If there is one genre that suffers from cliches, it has to be the courtroom drama. Real courts rarely have as much drama, as many extended monologues or as many over-the-top moments as they do in the movies. Yet, they fascinate and often get the blood pressure rising with their levels of excitement and enjoyment….
Tag: Tommy Lee Jones
Ad Astra
Director: James Gray Starring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Liv Tyler, Kimberly Elise, Loren Dean, Donnie Keshawarz, Sean Blakemore Written by: James Gray and Ethan Gross Running Time: 123 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 18th September 2019 In recent years, deep philosophical science fiction movies seem all the rage. From Gravity…
Men In Black: International
Director: F. Gary Gray Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson, Rafe Spall Written by: Matt Holloway, Art Marcum and (based on the characters created) Lowell Cunningham Running Time: 114 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th January 2019 Back in 1997, when everything Will Smith touched turned to gold…
Jason Bourne
Director: Paul Greengrass Starring: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed Written by: Paul Greengrass, Christopher Rouse and (based on the characters created) Robert Ludlum Running Time: 123 mins Cert; 12A Release date: 27th July 2016 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JqtBI1FNfo Bourne is back! Not the lacklustre replacement on from The Bourne Legacy…
The Homesman
Director: Tommy Lee Jones Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter, Meryl Streep Written by: Tommy Lee Jones, Kieran Fitzgerald, Wesley A. Oliver and (based on the novel) Glendor Swarthout Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 21st November 2014 The western genre is one that comes and goes….
Emperor
Director: Peter Webber Starring: Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune, Toshiyuki Nishida, Masayoshi Haneda Written by: Vera Blasi, David Klass and (based on the book by) Shiro Okamoto Running Time: 105 mins Cert: Release date: 4th October 2013 When dealing with history, the events after World War II seem less important than what happened during the war…
Lincoln
Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook. Written by: Tony Kushner and (based on the book) Doris Kearns Goodwin. Running Time: 150 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 25th January 2013 It’s the biggest nominated film this year with 12 from the Oscars and 10 from…
Hope Springs
Director: David Finkel Starring: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell, Jean Smart, Ben Rappaport. Written by Vanessa Taylor Running Time: 100 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th September 2012 It’s not often that I go to see a film and genuinely blush. This has all change since seeing the romantic comedy Hope Springs and…
