Director: Lenny Abrahamson Starring: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleason, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, Francois Civil, Carla Azar Written by: Peter Staughan and (also based on his newspaper article) Jon Ronson Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 9th May 2014 Frank Sidebottom was a legend. Created by Chris Sievey, the papier-mache headed musician and comic…
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Sabotage
Director: David Ayer Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams, Terence Howard, Joe Manganiello, Josh Holloway Written by: Skip Woods and David Ayer Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 7th May 2014 Do you remember when a new film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was an event. A mix of mindless violence, exciting action, popcorn…
The Other Woman
Director: Nick Cassavetes Starring: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nicki Minaj, Don Johnson Written by: Melissa Stack Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 12A Release Date: 23rd April 2014 Before I get right into the rant that I feel coming on, I have to say that I know I don;’t fit the demographic…
Cuban Fury
Director: James Griffiths Starring: Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Olivia Colman, Ian McShane, Kayvan Novak, Rory Kinnear Written by: Jon Brown and (based on an original idea) Nick Frost Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 14th February 2014 To make the perfect comedy you have to get all the right ingredients: a…
Delivery Man
Director: Ken Scott Starring: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders, Andrezj Blumenfeld, Simon Delaney, Bobby Moyniham Written by: Ken Scott (based on the original screenplay “Starbuck”) and Martin Petit Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th January 2014 Watching Delivery Man is like the equivalent to eating a bag of sugar, a box…
Last Vegas
Director: Jon Turteltaub Starring: Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenbergen Written by: Dan Fogelman Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 3rd January 2014 Having big names in one movie can sometimes point to disaster, so I entered Last Vegas with a little trepidation. I needn’t have because what…
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
Director: Ben Stiller Starring: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Sean Penn, Kathryn Hahn Written by: Steve Conrad and (based on the short story) James Thurber Running Time: 114 mins Cert: PG Release date: 26th December 2013 Some people are ignorant. I’m sorry to have to say that but they are. I have…
Frozen
Directors: Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk Written by: Jennifer Lee, (story) Chris Buck, Shane Morris, (inspired by The Snow Queen) Hans Christen Andersen. Running Time: 108 mins Cert: PG Release date: 6th December 2013 Going to see a Disney animation of late…
Saving Mr Banks
Director: John Lee Hooker Starring: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Paul Giammati, Ruth Wilson, Bradley Whitford, Jason Schwartzman, B.J. Novak, Kathy Baker Written by: Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith Running Time: 125 mins Cert: PG Release date: 29th November 2013 Let me get this out-of-the-way right at the very beginning…I’m not a fan of…
One Chance
Director: David Frankel Starring: James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters, Colm Meaney, Mackenzie Crooks Written by: Justin Zackham Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 25th October 2013 Recently we have had a host of biopic: Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate, Diana in Diana and now the one we’ve all been waiting for…Paul…
Sunshine On Leith
Director: Dexter Fletcher Starring: Peter Mullins, Jane Horrocks, George MacKay, Antonia Thomas, Kevin Guthrie, Freya Mavor, Jason Flemyng Written by: (based on his stage play) Stephen Greenhorn Running Time: 100 mins Cert: PG Release date: 4th October 2013 Who would have thought that a musical based on the songs by Scottish band, The Proclaimers, and…
The Way, Way Back
Directors: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Starring: Liam James, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Sam Rockwell, Allison Janney, Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry, Amanda Peet Written by: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 29th August 2013 For most of the year I have been berating the state of American comedy…
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