Director: Lee Daniels Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, Macy Gray, David Oyelowo, Scott Glenn. Written by: Lee Daniels and (also book) Peter Dexter. Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th March 2013 Don’t be fooled by the title. The Paperboy isn’t about a teenager who has to get up…
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Parker
Director: Taylor Hackford. Starring: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte, Wendell Pierce, Patti LuPone. Written by: John J. McLaughlin and (novel “Flashfire” by Donald E. Westlake. Running Time: 118 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th March 2013 Let me get this out in the open, right from the start. I am a big…
Side Effects
Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Vinessa Shaw. Written by: Scott Z. Burns Running Time: 106 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 8th March 2013 Steven Soderbergh has, since his debut back in 1989 with sex, lies and videotape, been a prolific and sometimes ground breaking film makers. Never once staying in…
Stoker
Director: Chan-wook Park Starring: Mia Wasikowski, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Ralph Brown. Written by: Wentworth Miller Running Time: 98 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 1st March 2013 There has been much excitement buzzing around this first English language film from the director of Oldboy. The trailer looks incredibly weird yet enticing, while…
Arbitrage
Director: Nicholas Jarecki Starring: Richard Gere, Tim Roth, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling, Laetita Casta, Nate Parker Written by: Nicholas Jarecki Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st March 2013 So you are looking at the titles of the latest releases, deciding what film to go and see. There’s a batch of new films…
Cloud Atlas
Directors: Tom Tykwer, Andy Waskowski, Lara Waskowski Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, Susan Sarandon, Hugo Weaving. Written by: Tom Tykwer, Andy Waskowski, Lara Waskowski and (book) David Mitchell Running Time: 172 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 22nd February 2013 In a season of extremely long films…
A Good Day To Die Hard
Director: John Moore Starring: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Yuliya Snigir, Radivoje Bukvic, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Written by: Skip Woods and (certain original characters) Roderick Thorp Running Time: 97 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th February 2013 It’s 25 years since John McClane first donned that grubby vest and single-handledly beat Alan Rickman in Nakatomi…
Bullet To The Head
Director: Walter Hill Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater, Sarah Shahi Written by: Alessandro Camon and (based on the graphic novel Du plomb dans la tête) Alexis Nolent. Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 1st February 2013 There seems to be a bit of an 80s action movie revival going on at the…
The Last Stand
Director: Jee-woon Kim Starring: Arnold Schwarenegger, Johnny Knoxville, Forest Whittaker. Luis Guzman, Jaimie Alexander Written by: Andrew Knauer. Running Time: 107 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 24th January 2013 Arnie’s back! Well, he hasn’t been too far away and has already guest starred in both The Expendables movies as well as Around The World In…
Zero Dark Thirty
Director: Kathryn Bigalow Starring: Jessica Chastain, Joe Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Mark Strong, Jennifer Ehle, Kyle Chandler. Written by: Mark Boal. Running Time: 157 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 25th January 2013 Zero Dark Thirty falls neatly into the category of a historical drama like Apollo 13 and All The President’s Men, where we all know…
Gangster Squad
Director: Ruben Fleischer Starring: Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sean Penn, Robert Patrick, Michael Pena Written by: Will Beall and (based on the book) Paul Liberman Running Time: 113 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th January 2013 While I was watching Gangster Squad in a 1/3 full cinema, one film kept popping into my…
Jack Reacher
Director: Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, Robert Duvall, David Oyelowo. Written by: Christopher McQuarrie and (book: One Shot) Lee Child Running Time: 130 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 26th December 2012 Before this even hit the sound stage, there was huge controversy surrounding it. How can diminutive Hollywood superstar Tom…
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