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…
Tag: drama
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…
Secret In Their Eyes
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…
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…
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