Director: John Lee Hooker Starring: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Paul Giammati, Ruth Wilson, Bradley Whitford, Jason Schwartzman, B.J. Novak, Kathy Baker Written by: Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith Running Time: 125 mins Cert: PG Release date: 29th November 2013 Let me get this out-of-the-way right at the very beginning…I’m not a fan of…
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Director: Francis Lawrence Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Stanley Tucci Written by: Simon Beaufoy, Michael Arndt and (based on the novel Catching Fire) Suzanne Collins Running Time: 146 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 21st November 2013 For me, the first Hunger Games film, based on the…
Don Jon
Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johanssen, Julianne Moore, Glenne Headly, Tony Danza Written by: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 15th November 2013 Joseph Gordon-Levitt has never shied away from difficult subjects in his movies and so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut, of his own script, deals…
The Counsellor
Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz, Brad Pitt, Rosie Perez, Bruno Ganz Written by: Cormac McCarthy Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 15th November 2013 I went into The Counsellor with extremely high expectations. Ridley Scott, one of the great film visionaries directing an original script by…
Gravity
Director: Alfonso Cuaron Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris Written by: Alfonso Cuaron and Jonas Cuaron Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th November 2013 Where do I start? I guess I should start by saying that this is the best film of the year. Seriously. It is a technical triumph as…
Philomena
Director: Stephen Frears Starring: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Michelle Fairley, Mare Winningham, Charlie Murphy, Sean Mahon Written by: Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope and (based on the book “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee”) Martin Sixsmith Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st November 2013 It’s been a pretty good year for Steve Coogan. Apart…
One Chance
Director: David Frankel Starring: James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters, Colm Meaney, Mackenzie Crooks Written by: Justin Zackham Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 25th October 2013 Recently we have had a host of biopic: Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate, Diana in Diana and now the one we’ve all been waiting for…Paul…
Captain Phillips
Director: Paul Greengrass Starring: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdiraham, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Catherine Keener Written by: Billy Ray, (book “A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea”) Richard Phillips and Stephan Talty Running Time: 134 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 18th October 2013 A word of warning about going…
The Fifth Estate
Director: Bill Condon Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Bruhl, David Thewlis, Alicia Vikander, Peter Capaldi, Dan Stevens, Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci Written by: Josh Singer, (based on the book “Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website”) Daniel Domscheit-Berg, (based on the book “WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy”) David Leigh and Luke…
Filth
Director: Jon S. Baird Starring: James McAvoy Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsden, Imogen Poots, Shirley Henderson Written by: Jon S. Baird and (based on the novel) Irvine Welsh Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 4th October 2013 If you are considering visiting the cinema this week and fancy something naughty, depraved and…
Sunshine On Leith
Director: Dexter Fletcher Starring: Peter Mullins, Jane Horrocks, George MacKay, Antonia Thomas, Kevin Guthrie, Freya Mavor, Jason Flemyng Written by: (based on his stage play) Stephen Greenhorn Running Time: 100 mins Cert: PG Release date: 4th October 2013 Who would have thought that a musical based on the songs by Scottish band, The Proclaimers, and…
Emperor
Director: Peter Webber Starring: Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Toshiyuki Nishida, Masayoshi Haneda Written by: Vera Blasi, David Klass and (based on the book by) Shiro Okamoto Running Time: 105 mins Cert: Release date: 4th October 2013 When dealing with history, the events after World War II seem less important than what happened during the war…
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