Director: Pedro Almodovar Starring: Javier Cámara, Pepa Charro, Lola Dueñas, Antonio de la Torre, Carlos Areces, Raúl Arévalo Written by: Pedro Almodovar Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd May 2013 Pedro Almodovar is one of Spain’s most famous sons; a film maker who has been at the top of his game since shaking the foundations of Spanish…
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Bernie
Director: Richard Linklater Starring: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman, Richard Robichaux Written by: Richard Linklater and (also based on his article in Texas Monthly) Skip Hollandsworth Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th April 2013 It has taken almost two years for Richard Linklater’s small-town black comedy to hit the…
Iron Man 3
Director: Shane Black Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley Written by: Shane Black, Drew Pearce, (based on the comic book by) Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby Running Time: 130 mins Cert 12A Release date: 24th April 2013 Marvel’s Iron Man 3 has a…
Love Is All You Need (Den skaldede frisør)
Director: Susanne Bier Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Kim Bodnia, Paprika Steen, Sebastian Jessen, Molly Blixt Egelind Written by: (and story) Anders Thomas Jensen and (story) Susanna Bier Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th April 2013 After a score of Danish and Scandinavian murder thrillers like the excellent The Killing, it’s nice to…
Evil Dead
Director: Fede Alvarez Starring: Jane Levy, Shoiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore Written by Fede Alvarez, Diablo Cody, Rodo Sayagues Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 19th April 2013 Most modern horror films leave me cold. They rely to much on the same old quiet, quiet, quiet, LOUD school of…
Olympus Has Fallen
Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Rick Yune, Dylan McDermott, Melissa Leo Written by: Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th April 2013 At the end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s, we had a heap of terrorist/hostage action thrillers following on the bandwagon…
The Place Beyond The Pines
Director: Derek Cainfrance Starring: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, Rose Byrne. Written by Derek Cainfrance, Ben Coccio and Darius Marden Running Time: 140 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th April 2013 Some reviews are very hard to write because you don’t want to give too much away and yet you…
Oblivion
Director: Joseph Kosinski Starring: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo Written by: Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt, (also comic book) Joseph Kosinski and (comic book) Arvid Nelson Running Time: 126 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th April 2013 Science fiction is a hard genre to handle. It can go any way. It can…
Spring Breakers
Director: Harmony Korine Starring: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine Written by: Harmony Korine Running Time: 94 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 5th April 2013 I am complete confusion here. Some hours after seeing Spring Breakers I still cannot decide whether I liked it or if it was the most repellant piece of exploitation I…
The Odd Life Of Timothy Green
Director: Peter Hedges Starring: Jennifer Garner, Joe Edgerton, CJ Adams, Dianne Wiest, David Morse, Ron Livingston, Odaya Rush Written by: Peter Hedges and (story) Ahmet Zappa Running Time: 105 mins Cert: U Release date: 5th April 2013 As the title suggests, The Odd Life Of Timothy Green is, well, odd. A fantasy tale from Disney…
Dark Skies
Director: Scott Stewart Starring: Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, Kaden Rockett, J.K. Simmons Written by: Scott Stewart Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd April 2013 There are several things to learn when watching trailers: they are made to make a film look inviting and interesting and they have all the best…
In The House (Dans La Maison)
Director: Francois Ozon Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Kristen Scott Thomas, Ernst Umhauer, Emmanuelle Seigner, Denis Menochet Written by: Francois Ozon and (play) Juan Mayorga Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th March 2013 How do International cinema do it? How can they take a simple tale and turn it into a triumph, full of…
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