Director: John Carney Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Kelly Thornton Written by John Carney Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th May 2016 We seem to be in a current nostalgic resurgence of the 80’s. We’ve had Eddie The Eagle, the anti-hero of ski jumping and we…
Tag: drama
Son of Saul
Director: László Nemes Starring: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont, Jerzy Walczak Written by: László Nemes and Clara Royer Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th April 2016 There are some films that you have a genuine fear of watching. It may be because you have heard about the horrific content or the subject matter might be…
Eye In The Sky
Director: Gavin Hood Starring: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Phoebe Fox, Jeremy Northam, Monica Dolan Written by: Guy Hibbert Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th April 2016 There are not many films when a scene involving buying bread can have you literally gripping your armrest, yet this is one of…
Midnight Special
Director: Jeff Nichols Starring: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Jaeden Lieberher, Adam Driver, Bill Camp, Scott Haze, Sam Shepard Written by: Jeff Nichols Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th April 2016 Midnight Special, the fourth film from independent filmmaker, Jeff Nichols, comes at you like a film stuck in the 1970’s. A…
10 Cloverfield Lane
Director: Dan Trachtenberg Starring: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr, Suzanne Cryer Written by: Damien Chazelle, (also story) Matthew Stuecken and Josh Campbell Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 18th March 2016 I am furious! Up to the final 10 minutes of this incredibly tense and gripping thriller, it was hitting all the right notes…
Eddie The Eagle
Director: Dexter Fletcher Starring: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Jo Hartley, Keith Allen, Mark Benton, Tim McInnerny, Christopher Walken Written by: Sean Macaulay and (also story) Simon Kelton Running Time: 106 mins Cert: PG Release date: 1st April 2016 Who would have thought that the biggest joke of the 1988 Winter Olympics would become the basis…
Disorder
Director: Alice Winocour Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant, Percy Kemp, Victor Pontecorvo Written by: Alice Winocour and (in collaboration) Jean-Stéphane Bron Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 25th March 2016 With the current popularity in European thrillers now swarming our television, it seems that cinema has been somewhat forgotten when it comes to dark, brooding dramas….
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Director: Kirk Jones Starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin, Elena Kampouris Written by: (also based on the characters created) Nia Vardalos Running Time: 94 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 25th March 2016 Back in 2002, a very small, low-budget romantic comedy, produced by Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, came out of…
High-Rise
Director: Ben Wheatley Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elizabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes, Dan Renton Skinner Written by Amy Jump and (based on the novel) J.G. Ballard Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th March 2016 Ben Wheatley should be celebrated as one of this country’s finest film…
Rock The Kasbah
Director: Barry Levinson Starring: Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Leem Lubany, Zooey Deschanel, Danny McBride, Scott Caan Written by: Mitch Glazer Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th March 2016 There was a time when anything that Bill Murray touched turned to gold. Even the most dubious script was made funny by…
Marguerite
Director: Xavier Giannoli Starring: Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Michel Fau, Christa Théret, Denis Mpunga, Théo Cholbi Written by: Xavier Giannoli Running Time: 129 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th March 2016 Have you ever watched these TV talent shows, like The X Factor, and wondered who has told the really awful singers that they are good? Feeding their fantasy…
Anomalisa
Directors: Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson Starring: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan Written by: Charlie Kaufman Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 11th March 2016 Charlies Kaufman has to be regarded as one of the geniuses of cinema. His films are never straight forward. Always unique and special and allows his…
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