Director: Sacha Gervasi Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlet Johansson, Danny Huston, Jessica Biel. Written by: John J. McLaughlin and (based on his book) Stephen Rebello. Running time:98 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th February 2013 Isn’t it typical? You wait for a film about Alfred Hitchcock to come along and like buses, two come…
Tag: drama
Flight
Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood, Melissa Leo Written by: John Gatins Running Time: 138 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st February 2013 Captain William “Whip” Whitaker is in control of a flight to Atlanta. Suffering from the night before, his actions are somewhat shocking to his co-pilot…
Hyde Park On Hudson
Director: Roger Mitchell Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson Written by: Richard Nelson Running Time: 94 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st February 2013 There are some films which, while you are watching it, you know that it’s only real reason for existing is to win…
Lincoln
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook. Written by: Tony Kushner and (based on the book) Doris Kearns Goodwin. Running Time: 150 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 25th January 2013 It’s the biggest nominated film this year with 12 from the Oscars and 10 from…
The Sessions
Director: Ben Lewin Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks Written by: Ben Lewin and (based on his article) Mark O’Brien Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th January 2013 There are some subject matters that, if handled badly by a film director, could be construed as being in…
Gangster Squad
Director: Ruben Fleischer Starring: Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Robert Patrick, Michael Pena Written by: Will Beall and (based on the book) Paul Liberman Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th January 2013 While I was watching Gangster Squad in a 1/3 full cinema, one film kept popping into my…
The Impossible
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona Starring: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast, Geraldine Chaplin Written by: Sergio G. Sanchez Running Time: 114 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st January 2013 The tragedy of the tsunami that hit Thailand on Boxing Day 2004 and killed an estimated 280,000 people was always going to be…
Quartet
Director: Dustin Hoffman Starring: Maggie Smith, Tom Courtney, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon, Sheridan Smith Written by: Ronald Harwood (based on his play) Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st January 2013 Hollywood star Dustin Hoffman has been at the top of his game as an actor since the sixties when he…
Life Of Pi
Director: Ang Lee Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Gerard Depardieu, Tabu Written by: David Magee and (book) Yann Martel Running Time: 127 mins Cert: PG Release date: 20th December 2012 Cinema is often accused, by elitists, as just entertainment for the masses and is ignored as an art form. In some cases, this…
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett Written by: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo Del Toro and (book) J.R.R. Tolkien Running Time: 169 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 13th December 2013 Sometimes reviewing a film that has already had so much written…
Trouble With The Curve
Director: Robert Lorenz Starring: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Robert Patrick, Matthew Lillard Written by: Randy Brown Running Time: 111 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th November 2012 Baseball movies just don’t sell in the UK. We don’t understand the game and so don’t understand the complexities of the terms used so…
Great Expectations
Director: Mike Newell Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Flemyng, Robbie Coltrane, Holliday Grainger Written by: David Nicholls and (book) Charles Dickens Running Time: 126 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th December 2012 If film has one limitation, it’s running times. No one wants to sit through a film that lasts 6…
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