Director: David Ayer Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Martinez, David Harbour Written by: David Ayer Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 23rd November 2012 The television schedules nowadays are crammed with police dramas, each of them trying to win audiences over with something a little different. So a new police…
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Gambit
Director: Michael Hoffman Starring: Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, Tom Courtney, Stanley Tucci, Cloris Leachman. Written by: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. Running Time: 89 mins Cert 12A Release date: 21st November 2012 The Coen brothers are, without doubt, the most exciting film making team around. Time after time they have produced inventive, sometimes courageous films….
Silver Linings Playbook
Director: David O. Russell Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker Written by: David O. Russell and (book) Matthew Quick Running Time: 122 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21st November 2012 Too often than not, the movies treat mental health issues in two ways: either as a form of ridicule…
Here Comes The Boom
Director: Frank Coraci Starring: Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Greg Germann, Joe Rogan Written by: Kevin James, Allan Loeb and Rock Reuben Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 9th November 2012 There is a written rule with reviewing films: never go into a film hating it before you start! That’s what happened…
The Sapphires
Director: Wayne Blair Starring: Chris O’Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell Written by: Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson Running Time: 103 mins Cert: PG Release date: 7th November 2012 If there is one country that produces surprise after surprise when it comes to cinema, it has to be Australia. Just look at…
Argo
Director: Ben Affleck Starring: Ben Affleck, Brian Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan. Written by: Chris Terrio and (based on the article) Joshuah Bearman Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 7th November 2012 A few years back, Ben Aff;eck was the toast of Hollywood. An Oscar winner starring in some…
Rust And Bone
Director: Jacques Audiard Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Celine Sallette Written by: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain and (story) Craig Davidson Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 2nd November 2012 There are a lot of people who fear International cinema. Their greatest fear is having to read subtitles. Maybe the fears should…
Room 237
Director: Rodney Ascher Starring: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan, Jay Weidner, Buffy Visick. Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th October 2012 The Shining is regarded as one of the best horror films of all time. You will find it in most best film lists. Strange, really, for a…
Excision
Director: Richard Bates Jr Starring: Annalynn McCord, Traci Lord, Ariel Ward, Roger Bart, John Waters, Marlee Matlin Written by: Richard Bates Jr Running Time: 81 mins Cert: 18 Released date: 28th October 2012 I have always had a problem with modern horror films. Very few of them really know what the meaning of the word…
Skyfall
Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Feinnes, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris Written by: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan and (based on the characters created by) Ian Fleming. Running time: 143 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th October 2012 Let me get this right out of the way….
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Director: Benh Zeitilin Starring: Quvenzhane Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Gina Montana. Written by Benh Zeitilin and (also based on her play Juicy and Delicious) Lucy Alibar Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th October 2012 Having been playing the festival circuits for quite a while now, Beasts of the Southern Wild finally arrives here…
Frankenweenie
Director: Tim Burton Starring: Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Landau, Winona Ryder, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer. Written by: John August, (based on a screenplay) Leonard Ripps and (based on an original idea) Tim Burton Running Time: 87 mins Cert: PG Release date: 17th October 2012 In 1984 a young film maker took a short animation…
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