Director: Marion Vernoux Starring: Fanny Ardent, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Chesnais, Jean-François Stévenin, Fanny Cottençon Written by: Marion Vernoux and ( also novel “Une jeune fille aux cheveux blancs”) Fanny Chesnel. Running Time: 94 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 20th June 2014 What do you do when you retire from a career that has taken over your life? Sit around moping? Find a new…
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The Fault In Our Stars
Director: Josh Boone Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern, Sam Trammell, Willem Dafoe. Written by: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber and (based on the book) John Green Running Time: 126 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th June 2014 John Green’s book The Fault In Our Stars has been taken under the wings by most teenage girls and…
Belle
Director: Amma Asante Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, James Norton, Tom Felton Written by: Misan Sagay Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 13th June 2014 It wasn’t long before the success of 12 Years A Slave would start rubbing off on other films. Six months…
Omar
Director: Hany Abu-Assad Starring: Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Iyad Hoorani, Samer Bisharat, Waleed Zuaiter Written by: Hany Abu-Assad Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 30th May 2014 Omar has taken a long time to reach the UK shores but its been well worth the wait. Winner of the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the…
Jimmy’s Hall
Director: Ken Loach Starring: Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Andrew Scott, Jim Norton, Brian F. O’Byrne Written by: Paul Laverty and (based on the play) Donal O’Kelly Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th May 2014 Director Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty have worked together for nearly twenty years and in that time…
Blended
Director: Frank Coraci Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kevin Nealon, Terry Crews. Written by: Ivan Menchell and Clare Sera Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 23rd May 2014 Adam Sandler. A man who, once upon a time, starred in a film called Punch Drunk Love. It wasn’t a massive success and some regarded it as just odd…
Pompeii
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson Starring: Kit Harington, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Browning, Kiefer Sutherland, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jared Harris, Jessica Lucas. Written by: Janet Scott Batchler, Lee Batchler and Michael Robert Johnson Running Time: 105 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th April 2014 Pompeii shouldn’t work. It’s directed by a man whose contribution to cinema has been…
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Director: Marc Webb Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Felicity Jones, Sally Field, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore Written by: (Screen story also) Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, (screen story only) James Vanderbilt, (based on the characters created) Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Running Time: 142 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 16th…
Yves Saint Laurent
Director: Jalil Lespert Starring: Pierre Ninety, Guillaume Gallienne, Charlotte Le Bon, Laura Smet, Marie de Villepin, Nikolai Kinski Written by: Jalil Lespert, Jacques Fieschi, Marie-Pierre Huster, Jeremie Guez and (based on the book) Laurence Be aim Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21st March 2014 To get the balance right for a good…
Only Lovers Left Alive
Director: Jim Jarmusch Starring: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright Written by: Jim Jarmusch Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21 February 2014 After years of being the image of teenage romances, the vampire needed to return to a more mature audience and if there is one man…
Cuban Fury
Director: James Griffiths Starring: Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Olivia Colman, Ian McShane, Kayvan Novak, Rory Kinnear Written by: Jon Brown and (based on an original idea) Nick Frost Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 14th February 2014 To make the perfect comedy you have to get all the right ingredients: a…
Her
Director: Spike Jonze Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johanssen, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pratt Written by: Spike Jonze Running Time: 126 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 14th February 2014 Her is one of those films that will divide the viewers. Some will think it’s the greatest thing since the last great thing and…
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