Director: Andrew Niccol Starring: Ethan Hawke, Bruce Greenwood, January Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Peter Coyote Written by: Andrew Niccol Running Time: 100 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th April 2015 The hugely successful Clint Eastwood directed drama, American Sniper, dealt with a man at the heart of combat struggling to cope when returning to his own…
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The Water Diviner
Director: Russell Crowe Starring: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Yilmaz Erdogan, Deniz Akdeniz Written by: Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios Running Time: 111 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd April 2015 Winner of three Australian Oscars, including a tie for best picture (with The Babadook), Russell Crowe’s feature directorial debut is an assured and powerful drama centring on events after…
Cinderella
Director: Kenneth Branagh Starring: Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard Madden, Stellan Skarsgard, Nonso Anozie, Derek Jacobi Written by: Chris Weitz Running Time: 105 mins Cert: U Release date: 27th March 2015 Who would have thought it? Who would have thought that a cynical, middle-aged film critic would be so utterly charmed by…
X + Y
Director: Morgan Matthews Starring: Asa Butterfield, Ralf Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsden, Jo Yang, Martin McCann, Jake Davis, Alex Lawther Written by: James Graham Running Time: 111 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 13th March 2015 Back in 2007, documentary film maker Morgan Matthews made a film about the International Mathematics Olympiad (yes, there is such a…
Still Alice
Directors: Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland Starring: Julianne Moore, Alec Bladwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish, Shane McRae Written by: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland and (based on the novel) Lisa Genova Running Time: 101 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 6th March 2015 Often when a film arrives that is lauded with awards and high praise, it sometimes…
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Director: John Madden Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Dev Patel, Bil Nighy, Richard Gere, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Tamsin Grieg, Penelope Wilton, Lillete Dubey Written by: Ol Parker Running Time: 122 mins Cert: PG Release date: 26th February 2015 It was 2011 when we first met the gentle retirement folks who visited the Best Exotic Marigold…
Focus
Directors: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Starring: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro, BD Wong, Gerald McRaney Written by: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 27th February 2015 Can you believe that the last time we saw Will Smith, it was being all serious in the dire After Earth?…
Predestination
Directors: Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig Starring: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Christopher Sommers Written by: Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig and (based on the book “All You Zombies”) Robert A. Heinlein Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 20th February 2015 Every so often a film comes out that takes you…
Project Almanac
Director: Dean Israelite Starring: Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Virginia Gardner Written by: Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan Running Time: 106 mins Cert; 12A Release date: 16th February 2015 Supposing you found a time machine, what would you do? Would you go back and change history? Or would you try to better…
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
Director: David Zellner Starring: Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Shirley Venard, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, Kanako Higashi Written by: David Zellner and Nathan Zellner Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th February 2015 Imagine, if you will, that after finding a hidden video tape of the Coen Brothers 1996 classic, Fargo, believing that it’s a treasure map to…
Fifty Shades Of Grey
Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jaime Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Eloise Mumford, Marcia Gay Harden Written by: Kelly Marcel and (based on the novel) E.L. James Running Time: 125 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 13th February 2015 The most hyped movie of the year (it won’t be the last) has finally arrived and after being…
Selma
Director: Ava DuVernay Starring: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Roth, Giovanni Ribisi, Oprah Winfrey Written by: Paul Webb Running Time: 128 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 6th February 2015 Selma has already caused a stir as it was snubbed by the Academy Awards, receiving only a Best Picture nomination. Whatever the reason, it does…
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