Director: David MacKenzie Starring: Jack O’Connell, Ben Mendelsohn, Rupert Friend, Sam Spruell, David Ajala, Sian Breckin Written by: Jonathan Asser Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 21st March 2014 Prison dramas are a genre on their own. Usually filled with clichés and stereotypes, there seem to be more bad ones than good. In fact,…
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Veronica Mars
Director: Rob Thomas Starring: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Chris Lowell, Percy Daggs III, Tina Majorino, Enrico Colantoni, James Franco. Written by: Diane Ruggiero and (story and based on the characters created) Rob Thomas Running time: 107 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th March 2014 (also available On Demand) Confession time. I have never once watched…
Need For Speed
Director: Scott Waugh Starring: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Michael Keaton, Scott Mescudi, Ramon Rodriguez, Rami Malek Written by: George Gatins and (story) John Gatins Running Time: 130 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th March 2014 Here’s my review of Need For Speed. “Vhrooom! Vhroom! Screech! Vhroom! Crash! Screech!” That’s the whole sum of…
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director: Wes Anderson Starring: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abrahams, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, Tony Revolori Written by: Wes Anderson, (story) Hugo Guinness and (inspired by the works of) Stefan Zweig Running Time: 99…
300: Rise Of An Empire
Director: Noam Murro Starring: Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Rodrigo Santoro, Hans Matheson Written by: Zack Synder, Kurt Johnstad and (based on the graphic novel Xerxes) Frank Miller Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 7th March 2014 Those of you who caught up with my review of Zack Synder’s 2006…
Non-Stop
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Starring: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery, Nate Parker, Lupita Nyong’o Written by: Ryan Engle, (also story) John W. Richardson and Chris Roach. Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 28th February 2014 How safe are our planes? After the events of 9/11, the security before and after we…
The Book Thief
Director: Brian Percival Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Neilsse, Nico Liersch, Roger Allam Written by: Michael Petroni and (based on his book) Markus Zusak Running Time: 131 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th February 2014 (London only) 26th February 2014 (General release) I have invested a great deal of time in The Book Thief….
Nymphomaniac
Director: Lars Von Trier Starring: Charlotte Gainsbough, Stellan Skarsgard, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Uma Thurman, Willem DaFoe, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mia Goth Written by: Lars Von Trier Running Time – Vol 1: 118 mins Vol 2: 123 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 22nd February 2014 (One Night Stand) General release: 28th…
Tinker Bell And The Pirate Fairy
Director: Peggy Holmes Starring: Pamela Adlon, Angela Bartys, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Christina Hendricks, Tom Hiddleston Running Time: 78 mins Cert: U Release date: 14th February 2014 Every so often I open my pages to a young and exciting new voice in the world of film criticism and after doing such a wonderful job with…
Only Lovers Left Alive
Director: Jim Jarmusch Starring: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright Written by: Jim Jarmusch Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21 February 2014 After years of being the image of teenage romances, the vampire needed to return to a more mature audience and if there is one man…
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…
The Monuments Men
Director: George Clooney Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville Written by: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, (based on the book) Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 12A Release Date: 14th February 2014 The Monuments Men has everything going for it:…
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