Director: Ben Palmer Starring: Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear, Ophelia Lovibond, Olivia Williams, Ken Stott, Harriett Walters, Sharon Horgan Written by: Tess Morris Running Time: 88 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th May 2015 Of all the genres out there, the romantic comedy seems to be the hardest one to get right. They are…
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Danny Collins
Director: Dan Fogelman Starring: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale, Josh Peck, Melissa Benoist, Nick Offerman Written by: Dan Fogelman Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th May 2015 If you were going to cast an actor to play the part of an aging rock star, you’d probably have…
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…
Far From The Madding Crowd
Director: Thomas Vinterberg Starring: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple Written by: David Nicholls and (based on the novel) Thomas Hardy Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 1st May 2015 When you are dealing with a novel like Thomas Hardy’s classic, Far From The Madding Crowd, you are never going…
A Little Chaos
Director: Alan Rickman Starring: Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Helen McCrory, Jennifer Ehle, Steven Waddington Written by: Jeremy Brock, Alison Deegan and Alan Rickman Running time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th April 2015 If I was to say to you that Alan Rickman’s second film as a director is about gardening,…
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: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAWBmmAEm9k 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…
The Water Diviner
Director: Russell Crowe Starring: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Yilmaz Erdogan, Deniz Akdeniz Written by: Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios Running Time: 111 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd April 2015 Winner of three Australian Oscars, including a tie for best picture (with The Babadook), Russell Crowe’s feature directorial debut is an assured and powerful drama centring on events after…
Cinderella
Director: Kenneth Branagh Starring: Cate Blanchett, Lily James, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard Madden, Stellan Skarsgard, Nonso Anozie, Derek Jacobi Written by: Chris Weitz Running Time: 105 mins Cert: U Release date: 27th March 2015 Who would have thought it? Who would have thought that a cynical, middle-aged film critic would be so utterly charmed by…
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Director: John Madden Starring: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Dev Patel, Bil Nighy, Richard Gere, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Tamsin Grieg, Penelope Wilton, Lillete Dubey Written by: Ol Parker Running Time: 122 mins Cert: PG Release date: 26th February 2015 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZHahpb8SI8 It was 2011 when we first met the gentle retirement folks who visited the Best Exotic…
Focus
Directors: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Starring: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro, BD Wong, Gerald McRaney Written by: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 27th February 2015 Can you believe that the last time we saw Will Smith, it was being all serious in the dire After Earth?…
Fifty Shades Of Grey
Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jaime Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Eloise Mumford, Marcia Gay Harden Written by: Kelly Marcel and (based on the novel) E.L. James Running Time: 125 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 13th February 2015 The most hyped movie of the year (it won’t be the last) has finally arrived and after being…
Testament Of Youth
Director: James Kent Starring: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Hayley Atwell, Dominic West, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson Written by: Juliette Towhidi and (based on the autobiography) Vera Britten Running Time: 129 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 16th January 2015 Based on the autobiography of writer Vera Brittain, Testament Of Youth is regarded highly by those who…
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