Thursday 22 March 2012

Films Released in the UK (23/3/12)

The Hunger Games
Directed by: Gary Ross
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Genre(s): Action, Drama, Sci-fi
Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match.

The Trouble with Bliss
Directed by: Michael Knowles
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Peter Fonda, Lucy Liu
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
A guy in his mid-thirties watches as his life comically unravels after he enters into a relationship with the daughter of a former high school classmate.

Act of Valour
Directed by: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh
Starring: Alex Veadov, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller
An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.

Wild Bill
Directed by: Dexter Fletcher
Starring: Charlie Crred-Miles, Will Poulter, Liz White
Genre(s): Drama
Out on parole after 8 years inside Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11 and 15 year old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves.

Agent Vinod
Directed by: Sriram Raghavan
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Malika Haydon
Genre(s): Action, Thriller
A series of seemingly unconnected events across the world leads to Agent Vinod undertaking a globe-trotting mission to discover why his colleague was murdered.

The Grind
Directed by: Rishi Opel
Starring: Jamie Foreman, Danny John-Jules, Zoe Tapper
Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
Vince is the nightclub manager of The Grind in Hackney, East London and having fought his way to a decent living and respectable lifestyle he is determined to settle down and take life easier. But will it be that simple?

Thursday 15 March 2012

Films Released in the UK (16/3/12)

21 Jump Street
Directed by: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube
Genre(s): Action, Comedy
A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.

We Bought A Zoo
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Starring: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Family
Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.

Contraband
Directed by: Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Caleb Landry Jones, Kate Beckinsale
Genre(s): Action, Crime, Drama
To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.

Lord Of The Dance 3D
Directed by: Marcus Viner
Starring: Michael Flatley
Genre(s): Musical
Tells a timeless story based on Irish folklore of good versus evil, & through the media of dance & music it is understood and appreciated by every culture.

The Devil Inside
Directed by: William Brent Ball
Starring: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth
Genre(s): Horror
In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.

Bill Cunningham New York
Directed by: Richard Press
Starring: Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Michael Kors
Genre(s): Documentary
A cinematic profile of the noted veteran New York City fashion photographer.

Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
Directed by: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Starring: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel
Genre(s): Crime, Drama
A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.

In Darkness
Directed by: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Agnieszka Grochowska
Genre(s): Drama, War
A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov.

Friday 9 March 2012

Films Released in the UK (9/3/12)

John Carter
Directed by: Andrew Stanton
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe, Lynne Collins
Genre(s):Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior.

The Raven
Directed by: James McTeigue
Starring: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans
Genre(s): Thriller
When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him from making his stories a reality.



This Must Be the Place
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch
Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
Bel Ami
Directed by: Declan Donnellan & Nick Ormerod
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Christina Ricci, Uma Thurman
Genre(s): Drama
A chronicle of a young man's rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city's most influential and wealthy women.

Cleanskin
Directed by: Hadi Hajaig
Starring: Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling
Genre(s): Thriller
Ewan (Sean Bean) is a secret service agent faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a suicide bomber and his terrorist cell.

Thursday 1 March 2012

Films Released in the UK (2/3/12)

This Means War
Directed by: Joseph Nichol (known as ‘McG’)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy
Genre(s): Comedy, Action, Romance
Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.








Wanderlust
Directed by: David Wain
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Malin Akerman
Genre(s): Comedy
Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.

Project X
Directed by: Nima Nourizadeh
Starring: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel
Genre(s): Comedy
3 high school seniors throw a birthday party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.

Hunky Dory
Directed by: Marc Evans
Starring: Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Danielle Branch
Genre(s):  Drama
In the heat of the summer of 1976, keen drama teacher Vivienne fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end of year music version of Shakespeare's The Tempest. To engage her students, she uses hits of the time, which will be performed by a fresh young cast led by rising star Aneurin Barnard.

Blank City
Directed by: Celine Danhier
Starring: Amos Poe, Ann Magnuson, Becky Johnston
Genre(s): Documentary
Take a trip back to a time when New York City wasn't all glitz and glamour as filmmaker Celine Danhier takes a look at the birth of "No Wave Cinema" and the vibrant art scene that exploded out of the East Village in the late 70s.

Breaking Wind
Directed by: Craig Moss
Starring: Heather Ann Davis, Eric Callero, Frank Pacheco
Genre(s): Comedy
A comedic spoof based on the Twilight Saga - The love triangle of mortals, vampires and werewolves must be cast aside when the beloved Bella is in danger. Again.