Musician biopics usually follow the same pathway. Troubled singer/performer who has a hard upbringing, leading to an angst-ridden career that may involve drinks and or drugs, sometimes a little abuse towards the opposite sex. A Complete Unknown, the biopic about Bob Dylan, refuses to follow that line. Instead, it covers a small period in his…
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Frank
Director: Lenny Abrahamson Starring: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleason, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, Francois Civil, Carla Azar Written by: Peter Staughan and (also based on his newspaper article) Jon Ronson Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 9th May 2014 Frank Sidebottom was a legend. Created by Chris Sievey, the papier-mache headed musician and comic…
Non-Stop
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Starring: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery, Nate Parker, Lupita Nyong’o Written by: Ryan Engle, (also story) John W. Richardson and Chris Roach. Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 28th February 2014 How safe are our planes? After the events of 9/11, the security before and after we…
Killing Them Softly
Director: Andrew Dominik Starring: Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn. Written by: Andrew Dominik and (novel ‘Cogan’s Trade’) George V. Higgins. Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 21st September 2012 New Zealand film director Andrew Dominik has made three films: the brilliantly brutal Chopper (that introduced us to one…
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