Directors: Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkins Starring: Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly, Ben Miller, Amelia Bullmore, Celia Imrie Written by: Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkins Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th September 2014 Fans of the hit TV comedy Outnumbered will probably find a welcoming place here in this charming British…
Tag: drama
Magic In The Moonlight
Director: Woody Allen Starring: Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Simon McBurney, Eileen Atkins, Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver Written by: Woody Allen Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th September 2014 There is a certain amount of reassurance when entering a new Woody Allen film. You know it’s going to be one of three…
A Most Wanted Man
Director: Anton Corbijn Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Willem DaFoe, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Grigoriy Dobrygin Written by: Andrew Bovell and (based on the novel) John Le Carre Running Time: 122 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th September 2014 Watching this slow-burning spy thriller that doesn’t exactly speed along, the one thing that impresses upon you more…
Pride
Director: Matthew Warchus Starring: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, Andrew Scott, Joseph Gilgun, George MacKay Written by: Stephen Beresford Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th September 2014 If there is one thing that British cinema is very good at producing, its feel-good comedy dramas based around real events. The…
The Guest
Director: Adam Wingard Starring: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser Written by: Simon Barrett Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th September 2014 Last year, director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett reinvented the siege horror with the brilliantly inventive You’re Next. This year, they have managed to do…
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Director: Lasse Hallstrom Starring: Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal, Charlotte Le Bon, Amit Shah, Farzana Dua Elahe. Written by: Steven Knight and (based on the novel) Richard C. Morais. Running Time: 122 mins Cert: PG Release date: 5th September 2014 Earlier this year we had Chef, a film that was pretty much food porn. Well…
Before I Go To Sleep
Director: Rowan Joffe Starring: Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Anne-Marie Duff, Dean-Charles Chapman, Adam Levy Written by: Rowan Joffe and (based on the novel) S.J. Watson Running Time: 92 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th September 2014 Before I Go To Sleep takes a well-worn plot device, amnesia, to produce, what starts out as a…
The Police Officer’s Wife (Die Frau des Polizisten)
Director: Philip Groning Starring: Alexandra Finder, David Zimmerschied, Pia Kleemann, Chiara Kleemann Written by: Philip Groning Running Time: 175 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd August 2014 Cinema can be many things. It can be a way of expressing feelings and emotions. It can be used as an artistic tool. A form of entertainment or it…
Into The Storm
Director: Steven Quale Starring: Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Walsh, Max Deacon, Nathan Kress, Alycia Debnam Carey. Written by: John Swetnam. Running Time: 89 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 21st August 2014 Picture the scene, if you would. A group of movie executives in an office deciding what their next project will be, when one…
What If
Director: Michael Dowse Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park, Ralf Spall, Adam Driver, Mackenzie Davis Written by: Elan Mastai, (based on the play “Toothpaste and Cigars”) T.J. Dawe and Michael Rinaldi Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 20th August 2014 What if they made a romantic comedy in which the characters actually spoke…
Blood Ties
Director: Guillaume Canet Starring: Clive Owen, Billy Crudup. Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, James Caan Written by: Guillaume Canet, James Gray, (based on the film “Les liens du sang”) Jacques Maillot, Pierre Chosson, Eric Veniard (and the novel “Deux freres, un flic, un truand”) Bruno Papet and Michel Papet Running Time: 127 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th August 2014 I went into…
Hector And The Search For Happiness
Director: Peter Chelsom. Starring: Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, Stellan Skarsgard, Jean Reno, Christopher Plummer. Written by: Maria von Heland, Peter Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay and (novel “Le voyage d’Hector ou la recherche de bonheur”) François Lelord Running Time: 114 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th August 2014 What is the secret of happiness? That is exactly what Simon Pegg’s…
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