12 Years A Slave
Director: Steve McQueen Writer: John Ridley Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lupita Nyong’o, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti Cert: 15 Running time: 133mins Year: 2013 The lowdown:…
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Last Vegas
Director: Jon Turteltaub Writer: Dan Fogelman Cast: Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen Cert: 12 Running time: 105mins Year: 2012 The lowdown: Imagine…
The Armstrong Lie
Director: Alex Gibney Writer: Alex Gibney Cert: 12 Running time: 122mins Year: 2013 The lowdown: Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney turns farce into fascination with The Armstrong Lie. Originally…
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Director: Ben Stiller Writer: Steve Conrad Cast: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, Shirley MacLaine, Patton Oswalt, Adam Scott Cert: PG Running time: 114mins Year: 2013 The lowdown: Unabashedly sentimental…
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Director: Peter Jackson Writer(s): Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Guillermo Del Toro Cert: 12 Running time: 161mins Year: 2013 The lowdown: If The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was…
Oldboy (2013)
Director: Spike Lee Writer: Mark Protosevich Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Imperioli Cert: 18 Running time: 104mins Year: 2013 The lowdown: After languishing in…
This Ain’t California
Director: Marten Persiel Writer(s): Marten Persiel, Ira Wedel Cert: 15 Running time: 90mins Year: 2012 The lowdown: When does one of 2013’s best documentaries become merely an interesting curio? …
Saving Mr Banks
Director: John Lee Hancock Writers: Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith Cast: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Bradley Whitford, Colin Farrell, Jason Schwartzman, B J Novak Cert: PG Running Time: 125mins…
Free Birds
Director: Jimmy Hayward Writers: Jimmy Hayward, Scott Mosier (screenplay). David I. Stern, John J. Strauss (story) Cast: Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, George Takei Cert: U Running Time: 91…
Carrie (2013)
Director: Kimberley Pierce Writer(s): Lawrence D. Cohen, Robert Aguirre-Sacasa Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Portia Doubleday, Gabriella Wilde, Ansel Elgort, Alex Russell, Judy Greer Cert: 15 Running time: 100mins…