Director: Francois Ozon Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Kristen Scott Thomas, Ernst Umhauer, Emmanuelle Seigner, Denis Menochet Written by: Francois Ozon and (play) Juan Mayorga Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th March 2013 How do International cinema do it? How can they take a simple tale and turn it into a triumph, full of…
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Director: Jon M. Chu Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Jonathan Pryce, Adiranna Palicki, Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Byung-hun Lee, D.J. Cotrona . Written by: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick Running Time: 110 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 23rd March 2013 Before I start, I want to make it absolutely clear that I liked G.I. Joe: Rise Of The…
Jack The Giant Slayer
Director: Bryan Singer Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Eleanor Tomlinson, Eddie Marsden, Ewan Bremner Written by: Darren Lemke, Christopher McQuarrie and David Dobkin Running Time: 114 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 22nd March 2013 Hollywood’s love for all things fairy tale continues with something quite different. instead of trying for a…
Compliance
Director: Craig Zobel Starring: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Philip Ettering, Ashlie Atkinson Written by: Craig Zobel Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd March 2013 The power of good cinema can be electrifying. It can make you emote like crazy. You can become so engrossed with the story that it will make you…
Identity Thief
Director: Seth Gordon Starring: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, John Cho, Robert Patrick Written by: Craig Mazin and (story) Jerry Eeten Running Time: 111 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22th March 2013 Melissa McCarthy was the woman who walked away with Brides Maids a few years ago. Her turn as the larger-than-life friend who…
Stolen
Director: Simon West Starring: Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston, Marin Akerman, Sami Gayle, Mark Valley Written by: David Guggenheim Running time: 96 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th March 2013 There are some films that fall into the category of “So Bad They’re Good” and Stolen, which sees the reteaming of director Simon West…
Welcome To The Punch
Director: Eran Creevy Starring: James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough, David Morrissey, Peter Mullan. Written by: Eran Creevy Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th March 2013 Britain aren’t known for action thrillers. We do costume dramas, whimsical romantic comedies and studies of urban life. If there’s a murder mystery, it’s usually in…
Red Dawn
Director: Don Bradley Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas Written by: Carl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore, (1984 screenplay) John Millius and Kevin Reynolds Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th March 2013 In 1984, when a group of youthful actors who the press named “The Brat Pack” were starring…
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Director: Don Scardino Starring: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Jim Carrey, Alan Arkin, James Gandolfini, Jay Mohr Written by: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, (story) Chad Kultgen and Tyler Mitchell Running Time: 100 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th March 2013 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone should have winner stamped all over it. A comedy…
Parker
Director: Taylor Hackford. Starring: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte, Wendell Pierce, Patti LuPone. Written by: John J. McLaughlin and (novel “Flashfire” by Donald E. Westlake. Running Time: 118 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th March 2013 Let me get this out in the open, right from the start. I am a big…
Broken
Director: Rufus Norris Starring: Tim Roth, Eloise Laurence, Cillian Murphy, Rory Kinnear, Denis Lawson, Bill Milner Written by: Mark O’Rowe and (novel) Daniel Clay Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th March 2013 Broken is one of those British films that comes out every so often that is so bleak, as you are…
Side Effects
Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Vinessa Shaw. Written by: Scott Z. Burns Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th March 2013 Steven Soderbergh has, since his debut back in 1989 with sex, lies and videotape, been a prolific and sometimes ground breaking film makers. Never once staying in…
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