Fullmetal Alchemist (2017) Director: Fumihiko Sori Screenwriters: Fumihiko Sori, Takeshi Miyamoto Starring: Ryôsuke Yamada, Tsubasa Honda, Dean Fujioka, Ryûta Satô, Misako Renbutsu, Yô Ôizumi Nothing gives me The Fear quite like the announcement of an anime live-action adaptation. So when it was publicised that ‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ was the latest victim in line for the guillotine, I was understandably […]
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) Director: Christopher McQuarrie Screenwriter: Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Angela Bassett, Vanessa Kirby, Michelle Monaghan The regular music plays. The most famous action star on planet Earth looks ponderously into the middle distance. An explosive opener is closely followed by
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Adventures In Babysitting (1987) Director: Chris Columbus Screenwriter: David Simkins Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Vincent D’Onofrio, Penelope Ann Miller, George Newburn, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Calvin Levels A stood-up babysitter gets more than she bargained for when her efforts to retrieve her stranded bestie at the bus station are sabotaged at every turn. Chris Parker (Shue)
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Dark River (2018) Director: Clio Barnard Screenwriter: Clio Barnard Starring: Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean Borrowing inspiration from an excerpt in the Ted Hughes poem of the same name that reads “any minute now a last kick, and the dark river will fold it away”, Clio Barnard’s follow up feature to her critically acclaimed
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The Post (2018) Director: Steven Spielberg Screenwriters: Liz Hannah, Josh Singer Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Matthew Rhys, Bradley Whitford In an era of press embargoes and Fake News, legendary director Steven Spielberg has assembled one of the most Spielbergian cast of all
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Baby Driver (2017) Director: Edgar Wright Screenwriter: Edgar Wright Starring: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jamie Foxx, Eiza González, Jon Hamm, Lily James, Kevin Spacey Baby Driver is the latest movie from Edgar Wright, the creative mind behind the camera for each movie in the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The
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Wonder Woman (2017) Director: Patty Jenkins Screenwriter: Allan Heinberg Starring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Ewen Bremner, Danny Huston, Connie Nielsen, Eugene Brave Rock, Saïd Taghmaoui, David Thewlis, Robin Wright Wonder Woman is the first superhero film to ever be directed by a woman. It is also the most expensive movie ever made by a woman. It
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INDOOR AIR (2014) Director: Ron Purtee Screenwriter: Ron Purtee Starring: Deann Baker, Brandon Nichols As is the case with any thriller worth its salt, INDOOR AIR opens with a question. In this case: why does this young woman have a gun? The answer is slowly unveiled across 4 minutes and 36 seconds through a combination
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The Simpsons Movie (2007) Director: David Silverman Screenwriters: James L Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Albert Brooks, Russi Taylor Plot: Following an
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The Great Gatsby (2013) Director: Baz Luhrmann Cast: Leonardo di Caprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Emily Foreman, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isla Fisher Plot: In the Roaring Twenties, the golden life of the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and the hope of a promising future as a writer attract the young and naive Nick Carraway, who
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