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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Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen Cast: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell Plot: Actor Don Lockwood and musician Cosmo Brown befriend young actress Kathy Selden – the three of them come up with an idea to save the upcoming production of a talkie that threatens to be
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La La Land (2016/17) Director: Damien Chazelle Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend Outlandishly enjoyable and quietly devastating, Damien Chazelle’s ode to the legendary musicals of classic Hollywood is a visual spectacular and fantastic musical journey that is both funny and moving, and will undoubtedly have you questioning the very nature of fate, the
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Swiss Army Man (2016) Director: Dan Kwan; Daniel Scheinart. Starring: Paul Dano; Daniel Radcliffe; Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Plot: A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home. Daniel Radcliffe’s latest foray into the relative obscurity of North America’s independent film circuit comes
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Kon Tiki (2012) Director: Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg Starring: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård Plot: Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal’s epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Colombian times. A teamed effort from directors
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Jason Bourne (2016) Director: Paul Greengrass Starring: Matt Damon, Riz Ahmed, Vincent Cassell, Tommy Lee Jones, Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander. Plot: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past. The genre defining ‘Bourne’ spy-thriller-action movie franchise is back with a fifth installment and, following
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The Nice Guys (2016) Director: Shane Black Starring: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice. Plot: A mismatched pair of private eyes investigate the apparent suicide of a porn star in 1970s Los Angeles. Some 29 years after the release of the Shane Black penned buddy cop movie Lethal Weapon comes a Shane Black penned buddy cop
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The Young Victoria (2009) Director: Jean-Marc Vallèe Cast: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Miranda Richardson, Paul Bettany, Mark Strong, Thomas Kretschmann Plot: Set in 1800s England, the film explores the story of young Queen Victoria from the years immediately before her coronation, through her ascension to the throne at the very young age of 18 and her marriage
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Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World (2016) Director: Sonia Anderson Plot: A look-back on the life of the recently passed song, exploring his phenomenal career and it’s outstanding effect it has had on the whole world. I am still in absolute disbelief that the icon that is David Bowie has passed on. It just doesn’t seem
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The Jungle Book (2016) Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Lupita Nyong’o, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Christopher Walken, Scarlett Johansson & Giancarlo Esposito. Plot: A live action Disney film based on both the classic collection of books which, in conjunction with its animated predecessor, centres around the life of Mowgli (Neel Sethi), a
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