Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Ralf Spall, Bill Hader Written by: Melissa Matheson and (based on the book) Roald Dahl Running Time: 117 mins Cert: PG Release date: 22nd July 2016 Steven Spielberg’s return to a more family friendly film is perfect for his talents. A…
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Star Trek Beyond
Director: Justin Lin Starring: Chris Pine, Zachery Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella Written by: Simon Pegg, Doug Jung and (based on the television series “Star Trek”) Gene Roddenberry Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 22nd July 2016 Back in 2009, when the reboot…
The Legend Of Tarzan
Director: David Yates Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Djimon Hounsou, Rory J. Saper Written by: (also story) Adam Cozad, Craig Brewer and (based on the ‘Tarzan’ stories) Edgar Rice Burroughs Running Time: 110 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 6th July 2016 Tarzan has been swinging across our screen since the silent…
Independence Day: Resurgence
Director: Roland Emmerich Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Jessie T. Usher, Maika Monroe, Sela Ward, William Fichtner, Judd Hirsch, Brent Spiner Written by: James Vanderbilt, (also story) Nicolas Wright, James A. Woods, (also story and based on the characters created) Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich Running Time: 120 mins Cert:12A Release date: 23rd…
Tale Of Tales
Director: Matteo Garrone Starring: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, Shirley Henderson, John C. Reilly, Hayley Carmichael, Babe Cave, Stacy Martin Written by: Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso and (based on the book) Giambattista Basile Running Time: 133 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th June 2016 Every once in a while, a film comes along that is so…
Gods Of Egypt
Director: Alex Proyas Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, Courtney Eaton, Geoffrey Rush, Elodie Yung, Bryan Brown Written by: Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless Running Time: 126 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th June 2016 It’s been quite a while when I have seen a decent so-bad-it’s-good movie but I think I’ve found it. From the director of The…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows
Director: Dave Green Starring: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Tyler Perry, Laura Linney, Stephen Amell, Noel Fisher, Jeremy Howard, Pete Ploszek, Alan Ritchson Written by: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, (based on the character created ) Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th May 2016 How is the best to describe…
Warcraft: The Beginning
Director: Duncan Jones Starring: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell, Ben Schnetzer, Robert Kazinsky, Clancy Brown Written by: Duncan Jones and Charles Leavitt (based on the Blizzard computer games, Warcraft) Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th May 2016 Fantasy films and stories are something I find very hard to relate…
Alice Through The Looking Glass
Director: James Bobin Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Rhys Ifans, Matt Lucas, Alan Rickman, Stephen Fry, Timothy Spall Written by: Linda Woolverton and (based on the books) Lewis Carroll Running Time: 113 mins Cert: PG Release date: 27th May 2016 It has taken six years for the…
X-Men: Apocalypse
Director: Bryan Singer Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Evan Peters, Olivia Munn, Sophie Turner Written by: (also story) Simon Kinberg, (story) Bryan Singer, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris Running Time: 144 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 18th May 2016 There is a scene half-way through X-Men: Apocalypse,…
Captain America: Civil War
Directors: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, William Hurt, Daniel Bruhl, Frank Grillo, Martin Freeman Written by: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFreely, (based on the comic book) Mark Millar,…
Midnight Special
Director: Jeff Nichols Starring: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Jaeden Lieberher, Adam Driver, Bill Camp, Scott Haze, Sam Shepard Written by: Jeff Nichols Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th April 2016 Midnight Special, the fourth film from independent filmmaker, Jeff Nichols, comes at you like a film stuck in the 1970’s. A…
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