Director: Matteo Garrone Starring: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, Shirley Henderson, John C. Reilly, Hayley Carmichael, Babe Cave, Stacy Martin Written by: Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and (based on the book) Giambattista Basile Running Time: 133 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th June 2016 Every once in a while, a film comes along that is so…
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Mother’s Day
Director: Garry Marshall Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Jason Sudeikis, Brie Robertson, Jack Whitehall, Hector Elizondo, Sarah Chalke Written by: (also story) Anya Kochoff Romano, Matt Walker, Tom Hines and (story) Garry Marshall Running Time: 118 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th June 2016 Garry Marshall is one of the kings of romantic comedies. His career…
Money Monster
Director: Jodie Foster Starring: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Caitriona Balfe, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Denham, Lenny Venito Written by: Jamie Linden, (also story) Alan DiFiore and Jim Kouf Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 27th May 2016 Wall Street and the controlling of other people’s money seems to be the flavour of the month…
Love and Friendship
Director: Whit Stillman Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Xavier Samuel, Chloe Sevigny, Morfydd Clark, Tom Bennett, Emma Greenwell, Justin Edwards, Stephen Fry Written by Whit Stillman and (based on the novella Lady Susan) Jane Austen Running Time: 92 mins Cert: U Release date: 27th May 2016 What is it with foreign filmmakers and Jane Austen? They always…
Alice Through The Looking Glass
Director: James Bobin Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Rhys Ifans, Matt Lucas, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Timothy Spall Written by: Linda Woolverton and (based on the books) Lewis Carroll Running Time: 113 mins Cert: PG Release date: 27th May 2016 It has taken six years for the…
Sing Street
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…
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….
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