Walking On Sunshine

Director: Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini Starring: Hannah Arterton, Annabel Scholey, Greg Wise, Leona Lewis, Giulio Berruti, Katy Brand Written by:  Joshua St Johnston Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 27th June 2014 Okay, stop me if you’ve heard this one before. There’s a holiday, could be the Greece Islands, no make it Italy and there’s…

Jersey Boys

Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen,  Vincent Piazza, Michael Lomenda, Johnny Cannizzaro, Christopher Walken, Steve Schirripa Written by: (Based on the musical book) Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Running Time: 134 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 20th June 2014 About 30 minutes into Clint Eastwood’s screen version of the smash hit Broadway and West End Show, Jersey…

Frozen

Directors: Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee Starring: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Alan Tudyk Written by: Jennifer Lee, (story) Chris Buck, Shane Morris, (inspired by The Snow Queen) Hans Christen Andersen. Running Time: 108 mins Cert: PG Release date: 6th December 2013 Going to see a Disney animation of late…

Sunshine On Leith

Director: Dexter Fletcher Starring: Peter Mullins, Jane Horrocks, George MacKay, Antonia Thomas, Kevin Guthrie, Freya Mavor, Jason Flemyng Written by: (based on his stage play) Stephen Greenhorn Running Time: 100 mins Cert: PG Release date: 4th October 2013 Who would have thought that a musical based on the songs by Scottish band, The Proclaimers, and…

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…

Rock of Ages

Director: Adam Shankman Starring: Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Catherine Ztea-Jones, Paul Giamatti, Malin Akerman. Written by: Justin Theroux, Chris D’Arienzo (also original musical book) and Allan Loeb Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 13th June 2012 I have a slight problem with musicals on film. For me,…