Polite Society is a unique new film you may never have heard of. A British film from first-time feature director Nida Manzoor, a film brimming with more ideas than most mainstream movies, that breaks the mould of stereotypes and manages to skillfully jump from one genre to another in the blink of an eye. You…
Tag: western
The Magnificent Seven
Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard Written by: Richard Wenk, Nic Pizzlatto, (based on the screenplay) Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni Running Time: 133 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 23rd September 2016 A few weeks back we had the laboured and incredibly dull remake of…
Bone Tomahawk
Director: S. Craig Zahler Starring: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, Lili Simmons, Evan Janigkeit, David Arquette. Written by: S. Craig Zahler Running Time: 132 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 19th February 2016 The western is a genre that has been with us since the birth of cinema (The Great Train Robbery being…
The Revenant
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Paul Anderson. Written by: Paul L. Smith, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and (based on part of the book) Michael Punke Running Time: 156 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 15th January 2016 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drMcGCTm55s There is an old saying about suffering for your art….
Slow West
Director: John Maclean Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Caren Pistorius, Rory McCann Written by: John Maclean Running Time: 84 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 26th June 2015 The western is a well-worn genre, so tackling it in this day and age, you have to bring something new to the table. So to take…
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….
A Million Ways To Die In The West
Director: Seth MacFarlane Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Giovanni Ribisi, Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Silverman Written by: Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 30th May 2014 I went into A Million Ways To Die In The West with high expectations. The follow-up movie for Seth MacFarlane after…
The Lone Ranger
Director: Gore Verbinski Starring: Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Helena Bonham Cart, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichter, Ruth Wilson Written by: Justin Haythe, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio Running Time: 149 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 9th August 2013 What is going on at Disney at the moment? They could do no wrong at one point. Now…
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…
Django Unchained
Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L.Jackson, Kerry Washington, Don Johnson. Written by: Quentin Tarantino Running Time: 165 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 18th January 2013 There has been a lot already written about Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Django Unchained. It has been accused of not taking the subject matter…
Casa De Mi Padre
Director: Matt Piedmont Starring: Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Genesis Rodrigeuz Written by: Andrew Steele Running Time: 84 mins Release date: 8th June 2012 (Spanish with English subtitles) You have to hand it to Will Ferrell. He doesn’t believe in just creating the same kind of comedy over and over again. It would…
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