Director: Daniel Espinosa Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Olga Dihovichnaya, Ariyon Bakare Written by: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 24th March 2017 They say there are no original ideas in the movies anymore. The stories are borrowed from one source or another. Life doesn’t just borrow an idea,…
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Power Rangers
Director: Dean Israelite Starring: Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Banks, Bill Hader, David Denman Written by: John Gatlin, (story) Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney and (based on “Power Rangers” created) Haim Saban Running Time: 124 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 24th March 2017 It…
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…
Kong: Skull Island
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, Corey Hawkins, John Ortiz, Tian Jing, Toby Kebbell Written by: Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly and (story) John Gatins Running Time: 118 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 9th March 2017 The giant monkey boy is back! Since Hollywood…
Logan
Director: James Mangold Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Dafne Keen, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Eriq La Salle Written by: Scott Frank, Michael Green and (also story) James Mangold Running Time: 137 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st March 2017 For 17 years, one of Marvel’s most popular characters, The Wolverine, has…
Shut In
Director: Farren Blackburn Starring: Naomie Watts, Oliver Platt, Charlie Heaton, Jacob Tremblay, Crystal Balint, Alex Braunstein, David Cubitt Written by: Christina Hodson Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 24th February 2017 Shut In follows a long line of thrillers that use being trapped or locked in a building as a backdrop for scares,…
20th Century Women
Director: Mike Mills Starring: Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwin, Billy Crudup, Lucas Jade Zumann, Alison Elliott, Thea Gill Written by: Mike Mills Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th February 2017 It’s been six years since writer and director Mike Mills gave us the delightful yet moving Beginners, based on his own…
The Great Wall
Director: Yimou Zhang Starring: Matt Damon, Tian Jang, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Pedro Pascal, Hanyu Zhang, Lu Han, Kenny Lin Witten by: Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Tony Gilroy, (story) Max Brooks, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskowitz Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th February 2017 When acclaimed director Yimou Zhang is behind the…
John Wick: Chapter 2
Director: Chad Stehelski Starring: Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane, Ruby Rose, Common, Franco Nero, Laurence Fishburne, Claudia Gerini, John Leguizamo. Written by: (based on the characters created) Derek Kolstad Running Time: 122 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th February 2017 Back in 2014, John Wick was the surprise sleeper hit of that year, a full-on…
Fifty Shades Darker
Director: James Foley Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Kim Basinger, Marcia Gay Harden, Eric Johnson, Eloise Mumford, Bella Heathcote, Rita Ora, Luke Grimes. Written by: Niall Leonard and (based on the book) E.L. James Running Time: 118 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 10th February 2017 Ah, you cannot beat a love story to melt your…
Hidden Figures
Director: Theodore Melfi Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons, Kristen Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell Written by: Theodore Melfi, Allison Schroder and (based on the book) Margot Lee Shetterly Running Time: 127 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th February 2017 Watching Hidden Figures, the tale of the black…
Moonlight
Director: Barry Jenkins Starring: Alex Hibbert, Anston Sanders, Trevante Rhodes, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Janella Monae Written by: Barry Jenkins and (story) Tarell Alvin McCraney Running Time: 110 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th February 2017 It is universally accepted that when a film is depicting the struggles of a young black man living in a…
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