“Jason Bourne” (2016) Running Time: 117 minutes Director: Paul Greengrass Featuring: Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed CIA Director Robert Dewey: “Why would he come back now?” Good question! And the answer is believable – kind of… After nine years Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon finally reteam for …
“Lights Out” (2016) Running Time: 81 minutes Director: David F. Sandberg Featuring: Teresa Palmer, Maria Bello, Gabriel Bateman, Billy Burke, Alexander DiPersia Martin: "I’ve been sleeping with the lights on. Every time I turn them off there’s this woman, she doesn’t like the light." Its refreshing going to the movies and seeing a horror film that …
“45 years” (2016) Running Time: 95 minutes Director: Andrew Haigh Featuring: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, and Geraldine James Kate Mercer: “Its funny how you forget the things in life that make you happy.” This is the kind of adult drama that is becoming a rare commodity in the film world; it shares nothing but DNA …
“Law and Order: UK” – Series 3 & 4 Running Time: 630 minutes approximately Featuring: Bradley Walsh, Harriet Walker, Ben Daniels, Bll Paterson, Jamie Bamber, Freema Agyeman, Opening: "In the Criminal Justice System the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups. The police who investigate crime and the District Attorneys who prosecute …
“Star Trek Beyond” (2016) Running Time: 122 minutes Featuring: Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Sofia Boutella Bones: “You spent all this time trying to be your father, and now you're wondering just what it means to be you.” Depending on which way you count …
I am please to announce that "An Animated Guy" has been accepted into the ShortPole London International Film Festival in competition.
“Sing Street” (2016) Running Time: 106 minutes Director: John Carney Featuring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aiden Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor, Lucy Boynton Brendan: No girl can ever truly love a man who listens to Phil Collins. Inspired by semi-autobiographical experiences of the director John Carney “Sing Street” is possibly his best and most ambitious film …
“The Legend of Tarzan” (2016) Running Time: 109 minutes Director: David Yates Featuring: Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Djimon Honsou, Jim Broadbent Jane: He is no normal man. He was thought to be an evil spirit, a ghost in the trees. No man has ever started with less. Back in the …
Tale of Tales (2015) Running Time: 133 minutes Director: Matteo Garrone Featuring: Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson, From Matteo Garrone the acclaimed director of 2008s “Gomorrah” comes this collection of magical stories based around some albeit obscure Italian fairytales, that will leave you awash with stylistic flourishes not seen …
David Cronenberg Collection This newly released box set includes three horror movies films from director David Cronenberg. Presented in this box set are three of his earliest films Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977) and The Dead Zone (1983). The first two films are in fact the directors first two full length films made in Canada, and were …
“Fear and Loathing Las Vegas” (1998) Running Time: 118 minutes Directed by: Terry Gilliam Featuring: Johnny Depp. Benicio Del Toro, Tobey Maguire, Gary Busey, Katherine Helmond, Michael Jeter, Mark Harmon, Craig Bierko Raoul Duke: Lets get down to brass tacks. How much for the ape? This month sees the release on Blu-ray of the Terry …
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“Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb” (1964) Running Time: 95 minutes Directed by: Stanley Kubrick Featuring: Peter Sellers, Sterling Hayden, George C. Scott, Slim Pickens, James Earl Jones, Keenan Wyn President Merkin Muffley: Gentlemen, you cant fight in here! This is the War Room! The re-release this month …
The Hunting Ground (2015) Genre: Documentary Running Time: 103 minutes Directed by: Kirby Dick Director Kirby Dick (The Invisible War - an Oscar nominated documentary about rape in the US armed forces) confronts an issue that has been present on US University campuses for years and lifts the lid on how certain people in power …
CSI: Cyber – Season 1 (DVD) Running Time: 545 minutes Extras: CSI Episode “Kitty”, Deleted Scenes, Makings of, Commentaries and more… Featuring: Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, Peter MacNicol, Shad Moss, Charley Koontz, Hayley Kiyoko It was probably going to be inevitable that the CSI franchise was going to move into the 21st century …
“Me Before You” (2016) Running Time: 110 minutes Directed by Thea Sharrock Featuring: Emilia Clark, Sam Claflin, Janet McTeer, Charles Dance, Jenna Coleman Will Traynor: Live boldly. Push yourself. Don’t settle. "Me Before You"could have been just another weepy movie of the week about a formerly athletic guy trapped in a wheelchair, but it has …
“Warcraft” (2016) Running Time: 123 minutes Directed by Duncan Jones Featuring: Paula Patton, Toby Kebbell, Travis Fimmel, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Clancey Brown, Daniel Wu, Ruth Negga Durotan: I've led thousands of warriors into battle, but I fear being a father. Does that make me a leader, or a coward? Its hard to know what …
“Eye in the Sky” (2016) Running Time: 102 minutes Directed by Gavin Hood Featuring: Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul, Jeremy Northam, Barkhad Abdi Lt. General Frank Benson: Never tell a soldier that he does not know the cost of war. This is the second film to arrive about the use of drones in conflicts …
I am please to announce that the short documentary “An Animated Guy” has been selected for the May edition of the Largo Film Festival.
I am please to announce that the short documentary "An Animated Guy" has been selected for the May edition of the TMFF film festival.
Hi all just a quick podcast to say how the first Auckland screening went on Sunday at the Q Theatre. Remember the last screening is Wednesday 25th May at the Q Theatre on Queen Street at 4pm.
