Director: J.C. Chandor Starring: Robert Redford Written by: J.C. Chandor Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th December 2013 What is it with Hollywood and leaving people stranded. Not two months have passed since we were floating around in space with Sandra Bullock in Gravity but now we are in another vast area,…
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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…
Moshi Monsters: The Movie
Directors: Wip Vernooij and Morgan Francis Starring: Phillipa Alexander, Steve Cleverley, Rajesh David, Boris Hiestand, Tom Clarke Hill Written by: Steve Cleverley and Jocelyn Stevenson Running Time: 81 mins Cert: U Release date: 20th December 2013 As you may realise and know, there are so many films being released each week now, that it’s almost…
American Hustle
Director: David O. Russell Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K. Written by: David O. Russell and Eric Singer Running Time: 138 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 20th December 2013 I first encountered the work of David O. Russell way back in 1996 with the black comedy, Flirting With…
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Director: Adam MacKay Starring: Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Christina Applegate, James Marsden, Meagan Good, Kristen Wiig Written by: Will Ferrell and Adam MacKay Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th December 2013 Nine years. Nine long years we have waited for a sequel to one of the biggest, funniest…
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellan, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry Written by: Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Guillermo del Toro and (based on the novel The Hobbit) J.R.R Tolkien Running Time: 161 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 13th December 2013 Can you…
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…
Kill Your Darlings
Director: John Krokidas Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jack Hudson, Ben Foster, Elizabeth Olsen, Ben Cross, Jennifer Jason Leigh Written by: Austin Bunn and John Krokidas Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th December 2013 The moment I saw this film I knew that the press would have a field…
Carrie
Director: Kimberley Peirce Starring: Chloe Grace Mortez, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Gabriella Wilde, Portia Doubleday Written by: Lawrence D. Cohen, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and (based on his novel) Stephen King Running Time: 100 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th November 2013 Before I start this review, I have to say that Brian De Palma’s 1976 horror…
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…
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Director: Francis Lawrence Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Stanley Tucci Written by: Simon Beaufoy, Michael Arndt and (based on the novel Catching Fire) Suzanne Collins Running Time: 146 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 21st November 2013 For me, the first Hunger Games film, based on the…
Don Jon
Director: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johanssen, Julianne Moore, Glenne Headly, Tony Danza Written by: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 15th November 2013 Joseph Gordon-Levitt has never shied away from difficult subjects in his movies and so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut, of his own script, deals…
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