Dungeons And Dragons: Honour Among Thieves

If the first blockbuster (usually released during the Easter season) is good, then the rest of the year will have some decent films to enjoy. Last year, we had Ambulance and Morbius, and, as we know, the movie last year wasn’t up to much of a high standard. Going into Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among…

Moonfall

Director: Roland Emmerich Starring: Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Pena, Donald Sutherland, Charlie Plummer, Carolina Bartczak Written by: Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser and Spenser Cohen Running Time: 130mins Cert: 12A Release date: 4th February 2022 Roland Emmerich must hate the Earth. All he wants to do is destroy it, and he has tried…

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Director: Malcolm D. Lee Starring: LeBron James, Zendaya, Don Cheadle, Cedric Joe, Khris Davis Written by: Jesse Gordon, Celeste Ballard, (also story) Juel Taylor, Tony Rettenmaier, Keenan Coogler, Terence Nance, (based on the movie “Space Jam”) Thomas Harris, Steve Rudnick, Herschel Weingrod and Leo Benvenuti Running Time: 115 mins Cert: U Release date: 16th July…

1917

Director: Sam Mendes Starring: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Colin Firth, Andrew Scott, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden, Daniel Mays, Adrian Scarborough Written by: Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th January 2020 There are some films that you admire, maybe because of the acting, the costumes, how…

The Levelling

Director: Hope Dickson Leach Starring: Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden, Joe Blackmore,  Joe Attewell Written by: Hope Dickson Leach Running Time: 83 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th May 2017 With all those huge blockbusters around that are loud and rely on expensive special effects, The Levelling stands out. This is a film that…

Gods Of Egypt

Director: Alex Proyas Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler, Courtney Eaton, Geoffrey Rush, Elodie Yung, Bryan Brown Written by: Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless Running Time: 126 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th June 2016 It’s been quite a while when I have seen a decent so-bad-it’s-good movie but I think I’ve found it. From the director of The…

The Forest

Director: Jason Zada Starring: Natalie Dorman, Taylor Kinney, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Noriko Sakura, Eoin Macken Written by: Nick Antosca, Sarah Cornwall and Ben Ketai Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th February 2016 If you go down to the woods today, you may be in for a bit of a bore. For The Forest, with all its…

Last Knights

Director: Kazuaki Kiriya Starring: Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Cliff Curtis Written by: Michael Konyves and Dove Sussman Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th April 2015 A snowy backdrop where it never seems to end with the constantly falling white stuff. The clanking of metal against metal. Men walking in slow motion while…

X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Director: Bryan Singer Starring: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, Halle Berry, Nicholas Hoult, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage Written by: (also story) Simon Kinberg, (story) Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn Running Time: 131 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 22nd May 2014 The X-Men movies have always been more than…

Pompeii

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Starring: Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jared Harris, Jessica Lucas. Written by: Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler and Michael Robert Johnson Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th April 2014 Pompeii shouldn’t work. It’s directed by a man whose contribution to cinema has been…