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…
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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…
War For The Planet Of The Apes
Director: Matt Reeves Starring: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Karin Konoval, Amiah Miller, Terry Notary, Toby Kebbell, Judy Greer Written by: Mark Bomback, Matt Reeves, (based on the characters created) Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver Running Time: 140 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 11th July 2017 Who would have thought that a remake of…
Gifted
Director; Marc Webb Starring: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate, Octavia Spencer, John M. Jackson, Glenn Plummer Written by: Tom Flynn Running Time: 101 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 16th June 2017 One of the joys of seeing as many films as I do is that once in a while, a film comes…
The Levelling
Director: Hope Dickson Leach Starring: Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden, Joe Blackmore, Joe Attewell Written by: Hope Dickson Leach Running Time: 83 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th May 2017 With all those huge blockbusters around that are loud and rely on expensive special effects, The Levelling stands out. This is a film that…
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