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)…
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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…
The Longest Ride
Director: George Tillman Jr Starring: Brit Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Alan Alda, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin, Lolita Davidovich Written by: Craig Bolotin and (based on the novel) Nicholas Sparks Running Time: 139 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th June 2015 It seems like forever since we had a Nicholas Sparks adaptation (in fact, it was last…
Entourage
Director: Doug Ellin Starring: Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara, Jeremy Piven, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Billy Bob Thornton Written by; (also story and television series created) Doug Ellin and (story) Rob Weiss Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th June 2015 I went into Entourage a complete virgin. Having never seen the HBO…
Jurassic World
Director: Colin Trevorrow Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Jake Johnson Written by: Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly, (also story) Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and (based on the characters created) Michael Crichton. Running Time: 124 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 11th June 2015 Was it really 23 years…
Danny Collins
Director: Dan Fogelman Starring: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale, Josh Peck, Melissa Benoist, Nick Offerman Written by: Dan Fogelman Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th May 2015 If you were going to cast an actor to play the part of an aging rock star, you’d probably have…
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