Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Pena, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan Written by: Drew Goddard and (based on the novel) Andy Weir Running Time: 141 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th September 2015 After quite a few bum notes making epic dramas (and the least…
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Director: Wes Ball Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aiden Gillen, Patricia Clarkson, Ki Hong Lee Written by: T.S. Nowlin and (based on the novels) James Dashner Running Time: 131 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 10th September 2015 Last year I was a huge champion of the YA dystopian drama, The Maze Runner. Even…
Legend
Director: Brian Helgeland Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Christopher Eccleston, David Thewlis, Taron Egerton, Chazz Palminteri Written by Brian Helgeland and (based on the book “The Profession of Violence”) John Pearson Running Time: 131 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 9th September 2015 There has been a continuous fascination with Ronnie and Reggie Kray, the twin brothers…
Hitman: Agent 47
Director: Aleksander Bach Starring: Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zackery Quinto, Ciaran Hinds, Thomas Kretschman Written by: Michael Finch and (also story) Skip Woods Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 28th August 2015 Films based on computer games have always been problematic. What may be exciting when played by an individual, doesn’t always translate to the…
The Man From U.N.C.L.E
Director: Guy Ritchie Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Hugh Grant, Jared Harris Written by: (also story) Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram, (story) Jeff Kleeman, David Campbell Wilson and (based on the television series) Sam Rolfe Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th August 2015 Guy Ritchie’s career has been one of…
The Gift
Director: Joe Edgerton Starring: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joe Edgerton, Allison Tolman, Tim Griffin, Adam Lazarre-White Written by: Joe Edgerton Running Time: 108 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 7th August 2015 Well done, Joe Edgerton. In a time when thrillers are less than thrilling and in which they mainly treat the audiences as idiots, thankfully…
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Director: Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Alec Baldwin, Simon Harris, Simon McBurney, Tom Hollander Written by: (also story) Christopher McQuarrie, (story) Drew Pearce and (based on the TV series) Bruce Geller Running Time: 131 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 30th July 2015 You know that a film…
True Story
Director: Rupert Goold Starring: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Maria Dizzia, Ethan Suplee, Gretchen Mol, Robert John Burke Written by: Rupert Goold, David Kajganich and (based on the novel) Michael Finkle. Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th July 2015 Stories about killers recounting the events have always been fascinating in a…
Self/less
Director: Tarsem Singh Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Ben Kingsley, Matthew Goode, Natalie Martinez, Victor Garber, Derek Luke Written by: David Pastor and Alex Pastor Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 17th July 2015 I am very frustrated with Self/less. Here we have a film with an interesting premise that no one has a clue…
Terminator Genisys
Director: Alan Taylor Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, J.K. Simmons, Matt Smith Written by: Laeta Kalogridis, Patrick Lussier, (based on the characters created) james Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd. Running Time: 125 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 2nd July 2015 It’s been six years since the last Terminator film, Terminator: Salvation…
Knock Knock
Director: Eli Roth Starring: Keanu Reeves, Lorenza Izzo, Ana de Armas, Ignacia Allamand, Aaron Burns, Colleen Camp Written by: Eli Roth, Guillermo Amoedo and Nicholas Lopez Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 26th June 2015 It has to be said that the expectations for this film were very low. Firstly, the director, Eli…
Survivor
Director: James McTeigue Starring: Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster. Written by Philip Shelby Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 5th June 2015 A note to the film makers: please can we have a spin-off movie. Not with the main characters, or using the same situation. No, can we…
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