Director: Luke Greenfield Starring: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, James D’Arcy, Nina Dobrev, Keegan-Michael Key, Andy Garcia Written by: Luke Greenfield and Nicholas Thomas Running Time: 104 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 27th August 2014 Let’s Be Cops is one of those low-concept comedies about slackers who think they are invincible and can…
Tag: thriller
Lucy
Director: Luc Besson Starring: Scarlet Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-Sik Choi, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt Written by: Luc Besson Running Time: 89 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd August 2014 Luc Besson is the king of nonsensical, popcorn fodder action films. He knows exactly what works to keep an undemanding audience happy: a story that edges…
Blood Ties
Director: Guillaume Canet Starring: Clive Owen, Billy Crudup. Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, James Caan Written by: Guillaume Canet, James Gray, (based on the film “Les liens du sang”) Jacques Maillot, Pierre Chosson, Eric Veniard (and the novel “Deux freres, un flic, un truand”) Bruno Papet and Michel Papet Running Time: 127 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th August 2014 I went into…
Wakolda
Director: Lucía Puenzo Starring: Àlex Brendemühl, Natalia Oreiro, Diego Peretti, Florencia Bado, Elena Roger, Guillermo Pfening Written by: Lucía Puenzo Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 8th August 2014 Titles to movies can sometimes tell you everything. A bit like telling you the plot before you enter the cinema. Lone Survivor is a perfect example. It doesn’t leave too much to…
The Purge: Anarchy
Director: James DeMonaco Starring: Frank Grillo, Carmen Ejogo, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez, Zoe Soul Written by: (also based on the characters created) James DeMonaco Running Time: 103 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 25th July 2014 Last year saw the release of the high concept genre film, The Purge, a film that had a very intriguing central idea,…
3 Days To Kill
Director: McG Starring: Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen, Tómas Lemarquis Written by: Adi Hasak and (also story) Luc Besson Running Time: 117 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th June 2014 You can see what Kevin Costner has done. He’s looked at his career and then compared it to Liam Neeson and seen that…
22 Jump Street
Directors: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Peter Stormare, Wyatt Russell, Amber Stevens, Jillian Bell Written by: Oren Uziel, Rodney Rothman, (also story) Michael Bacall, (story) Jonah Hill, (based on the television show “21 Jump Street”) Patrick Hasburgh and Stephen J. Cannell Running Time: 112 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 6th…
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…
The Two Faces Of January
Director: Hossein Amini Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac, David Warshofsky, Daisy Bevan Written by: Hossein Amini and (based on the novel) Patricia Highsmith Running Time: 96 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 16th May 2014 I have said it once and I will say it again: it doesn’t matter how big the budget, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve got a good…
Sabotage
Director: David Ayer Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams, Terence Howard, Joe Manganiello, Josh Holloway Written by: Skip Woods and David Ayer Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 7th May 2014 Do you remember when a new film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was an event. A mix of mindless violence, exciting action, popcorn…
Blue Ruin
Director: Jeremy Saulnier Starring: Macon Blair, Amy Hargreaves, Devin Ratray, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb Written by: Jeremy Saulnier Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 2nd May 2014 Blue Ruin should be subtitled Blood Bath In Small Town America because this low budget independent thriller may not have the big names or big studio behind…
Transcendence
Director: Wally Pfister Starring: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara, Cole Hauser Written by: Jack Paglen Running Time: 119 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 25th April 2014 It is official. Transcendence is a total flop, both financially and critically. Having been universally panned, the audience in the States have…
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