Director: Morten Tyldum Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia Written by: Jon Spaihts Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 21st December 2016 With Rogue One commanding the box office during this Christmas period, it takes a very brave film company to take on the might of the Empire…
Tag: drama
Moana
Directors: Ron Clement, Don Hall, John Musker and Chris Williams Starring: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jermain Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk Written by: Jared Bush, (story) Ron Clement, Don Hall, John Musker, Chris Williams, Pamela Ribon, Aaron Kendell and Jordan Kendell Running Time: 107 mins Cert: PG Release date: 2nd December…
Sully
Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Mike O’Malley, Anna Gunn, Jamey Sheridan, Holt McCallany, Valerie Mahaffey Written by: Todd Komarnicki, (based on the book “Highest Duty”) Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 2nd December 2016 Thursday 15th January 2009, the world witness “The Miracle On…
Allied
Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Lizzie Caplan, Simon McBurney, Matthew Goode. Written by Steven Knight Running Time: 124 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 25th November 2016 What more could film lovers want? A new Robert Zemeckis film with two screen presences who are both thrilling to watch, in a romantic…
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
Director: David Yates Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Ezra Miller, Jon Voight Written by: J.K. Rowling Running Time: 133 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 18th November 2016 Harry Potter Cosplayer rejoice! You can brush off your wizard’s cloaks and polish up your wands once more, as J.K. Rowling…
Arrival
Director: Denis Villeneuve Starring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlberg, Mark O’Brien, Tzi Ma, Abigail Pniowsky Written by: Eric Heisserer and (based on the short story “Story of Your Life”) Ted Chiang Running Time: 116 mins CertL 12A Release date: 10th November 2016 There have been many alien invasion movies so do we…
Jack Reacher – Never Go Back
Director: Edward Zwick Starring: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge, Danika Yarosh, Patrick Heusinger, Holt McCallany, Robert Knepper Written by: Richard Wenk, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and (based on the novel ‘Never Go Back’) Lee Child Running Time: 118 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th October 2016 In 2010, Tom Cruise brought to the screen…
The Girl On The Train
Director: Tate Taylor Starring: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Edgar Ramirez Written by: Erin Cressida Wilson and (based on the novel) Paula Hawkins Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th October 2016 Sisters are doing it for themselves. This has definitely been the year when females…
Deepwater Horizon
Director: Peter Berg Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Kate Hudson, Gina Rodriguez, James DuMont, Dylan O’Brien, Douglas M. Griffin Written by: Matthew Michael Carnahan, (also screen story) Matthew Sand, (based on the article) David Rohde and Stephanie Saul Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th September 2016 Back in the 70’s, the…
Swiss Army Man
Directors: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Antonia Ribero, Timothy Eulich, Richard Gross, Marika Casteel Written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 30th September 2016 There are some films that you can place neatly into a category. There are some that…
The Magnificent Seven
Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard Written by: Richard Wenk, Nic Pizzlatto, (based on the screenplay) Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni Running Time: 133 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 23rd September 2016 A few weeks back we had the laboured and incredibly dull remake of…
Ben-Hur
Director: Timur Bekmambetov Starring: Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Morgan Freeman, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, Pilou Asbæk, Sofia Black-D’Elia Written by: Keith R. Clarke, John Ridley and (based on the novel) Lew Wallace Running Time: 125 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 9th September 2016 There is a very famous review of the Charlton Heston 1959 version of Ben-Hur that…
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