Morning! Another windy and gloomy day. Plenty of films on TV today so I am sure there’s will be something for you to enjoy. Stay safe, look after yourself and Happy Sunday! AMAZON PRIME THE PERFECT STORM (12) Starring: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Diane Lane, Karen Allen Action, adventure, drama An unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial…
Tag: love story
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
Director: Céline Sciamma Starring: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino Written by: Céline Sciamma Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 28th February 2020 Chemistry is an essential aspect of a love story. Get that wrong, and the film will flop. That’s not the case for Céline Sciamma’s stunningly beautiful Portrait of…
What Love Looks Like
Director: Alex Magaña Starring: Josh Gilmer, Kate Durocher, Taylor Alexa Frank, Connor Wilkins, Nathan Kohnen, Jamie Shelnitz, Gabriella Wisdom, Kyle Meck, Jack Menzies, Ana Ming Bostwick Singer, Ashley Rose McKenna Written by Alex Magaña Running Time: 89 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19 January 2020 (USA) Available on Amazon Prime Romances are notoriously challenging to…
Emma.
Director: Autumn de Wilde Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Miranda Hart, Mia Goth, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Rupert Graves, Gemma Whelan, Amber Anderson Written by: Eleanor Catton and (based on the novel) Jane Austen Running Time: 125 mins Cert: U Release date: 14th February 2020 The world of Jane Austen has always been…
The Aftermath
Director: James Kent Starring: Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgard, Jason Clarke, Martin Compston, Kate Phillips, Flora Thiemann, Jannik Schumann Written by: Anna Waterhouse, Joe Shrapnel and (also based on the novel) Rhidian Brook Running Time: 108 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st March 2019 When you look at the poster for The Aftermath (see above), you…
If Beale Street Could Talk
Director: Barry Jenkins Starring: Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Aunjanue Ellis Written by: Barry Jenkins and (based on the book) James Baldwin Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th February 2019 I have always said that if I go into a film with high expectations, I…
Love, Simon
Director: Greg Berlanti Starring: Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Keiynan Lonsdale, Jorge Lendeborg Jr, Tony Hale, Natasha Rothwell Written by: Elizabeth Berger, Isaac Aptaker and (based on the novel “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda”) Becky Albertalli Running Time: 110 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 6th April 2018 Love, Simon is…
The Shape of Water
Director: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlberg, Doug Jones, David Hewlett, Nick Searcy Written by: Vanessa Taylor and (also story) Guillermo Del Toro Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 14th February 2018 One of the reasons I love cinema is that sometimes it can produce…
Battle Of The Sexes
Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Starring: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Elisabeth Shue, Natalie Morales, Eric Christian Olsen Written by: Simon Beaufoy Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 24th November 2017 Early 1970’s and the rise of Women’s Liberation was becoming more prominent as women…
Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
Director: Paul McGuigan Starring: Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Kenneth Cranham, Stephen Graham, Vanessa Redgrave, Francis Barber, Leanne Best, Tom Brittney Written by: Matt Greenhalgh and (based on the memoirs) Peter Turner Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th November 2017 For most people, Gloria Grahame is a name they may never…
Breathe
Director: Andy Serkis Starring: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander, Hugh Bonneville, Stephen Mangan, Diana Rigg, Edward Speleers, Jonathan Hyde, Amit Shah Written by: William Nicholson Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 27th October 2017 When I think of the illness of Polio, I immediately think of punk guru Ian Dury. Which is…
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…
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