Director: Walter Hill Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater, Sarah Shahi Written by: Alessandro Camon and (based on the graphic novel Du plomb dans la tête) Alexis Nolent. Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st February 2013 There seems to be a bit of an 80s action movie revival going on at the…
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Flight
Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood, Melissa Leo Written by: John Gatins Running Time: 138 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st February 2013 Captain William “Whip” Whitaker is in control of a flight to Atlanta. Suffering from the night before, his actions are somewhat shocking to his co-pilot…
Hyde Park On Hudson
Director: Roger Mitchell Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson Written by: Richard Nelson Running Time: 94 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st February 2013 There are some films which, while you are watching it, you know that it’s only real reason for existing is to win…
Movie 43
Directors: Elizabeth Banks, Steve Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, Jonathan Van Tulleken. Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Anna Faris, Emma Stone, Richard Gere, Kate Bosworth, Justin Long, Uma Thurman, Kristen Bell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Grace Mortez, Gerard…
The Last Stand
Director: Jee-woon Kim Starring: Arnold Schwarenegger, Johnny Knoxville, Forest Whittaker. Luis Guzman, Jaimie Alexander Written by: Andrew Knauer. Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 24th January 2013 Arnie’s back! Well, he hasn’t been too far away and has already guest starred in both The Expendables movies as well as Around The World In…
Zero Dark Thirty
Director: Kathryn Bigalow Starring: Jessica Chastain, Joe Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Mark Strong, Jennifer Ehle, Kyle Chandler. Written by: Mark Boal. Running Time: 157 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 25th January 2013 Zero Dark Thirty falls neatly into the category of a historical drama like Apollo 13 and All The President’s Men, where we all know…
Lincoln
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook. Written by: Tony Kushner and (based on the book) Doris Kearns Goodwin. Running Time: 150 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 25th January 2013 It’s the biggest nominated film this year with 12 from the Oscars and 10 from…
Django Unchained
Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L.Jackson, Kerry Washington, Don Johnson. Written by: Quentin Tarantino Running Time: 165 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 18th January 2013 There has been a lot already written about Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Django Unchained. It has been accused of not taking the subject matter…
The Sessions
Director: Ben Lewin Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks Written by: Ben Lewin and (based on his article) Mark O’Brien Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th January 2013 There are some subject matters that, if handled badly by a film director, could be construed as being in…
Texas Chainsaw
Director: John Luessenhop Starring: Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Trez Songz, Scott Eastwood, Tania Raymonde Written by: Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan, Kirsty Elms, (story) Stephen Susco, (based on the characters created by) Tobe Hooper and Kim Henkel. Running Time: 92 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 4th January 2013 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is, in my books,…
Gangster Squad
Director: Ruben Fleischer Starring: Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Robert Patrick, Michael Pena Written by: Will Beall and (based on the book) Paul Liberman Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th January 2013 While I was watching Gangster Squad in a 1/3 full cinema, one film kept popping into my…
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…
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