Director: Guy Myhill Starring: Sienna Guillory, Liam Walpole, Sean Harris, Hannah Spearitt, Marama Corlett, Paul Popplewell Written by: Guy Myhill Running Time: 84 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 29th May 2015 The Goob is a coming-of-age film that, while being a low-budget British affair set in Norfolk, it feels like it wants to escape just being…
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Poltergeist
Director: Gil Kenan Starring: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris, Jane Adams, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett, Kennedi Clements Written by: David Lindsay-Abaire and (based on a story) Steven Spielberg Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd May 2015 Another day, another remake of a modern horror classic. This week, it’s the 1982 Steven Spielberg/Tobe…
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond
Director: Brad Bird Starring: George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Brit Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Tim McGraw, Kathryn Hahn Written by: Jeff Jensen, (also story) Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird Running Time: 130 mins Cert: PG Release date: 22nd May 2015 Disney like to take their famous areas from their theme parks and turning them into movies. We’ve had…
A Royal Night Out
Director: Julian Jarrold Starring: Sarah Gadon, Emily Watson, Rupert Everett, Jack Raynor, Bel Powley, Roger Allam Written by: Trevor De Silva and Kevin Hook Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 15th May 2015 When you go to a film and the poster proudly announces that it is “inspired by true events”, you expect…
Top Five
Director: Chris Rock Starring: Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Gabrielle Union, J.B. Smoove, Romany Malco, Cedric The Entertainer Written by: Chris Rock Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th May 2015 Chris Rock isn’t the star in the UK that he is in the States. Apart from appearing in Adam Sandler’s dire Grown Up…
Phoenix
Director: Christian Petzold Starring: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, Michael Maertens, Imogen Kogge Written by: Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki and (based on the novel “Le Retour des cendres”) Hubert Monteilhet Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th May 2015 German cinema has been quietly growing in the background, behind the likes of French and the seemingly endless supply of…
Far From The Madding Crowd
Director: Thomas Vinterberg Starring: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple Written by: David Nicholls and (based on the novel) Thomas Hardy Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st May 2015 When you are dealing with a novel like Thomas Hardy’s classic, Far From The Madding Crowd, you are never going…
The Falling
Director: Carol Morley Starring: Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh, Maxine Peake, Greta Scacchi, Anna Burnett, Monica Dolan Written by: Carol Morley Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 24th April 2015 Some films will challenge you. Some you can sit back and let ride over you. The Falling doesn’t fall into any of those categories….
A Little Chaos
Director: Alan Rickman Starring: Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory, Jennifer Ehle, Steven Waddington Written by: Jeremy Brock, Alison Deegan and Alan Rickman Running time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th April 2015 If I was to say to you that Alan Rickman’s second film as a director is about gardening,…
The Last Five Years
Director: Richard LeGravenese Starring: Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan Written by: Richard LeGravenese and (based on the musical play) Jason Robert Brown Running Time: 94 mins Cert: 12A Release date: Hailed as one of the best new musicals in years, I went into The Last Five Years with high expectations and once again, this is something…
Last Knights
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya Starring: Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Cliff Curtis Written by: Michael Konyves and Dove Sussman Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th April 2015 A snowy backdrop where it never seems to end with the constantly falling white stuff. The clanking of metal against metal. Men walking in slow motion while…
Lost River
Director: Ryan Gosling Starring: Christina Hendricks, Iain De Caestecker, Saoirse Ronan, Matt Smith, Eva Mendes, Ben Mendelsohn, Barbara Steele Written by: Ryan Gosling Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th April 2015 Going into Ryan Gosling’s feature debut, Lost River, is like looking through a large treasure chest. Somewhere inside is some very rich pickings but…
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