Director: Alice Winocour Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant, Percy Kemp, Victor Pontecorvo Written by: Alice Winocour and (in collaboration) Jean-Stéphane Bron Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 25th March 2016 With the current popularity in European thrillers now swarming our television, it seems that cinema has been somewhat forgotten when it comes to dark, brooding dramas….
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Zootropolis
Directors: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Jared Bush Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Nate Torrence, Bonnie Hunt, J.K. Simmons, Don Lake Written by: (also story) Jared Bush, Phil Johnston, (story) Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Josie Trinidad, Jim Reardon, Jennifer Lee and (additional story material) Dan Fogelman Running Time: 108 mins Cert: PG Release date:…
High-Rise
Director: Ben Wheatley Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elizabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes, Dan Renton Skinner Written by Amy Jump and (based on the novel) J.G. Ballard Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th March 2016 Ben Wheatley should be celebrated as one of this country’s finest film…
London Has Fallen
Director: Babak Najafi Starring: Gerald Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Alon Aboutboul, Radha Mitchell Written by: Christian Gudegast, Chad St. John, (also story and based on the characters created) Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd March 2016 At last! A comedy that is genuinely laugh-out-loud funny. A film…
Secret In Their Eyes
Director: Billy Ray Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Dean Norris, Alfred Molina, Joe Cole Written by Billy Ray and (based on the film “El secreto de sus ojos”) Juan José Campanella. Running Time: 111 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th February 2016 This was always going to be a hard film to impress me, as the…
Triple 9
Director: John Hillcoat Starring: Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Woody Harrelson, Aaron Paul, Kate Winslet, Norman Reedus, Gia Gadot Written by: Matt Cook Running Time: 115 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 19th February 2016 Triple 9 has a lot going for it. A director who can certainly handle genre cinema. A cast of top-notch character…
The Survivalist
Director: Stephen Fingleton Starring: Michael McCann, Mia Goth, Olwen Fouere, Andrew Simpson Written by: Stephen Fingleton Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 12th February 2016 Films don’t necessarily need million dollar budgets to produce something gripping and unsettling. Take The Survivalist, a post-apocalyptic drama filmed in Northern Ireland that has a cast made…
A Bigger Splash
Director: Luca Guadagnino Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, Aurore Clement Written by: David Kajganich and (story) Alain Page Running Time: 124 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th February 2016 There are some films that define description. You sit and you watch and you become absorbed by its splendour and beauty, marvelling…
Spotlight
Director: Tom McCarthy Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian D’Arcy James, Stanley Tucci. Billy Crudup Written by: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy Running Time: 128 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 29th January 2016 Spotlight is a rarity. An adult film dealing with a lurid and shocking subject matter that never…
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Director: Francis Lawrence Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore. Written by: Peter Craig, Danny Strong and (adaptation and novel “Mockingjay”) Suzanne Collins Running Time: 137 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 19th November 2014 A couple of words of warning before stepping into the second part…
Spectre
Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Monica Bellucci, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, Dave Bautisa, Andrew Scott, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw Written by: Jez Butterworth, (also story) John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and (based on the characters created) Ian Fleming Running Time: 148 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th October 2015 From the…
Sicario
Director: Denis Villeneuve Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Daniel Kaluuya, Jon Bernthal Written by: Taylor Sheridan Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 9th October 2015 Any film that comes lauded with praise from critics and a film poster covered with 5 star comments is kind of heading for…
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