Director: James DeMonaco Starring: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, Max Burkholder, Edwin Hodge, Rhys Wakefield Written by James DeMonaco Running Time: 85 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 31st May 2013 Isn’t it annoying when a premise comes along that sounds really interesting and then you see the movie and that premise is kind of…
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Deadfall
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky Starring: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek, Kris Kristofferson, Kate Mara, Treat Williams Written by: Zach Dean Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 10th May 2013 Dead is a total curiosity. Advertised as an out-and-out action thriller, the type you’d expect to find on any DVD shelf among the other low grade thrillers, it is…
Star Trek Into Darkness
Director: J.J. Abrams Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumerbatch, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Alice Eve Written by: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof and (based on the characters created by) Gene Roddenberry Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 12A Release Date: 9th May 2013 Four years after the first reboot and newly appointed…
Dead Man Down
Director: Niels Arden Oplev Starring: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper, Terence Howard, Isabelle Huppert, Luis De La Silva Jr. Written by: J.H. Wyman Running Time: 118 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 3rd May 2013 Never judge a book by its cover. The same applies to movies. I went into Dead Man Down, a revenge…
Evil Dead
Director: Fede Alvarez Starring: Jane Levy, Shoiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore Written by Fede Alvarez, Diablo Cody, Rodo Sayagues Running Time: 91 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 19th April 2013 Most modern horror films leave me cold. They rely to much on the same old quiet, quiet, quiet, LOUD school of…
Olympus Has Fallen
Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Rick Yune, Dylan McDermott, Melissa Leo Written by: Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt Running Time: 120 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 17th April 2013 At the end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s, we had a heap of terrorist/hostage action thrillers following on the bandwagon…
The Place Beyond The Pines
Director: Derek Cainfrance Starring: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, Rose Byrne. Written by Derek Cainfrance, Ben Coccio and Darius Marden Running Time: 140 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 12th April 2013 Some reviews are very hard to write because you don’t want to give too much away and yet you…
Spring Breakers
Director: Harmony Korine Starring: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine Written by: Harmony Korine Running Time: 94 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 5th April 2013 I am complete confusion here. Some hours after seeing Spring Breakers I still cannot decide whether I liked it or if it was the most repellant piece of exploitation I…
Trance
Director: Danny Boyle Starring: James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Danny Sapani, Matt Cross, Wahab Sheikh, Tuppence Middleton Written by: Joe Ahearne and John Hodge Running time: 101 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 27th March 2013 Danny Boyle is a national treasure. After pulling off the greatest Olympic opening ceremony, he is back where he…
Stolen
Director: Simon West Starring: Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston, Marin Akerman, Sami Gayle, Mark Valley Written by: David Guggenheim Running time: 96 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 20th March 2013 There are some films that fall into the category of “So Bad They’re Good” and Stolen, which sees the reteaming of director Simon West…
Welcome To The Punch
Director: Eran Creevy Starring: James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough, David Morrissey, Peter Mullan. Written by: Eran Creevy Running Time: 99 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th March 2013 Britain aren’t known for action thrillers. We do costume dramas, whimsical romantic comedies and studies of urban life. If there’s a murder mystery, it’s usually in…
Red Dawn
Director: Don Bradley Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas Written by: Carl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore, (1984 screenplay) John Millius and Kevin Reynolds Running Time: 93 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th March 2013 In 1984, when a group of youthful actors who the press named “The Brat Pack” were starring…
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