Thrillers are often hard to handle, whether they are too contrived to be believable or too ridiculous to be plausible. Echo Valley, from the writer of the Kate Winslet drama Mare of Easttown and the director of Beast, starts off way too contrived, but thanks to a strong script, direction and a brilliant lead performance,…
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Lee
You can tell we are heading into the autumn and the awards seasons when serious, more mature movies start hitting our screens. Having months of lightweight blockbusters aimed at the young and young at heart is turning towards films dealing with issues or stories that will attract an older audience. The first is Lee, a…
The Mountain Between Us
Director: Hany Abu-Assad Starring: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges, Dermot Mulroney, Linda Sorensen Written by: Chris Weitz, J. Miles Goodloe and (based on the novel) Charles Martin Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 6th October 2017 The Mountain Between Us is a first. It’s the first disaster-survival-romance movie. Yet no matter where it…
Collateral Beauty
Director: David Finkel Starring: Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, Keira Knightley, Michael Pena, Naomie Harris, Jacob Latimore Written by: Alan Loeb Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th December 2016 Christmas time! A time to be jolly! That’s one thing you won’t feel if you view Collateral Beauty, a mawkish,…
Triple 9
Director: John Hillcoat Starring: Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Woody Harrelson, Aaron Paul, Kate Winslet, Norman Reedus, Gia Gadot Written by: Matt Cook Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th February 2016 Triple 9 has a lot going for it. A director who can certainly handle genre cinema. A cast of top-notch character…
A Little Chaos
Director: Alan Rickman Starring: Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory, Jennifer Ehle, Steven Waddington Written by: Jeremy Brock, Alison Deegan and Alan Rickman Running time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th April 2015 If I was to say to you that Alan Rickman’s second film as a director is about gardening,…
Insurgent
Director: Robert Schwentke Starring: Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller, Naomi Watts, Jai Courtney Written by: Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, Mark Bomback and (based on the novel) Veronica Roth Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th March 2015 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suZcGoRLXkU Released last year, Divergent was another YA dystopia drama that I…
Movie 43
Directors: Elizabeth Banks, Steve Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, Jonathan Van Tulleken. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Anna Faris, Emma Stone, Richard Gere, Kate Bosworth, Justin Long, Uma Thurman, Kristen Bell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Grace Mortez, Gerard…
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