Director: Jake Schreier Starring: Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Austin Abrams, Justice Smith, Halston Sage, Jaz Sinclair Written by: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber and (based on the novel) John Green Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th August 2015 Paper Towns is another teenage drama from the writer of Faults In Our Stars,…
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Gemma Bovery
Director: Anne Fontaine Starring: Gemma Arterton, Fabrice Luchini, Jason Flemyng, Isabelle Canderlier, Niels Schneider Written by: Pascal Bonitzer, Anne Fontaine and (based on the graphic novel) Posy Simmonds Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21st August 2015 Gemma Bovery is one of those films that will leave you wanting. This should have blown…
The Gift
Director: Joe Edgerton Starring: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joe Edgerton, Allison Tolman, Tim Griffin, Adam Lazarre-White Written by: Joe Edgerton Running Time: 108 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 7th August 2015 Well done, Joe Edgerton. In a time when thrillers are less than thrilling and in which they mainly treat the audiences as idiots, thankfully…
The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
Director: Marielle Heller Starring: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni, Margarita Levieva, Madeleine Waters, Abby Wait Written by: Marielle Heller and (based on the novel) Phoebe Gloeckner Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 7th August 2015 Coming-of-age films are usually following the exploits of a group of horny, socially awkward teenage…
Southpaw
Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whittaker, Rachel McAdams, Oona Lawrence, 50 Cent, Skylar Brooks, Naomie Harris Written by: Kurt Sutter Running Time: 124 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 24th July 2015 The last time we saw Jake Gyllenhaal (if you don’t include the excruciating Accidental Love, which was made a few years ago)…
Maggie
Director: Henry Hobson Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson, Douglas M. Griffin, J.D. Evermore, Rachel Whitmore Graves, Jodie Moore Written by: John Scott 3 Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 24th July 2015 People going into see Maggie may be just a little bit disappointed. A word of warning then. This is…
Inside Out
Director: Pete Docter and Rolando Del Carmen Starring: Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Richard Kind, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Kaitlyn Dias Written by: Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, (also story) Pete Docter, (story) Rolando Del Carmen, (additional dialogue) Amy Poehler and Bill Hader Running Time: 94 mins Cert: U Release date: 24th July 2015 Pixar…
True Story
Director: Rupert Goold Starring: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Maria Dizzia, Ethan Suplee, Gretchen Mol, Robert John Burke Written by: Rupert Goold, David Kajganich and (based on the novel) Michael Finkle. Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th July 2015 Stories about killers recounting the events have always been fascinating in a…
Song Of The Sea
Director: Tomm Moore Starring: David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan, Lucy O’Connell Written by: William Collins and (story) Tomm Moore Running Time: 93 mins Cert: PG Release date: 10th July 2015 People tend to forget that outside the worlds of Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks and Studio Ghibli, animators from around the world are busy…
Love And Mercy
Director: Bill Pohlad Starring: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti, Jake Abel, Kenny Wormald, Joanne Going Written by: Oren Moverman, Michael Alan Lerner and (based on the life) Brian Wilson Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th July 2015 What is often problematic in trying to recreate the life of a musical…
Magic Mike XXL
Director: Gregory Jacobs Starring: Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez, Gabriel Iglesias, Amber Heard. Written by: (also based on characters created) Reid Carolin Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd July 2015 In 2012, a film about male strippers surprised everyone, none more so than me, with its charm, humour and…
Mr Holmes
Director: Bill Condor Starring: Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Roger Allam, Hiroyuki Sanada Written by: Jeffrey Hatcher, (also based on the novel “A Slight Trick Of The Mind”) Mitch Cullin and (based on the characters created ) Arthur Conan Doyle Running Time: 104 mins Cert: PG Release date: 19th June…
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