Director: Steve Loter Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Lucy Liu, Mae Whitmore, Rosario Dawson, Thomas Lennon, Raven-Symoné Running Time: 76 mins Cert: U Release date: 12th December 2014 It’s hard to try and find time to catch every film that is released in this country and so I have to rely on some help. Mainly in the…
Tag: fantasy
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Richard Armitage, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lily, Lee Pace Written by: Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo Del Toro and (based on the book) J.R.R. Tolkien Running Time: 144 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th December 2014 It has been 13 years since…
Paddington
Director: Paul King Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Ben Whithaw, Julie Walters, Nicole Kidman, Peter Capaldi, Jim Broadbent. Written by: Paul King and (based on the books) Michael Bond Running Time: 95 mins Cert: PG Release date: 28th November 2014 Having spent the year in utter despair at the quality of populist entertainment produced by…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Director: Francis Lawrence Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore. Written by: Peter Craig, Danny Strong and (adaptation and novel “Mockingjay”) Suzanne Collins Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th November 2014 If you listen to any fans of the three books that make…
Interstellar
Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Wes Bentley Written by: Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan Running Time: 169 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 7th November 2014 Christopher Nolan has become one of those directors you genuinely look forward to watching his latest. He is certainly up there with Spielberg, Scorsese…
Horns
Director: Alexandre Aja Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Max Mingella, Joe Anderson, Heather Graham, David Morse Written by Keith Bunin and (based on the book) Joe Hill Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date 29th October 2014 You have got to give credit where credit is due. Daniel Radcliffe is trying his hardest to…
The Babadook
Director: Jennifer Kent Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Hayley McElhinney. Written by: Jennifer Kent Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 24th October 2014 Thank you, Jennifer Kent! For years I have done nothing but complain at the low standard of mainstream horror films coming out of Hollywood, in which we…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Director: Jonathan Liebesman Starring: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner, Alan Ritcher, Noel Fisher, Pete Ploszek, Jeremy Howard Written by: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Evan Daugherty, (based on characters created) Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman Running Time: 101 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th October 2014 Back in 1990, the first film based on the cartoon creations…
Dracula Untold
Director: Gary Shore Starring: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Art Parkinson, Charles Dance, Diarmaid Murtagh, Paul Kaye Written by: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless and (based on characters created) Bram Stoker Running Time: 92 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd October 2014 After years of having teenage girls screaming and swooning over the vampires of Twilight,…
The Maze Runner
Director: Wes Ball Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Blake Cooper Written by: Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, T.S. Nowlin and (based on the novel) James Dashner. Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th October 2014 There has already been a host of Young Adult books series…
The Boxtrolls
Director: Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, Simon Pegg, Elle Fanning, Isaac Hempstead Wright Written by: Irena Brignull, Adam Pava and (based on the novel “Here Be Monsters) Alan Snow Running Time: 95 mins Cert: PG Release date: 12th September 2014 Laika Entertainment could be looked upon as…
Lucy
Director: Luc Besson Starring: Scarlet Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-Sik Choi, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt Written by: Luc Besson Running Time: 89 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd August 2014 Luc Besson is the king of nonsensical, popcorn fodder action films. He knows exactly what works to keep an undemanding audience happy: a story that edges…
Stu Loves Film 