Most modern…

Patti Cake$

Director: Geremy Jasper Starring: Danielle MacDonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Mamoudou Athie, Cathy Moriarty, McCaul Lombardi, Patrick Brana. Written by: Geremy Jasper Running Time: 108 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st September 2017 If you are looking for something original, then maybe steer clear of Patti Cake$. This underdog story ticks all the cliche boxes from Rocky to 8 Mile,…

The Limehouse Golem

Director: Juan Carlos Medina Starring: Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth, Daniel Mays, Eddie Marsden, Sam Reid, Maria Valverde, Adam Brown Written by: Jane Goldman and (based on the novel “Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem”) Peter Ackroyd. Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st September 2017 We have a constant fascination with…

Detroit

Director: Kathryn Bigalow Starring: John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jacob Latimore, Jason Mitchell, Hannah Murray, Jack Reynor, Anthony Mackie, Kaitlyn Dever, Ben O’Toole Written by: Mark Boal Running Time: 143 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 25th August 2017 It’s amazing how cinema can sometimes pick up on a mood of what is happening in…

Maudie

Director: Aisling Walsh Starring: Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Keri Matchett, Zachary Bennett, Gabrielle Rose, Billy MacLellan Written by: Sherry White Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 4th August 2017 As is traditional at this time of year, among the heavy hitters of the summer blockbusters, there is always a small scale movie that…

The Big Sick

Director: Michael Showalter Starring: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher, Zenobia Shroff, Adeel Akhtar, Bo Burnham Written by: Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 28th July 2017 The Big Sick hardly sounds like a crowd pleasing title for a romantic comedy. Yet if…

Dunkirk

Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, Harry Styles, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Cillian Murphy, James D’Arcy Written by: Christopher Nolan Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 21st July 2017 It is no surprise that when Christopher Nolan has a new film out, the cinematic world goes crazy. He is…