Director: Billy Ray Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Dean Norris, Alfred Molina, Joe Cole Written by Billy Ray and (based on the film “El secreto de sus ojos”) Juan José Campanella. Running Time: 111 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th February 2016 This was always going to be a hard film to impress me, as the…
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The Finest Hours
Director: Craig Gillespie Starring: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Holliday Grainger, John Ortiz, Kyle Gallner Written by: Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, (based on the book) Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th February 2016 It seems that Disney are getting into a…
Triple 9
Director: John Hillcoat Starring: Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Woody Harrelson, Aaron Paul, Kate Winslet, Norman Reedus, Gia Gadot Written by: Matt Cook Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th February 2016 Triple 9 has a lot going for it. A director who can certainly handle genre cinema. A cast of top-notch character…
Bone Tomahawk
Director: S. Craig Zahler Starring: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, Lili Simmons, Evan Janigkeit, David Arquette. Written by: S. Craig Zahler Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 19th February 2016 The western is a genre that has been with us since the birth of cinema (The Great Train Robbery being…
The Survivalist
Director: Stephen Fingleton Starring: Michael McCann, Mia Goth, Olwen Fouere, Andrew Simpson Written by: Stephen Fingleton Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 12th February 2016 Films don’t necessarily need million dollar budgets to produce something gripping and unsettling. Take The Survivalist, a post-apocalyptic drama filmed in Northern Ireland that has a cast made…
Concussion
Director: Peter Landesman Starring: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Morse, Arliss Howard, Eddie Marsden Written by: Peter Landesman and (based on the GQ article, “Brain Game”) Jeanne Marie Laskas Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th February 2016 At this time of the year, a whole batch of films…
A Bigger Splash
Director: Luca Guadagnino Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, Aurore Clement Written by: David Kajganich and (story) Alain Page Running Time: 124 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th February 2016 There are some films that define description. You sit and you watch and you become absorbed by its splendour and beauty, marvelling…
Trumbo
Director: Jay Roach Starring: Bryan Cranston, Diane Ladd, Helen Mirren, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alan Turyk, Louis C.K., Ellie Fanning, John Goodman Written by: John McNamara and (based on the book) Bruce Cook Running Time: 124 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th February 2016 Trumbo is a curious movie. Telling the story of one of Hollywood’s best…
Spotlight
Director: Tom McCarthy Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian D’Arcy James, Stanley Tucci. Billy Crudup Written by: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Running Time: 128 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th January 2016 Spotlight is a rarity. An adult film dealing with a lurid and shocking subject matter that never…
Youth
Director: Paolo Sorrentino Starring: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda, Madalina Ghenea, Alex McQueen, Paloma Faith Written by: Paolo Sorrentino Running Time: 124 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th January 2016 Art house cinema is a strange beast. As the word says, it’s all about art, which, depending on your taste, you can…
The Big Short
Director: Adam McKay Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Marisa Tomei, Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater Written by: Charles Randolph, Adam McKay and (based on the book) Michael Lewis Running Time: 130 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd January 2016 In the middle of the last decade, the housing market took a massive…
The Revenant
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Paul Anderson. Written by: Paul L. Smith, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and (based on part of the book) Michael Punke Running Time: 156 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th January 2016 There is an old saying about suffering for your art. If…
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