Director: Kathryn Bigalow Starring: Jessica Chastain, Joe Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Mark Strong, Jennifer Ehle, Kyle Chandler. Written by: Mark Boal. Running Time: 157 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 25th January 2013 Zero Dark Thirty falls neatly into the category of a historical drama like Apollo 13 and All The President’s Men, where we all know…
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Lincoln
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook. Written by: Tony Kushner and (based on the book) Doris Kearns Goodwin. Running Time: 150 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 25th January 2013 It’s the biggest nominated film this year with 12 from the Oscars and 10 from…
Django Unchained
Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L.Jackson, Kerry Washington, Don Johnson. Written by: Quentin Tarantino Running Time: 165 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 18th January 2013 There has been a lot already written about Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Django Unchained. It has been accused of not taking the subject matter…
The Sessions
Director: Ben Lewin Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks Written by: Ben Lewin and (based on his article) Mark O’Brien Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th January 2013 There are some subject matters that, if handled badly by a film director, could be construed as being in…
Texas Chainsaw
Director: John Luessenhop Starring: Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Trez Songz, Scott Eastwood, Tania Raymonde Written by: Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan, Kirsty Elms, (story) Stephen Susco, (based on the characters created by) Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel. Running Time: 92 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 4th January 2013 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is, in my books,…
Gangster Squad
Director: Ruben Fleischer Starring: Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Robert Patrick, Michael Pena Written by: Will Beall and (based on the book) Paul Liberman Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th January 2013 While I was watching Gangster Squad in a 1/3 full cinema, one film kept popping into my…
Les Miserables
Director: Tom Hooper Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sasha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Redmayne Written by: (book) Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boubil, (lyrics) Herbert Kretzmer, (novel) Victor Hugo, (screenplay) William Nicholson and (additional text) James Fenton Running Time: 157 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 11th January 2013 For almost 30…
The Impossible
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona Starring: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Samuel Joslin, Oaklee Pendergast, Geraldine Chaplin Written by: Sergio G. Sanchez Running Time: 114 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st January 2013 The tragedy of the tsunami that hit Thailand on Boxing Day 2004 and killed an estimated 280,000 people was always going to be…
Quartet
Director: Dustin Hoffman Starring: Maggie Smith, Tom Courtney, Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon, Sheridan Smith Written by: Ronald Harwood (based on his play) Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st January 2013 Hollywood star Dustin Hoffman has been at the top of his game as an actor since the sixties when he…
Jack Reacher
Director: Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, Robert Duvall, David Oyelowo. Written by: Christopher McQuarrie and (book: One Shot) Lee Child Running Time: 130 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th December 2012 Before this even hit the sound stage, there was huge controversy surrounding it. How can diminutive Hollywood superstar Tom…
Pitch Perfect
Director: Jason Moore Starring: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Camp, Skylar Astin. Written by: Kay Cannon and (book) Mickey Rapkin. Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 21st December 2012 A few years ago, a US TV show stormed the network and the world and became flavour…
Life Of Pi
Director: Ang Lee Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Gerard Depardieu, Tabu Written by: David Magee and (book) Yann Martel Running Time: 127 mins Cert: PG Release date: 20th December 2012 Cinema is often accused, by elitists, as just entertainment for the masses and is ignored as an art form. In some cases, this…
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