NOAH Director: Darren Aronofsky Cast: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Douglas Booth, Anthony Hopkins, Leo McHugh Carroll, Nick Nolte Genre: Drama, Adventure Run Time: 140 mins “Survival at sea” movies seem to be making a comeback: over the last two years, we’ve seen Life of Pi and All is Lost, with Unbroken due later this […]
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Review – All Is Lost
ALL IS LOST Director:J.C. Chandor Cast: Robert Redford Genre:Drama, Adventure Run Time:106 mins At some risk of reprisal, allow me to say this: move aside Chuck Norris, Robert Redford is here to claim the title of all-American badass aged over-70. All Is Lost isn’t a documentary about obsessive fans of the J. J. Abrams television series with the […]
Review – Her
HER Director: Spike Jonze Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Pratt, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Spike Jonze, Sam Jaeger, Katherine Boecher, Rachel Ann Mullins, David Azar Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-fi Run Time: 126 mins A good forty-ish years ago, few imagined that a sizeable portion of the […]
Review – Hours
HOURS Director: Eric Heisserer Cast: Paul Walker, Genesis Rodriguez, Nick Gomez, Judd Lormand, Michelle Torres, Kerry Cahill, Shane Jacobsen Genre: Thriller, Drama Run Time: 97 mins It’s an often tragic fact of life that Mother Nature isn’t to be trifled with. Catastrophic disasters regularly rear their heads, wreaking unfathomable damage. Southeast Asia has just […]
Review – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY Director: Ben Stiller Cast: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, Sean Penn, Patton Oswalt, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Comedy Run Time: 114 mins Opens: 25 December 2013 Rating: PG This reviewer looked up a list of songs which contain […]
Review – The Counselor
THE COUNSELOR Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Dean Norris, John Leguizamo, Natalie Dormer, Rosie Perez, Richard Cabral, Sam Spruell Genre: Thriller, Drama Run Time: 118 mins Why do people swim with sharks? After all, sharks have a long-standing reputation as fearsome creatures, nature’s perfect […]
Review – Prisoners
PRISONERS Director: Denis Villeneuve Cast: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano Genre: Drama, Thriller Run Time: 152 mins We’ve seen many examples of the “Papa Wolf” archetype in cinema over the years, a character who transforms into an unstoppable force of nature after his child is hurt, […]
