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…
Tag: drama
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…
Wakolda
Director: Lucía Puenzo Starring: Àlex Brendemühl, Natalia Oreiro, Diego Peretti, Florencia Bado, Elena Roger, Guillermo Pfening Written by: Lucía Puenzo Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th August 2014 Titles to movies can sometimes tell you everything. A bit like telling you the plot before you enter the cinema. Lone Survivor is a perfect example. It doesn’t leave too much to…
Joe
Director: David Gordon Green Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Adriene Mishler, Brian Mays Written by: Gary Hawkins and (based on the novel) Larry Brown Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 25th July 2014 Having sold his soul to Hollywood, director David Gordon Green, who had started life as…
Boyhood
Director: Richard Linklater Starring: Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Lorelei Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Marco Perella, Steve Price Written by: Richard Linklater Running Time: 166 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 11th July 2014 <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/Ys-mbHXyWX4″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen> You’ve probably heard all about this already. A film that took 12 years to make, taking each year…
Begin Again
Director: John Carney Starring: Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine, Hailee Steinfeld, Catherine Keener, James Corden, Ceelo Green, Yasiin Bey Written by: John Carney Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 11th July 2014 Back in 2006, John Carney directed a film that has captured the hearts of many, include mine, called Once. This simple…
Chef
Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Jon Favreau, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Emjay Anthony, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, Sofia Vergara, Oliver Platt, Robert Downey Jr Written by: Jon Favreau Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 25th June 2014 Long before he made the transition to big budget Hollywood director, Jon Favreau was known for low…
3 Days To Kill
Director: McG Starring: Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen, Tómas Lemarquis Written by: Adi Hasak and (also story) Luc Besson Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th June 2014 You can see what Kevin Costner has done. He’s looked at his career and then compared it to Liam Neeson and seen that…
Jersey Boys
Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Vincent Piazza, Michael Lomenda, Johnny Cannizzaro, Christopher Walken, Steve Schirripa Written by: (Based on the musical book) Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Running Time: 134 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 20th June 2014 About 30 minutes into Clint Eastwood’s screen version of the smash hit Broadway and West End Show, Jersey…
Camille Claudel 1915
Director: Bruno Dumont Starring: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Emmanuel Kauffman, Marion Keller, Robert Leroy Written by: Bruno Dumont, (based on the letters) Camille Claudel and Paul Claudel Running Time: 95 mins Cert: PG Release date: 20th June 2014 What makes being a film critic interesting is the amount you learn. I knew very little about Camille…
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