Director: Harmony Korine Starring: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine Written by: Harmony Korine Running Time: 94 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 5th April 2013 I am complete confusion here. Some hours after seeing Spring Breakers I still cannot decide whether I liked it or if it was the most repellant piece of exploitation I…
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The Odd Life Of Timothy Green
Director: Peter Hedges Starring: Jennifer Garner, Joe Edgerton, CJ Adams, Dianne Wiest, David Morse, Ron Livingston, Odaya Rush Written by: Peter Hedges and (story) Ahmet Zappa Running Time: 105 mins Cert: U Release date: 5th April 2013 As the title suggests, The Odd Life Of Timothy Green is, well, odd. A fantasy tale from Disney…
In The House (Dans La Maison)
Director: Francois Ozon Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Kristen Scott Thomas, Ernst Umhauer, Emmanuelle Seigner, Denis Menochet Written by: Francois Ozon and (play) Juan Mayorga Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th March 2013 How do International cinema do it? How can they take a simple tale and turn it into a triumph, full of…
The Host
Director: Andrew Niccol Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, Max Irons, Jake Abel, William Hurt, Francis Farmer Written by: Andrew Niccol and (novel) Stephenie Myers Running Time: 125 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 29th March 2013 As you might already know, i was never a big fan of the Twilight saga. To be honest, it wasn’t…
Trance
Director: Danny Boyle Starring: James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Danny Sapani, Matt Cross, Wahab Sheikh, Tuppence Middleton Written by: Joe Ahearne and John Hodge Running time: 101 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 27th March 2013 Danny Boyle is a national treasure. After pulling off the greatest Olympic opening ceremony, he is back where he…
Compliance
Director: Craig Zobel Starring: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Philip Ettering, Ashlie Atkinson Written by: Craig Zobel Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd March 2013 The power of good cinema can be electrifying. It can make you emote like crazy. You can become so engrossed with the story that it will make you…
The Paperboy
Director: Lee Daniels Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Macy Gray, David Oyelowo, Scott Glenn. Written by: Lee Daniels and (also book) Peter Dexter. Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th March 2013 Don’t be fooled by the title. The Paperboy isn’t about a teenager who has to get up…
Broken
Director: Rufus Norris Starring: Tim Roth, Eloise Laurence, Cillian Murphy, Rory Kinnear, Denis Lawson, Bill Milner Written by: Mark O’Rowe and (novel) Daniel Clay Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th March 2013 Broken is one of those British films that comes out every so often that is so bleak, as you are…
Side Effects
Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Vinessa Shaw. Written by: Scott Z. Burns Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th March 2013 Steven Soderbergh has, since his debut back in 1989 with sex, lies and videotape, been a prolific and sometimes ground breaking film makers. Never once staying in…
Robot and Frank
Director: Jake Schreier Starring: Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler, James Marsden, Peter Sarsgaard, Jeremy Strong Written by: Christopher D. Ford Running Time: 89 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th March 2013 The one good thing about cinema is once in a while it throws up a movie that you don’t expect, that you listen…
Stoker
Director: Chan-wook Park Starring: Mia Wasikowski, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Ralph Brown. Written by: Wentworth Miller Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 1st March 2013 There has been much excitement buzzing around this first English language film from the director of Oldboy. The trailer looks incredibly weird yet enticing, while…
Arbitrage
Director: Nicholas Jarecki Starring: Richard Gere, Tim Roth, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling, Laetita Casta, Nate Parker Written by: Nicholas Jarecki Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st March 2013 So you are looking at the titles of the latest releases, deciding what film to go and see. There’s a batch of new films…
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