Director: Declan Lowney Starring: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Tim Key, Felicity Montagu, Nigel Lindsay Written by: Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Armando Iannucci Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 7th August 2013 Once upon a time there was a period when British cinema only seemed to produce movie…
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The Smurfs 2
Director: Raja Gosnell Starring: Hank Azaira, Neil Patrick Harris, Brandon Gleeson, Jayma Mays, Katy Perry, Alan Cummings, Jonathan Winters Written by: J. David Stern, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick, David Ronn and Karey Kirkpatrick Running Time: 105 mins Cert: U Release date: 31st July 2013 La. La. La la la la. Its a happy smurf-day…
The Conjuring
Director: James Wan Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor, Shanley Caswell Written by: Chad Hayes and Carey Hayes Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 2nd August 2013 Those who read my blog will know that I’m not a great lover of modern horrors, preferring my thrills from films of the…
Red 2
Director: Dean Parisot Starring: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung-hun Lee Written by: Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, (based on the characters created by) Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 2nd August 2013 The mildly successful 2010 action comedy RED was a…
The Heat
Director: Paul Feig Starring: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rappaport, Jane Curtain Written by: Katie Dippold Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 31st July 2013 There was a time in the 80s when the cinemas were full of buddy buddy cop thrillers, from Lethal Weapon to Red Heat, 48 Hrs…
Blackfish
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite Starring: Kim Ashdown, Ken Balcomb, Samantha Berg, Dawn Brancheau Written by: Gabriela Cowperthwaite and Eli B. Despres Running Time: 83 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th July 2013 Documentaries are increasingly getting stronger and stronger when it comes to cinematic art forms. Already this year we have had three exceptional documentaries: Side By Side,…
The Wolverine
Director: James Mangold Starring: Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen, Will Yun Lee, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Rila Fukushima, Tao Okamoto, Hiroyuki Sanada. Written by: Christopher McQuarrie, Scott Frank, Mark Bomback Running Time: 126 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 25th July 2013 After crashing with an almighty smash after the last time he appeared in a film (not including his brief-blink-and-you’ll-miss-him cameo in X-Men: First Class) the film…
The World’s End
Director: Edgar Wright Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsden, Rosamund Pike Written by: Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th July 2013 When you have made two outstanding and incredibly popular comedies like Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, the level of…
Monsters University
Director: Dan Scanlon Starring: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Sean Hayes, Nathan Fillion. Written by: Daniel Gerson, Dan Scanlon and Robert L. Baird. Running Time: 104 mins Cert: U Release date: 12th July 2013 I am a huge fan of Monsters Inc. I don’t think there are many who aren’t….
Pacific Rim
Director: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman Written by: Guillermo del Toro and (also story) Travis Beacham Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th July 2013 A few weeks ago I wrote a review about Man Of Steel, in which I complained that the…
The Bling Ring
Director: Sofia Coppola Starring: Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Leslie Mann, Claire Julien, Taissa Farmiga Written by: Sofia Coppola and (based on the Vanity Fair article “The Suspect Wore Louboutins” ) Nancy Jo Sales. Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th July 2013 Sofia Coppola’s much talked about film The Bling Ring…
A Field In England
Director: Ben Wheatley Starring: Michael Smiley, Julian Barrett, Reece Shearsmith, Peter Ferdinando, Ryan Pope, Richard Glover Written by: Amy Jump Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 5th July 2013 A Field In England is a first. The first time a film has simultaneously been released in the cinema, available online and on DVD as…
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