Director: Bradley Cooper Starring: Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Andrew Dice Clay, Sam Elliott, Anthony Ramon, Dave Chappelle, Alec Baldwin, Marlon Williams, Brandi Carlile Written by: Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, (based on a story) William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, (based on the 1954 screenplay) Moss Hart, (based on the 1976 screenplay) John Gregory Dunne,…
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Director: Ol Parker Starring: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Dominic Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Christine Baranski, Colin Firth, Cher, Julie Walters, Andy Garcia. Written by: (Also story) Ol Parker, (story) Richard Curtis, (also based on the original musical) Catherine Johnson, (originally conceived) Judy Craymer Running Time: 114 mins Cert: PG Release date: 20th…
The Greatest Showman
Director: Michael Gracey Starring: Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Austyn Johnson, Cameron Seely, Keala Settle Written by: Bill Condor and (also story) Jenny Bicks Running Time: 105 mins Cert: PG Release date: 26th December 2017 Entering into The Greatest Showman, we are offered visual delights and plenty of razzamatazz. Like the…
Beauty And The Beast
Director: Bill Condor Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Ewen McGregor, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Kevin Kline, Hattie Morahan, Stanley Tucci Written by: Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos. Running Time: 129 mins Cert: PG Release date: 17th March 2017 When La La Land was sweeping the boards at every award ceremony this…
Sing
Director: Garth Jennings and Christophe Lourdelet Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Targon Egerton, Tori Kelly, Jennifer Saunders Written by: Garth Jennings Running Time: 108 mins Cert: U Release date: 27th January 2017 Having endured the eternally happy-clappy Trolls, the thought of another musical animation based around a singing…
La La Land
Director: Damien Chazelle Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemary DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, Jason Fuchs, Tom Everett Scott Written by: Damien Chazelle Running Time: 128 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 12th January 2017 Sometimes, just sometimes, Hollywood gets the timing absolutely right. In a time of uncertainty and despair within the world, how perfect…
Moana
Directors: Ron Clement, Don Hall, John Musker and Chris Williams Starring: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jermain Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk Written by: Jared Bush, (story) Ron Clement, Don Hall, John Musker, Chris Williams, Pamela Ribon, Aaron Kendell and Jordan Kendell Running Time: 107 mins Cert: PG Release date: 2nd December…
Sing Street
Director: John Carney Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Kelly Thornton Written by John Carney Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th May 2016 We seem to be in a current nostalgic resurgence of the 80’s. We’ve had Eddie The Eagle, the anti-hero of ski jumping and we…
Pitch Perfect 2
Director: Elizabeth Banks Starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Hailee Steinfeld, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins Written by: Kay Cannon and (based on the characters created) Mickey Rapkin Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 15th May 2015 The surprise smash of 2012 was a small-scale comedy about a cappella groups. Now, the…
The Last Five Years
Director: Richard LeGravenese Starring: Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan Written by: Richard LeGravenese and (based on the musical play) Jason Robert Brown Running Time: 94 mins Cert: 12A Release date: Hailed as one of the best new musicals in years, I went into The Last Five Years with high expectations and once again, this is something…
Into The Woods
Director: Rob Marshall Starring: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp, Tracey Ullman Written by: (also musical) James Lapine and (musical) Stephen Sondheim Running time: 125 mins Cert: PG Release date: 9th January 2015 Take one of Broadway’s foremost musical king’s shows, with Disney backing and directed by the man…
Annie
Director: Will Glick Starring: Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Written by: Will Glick, Aline Brosh McKenna, (based on the stage play book) Thomas Meehan and (based on the comic strip) Harold Gray Running Time: 115 mins Cert: PG Release date: 20th December 2014 I went into the modern revamp of Annie with…
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