The latest film adaptation of the works of Dennis Lehane takes to the big screen with The Drop, a 2014 version of his novel Animal Rescue. Previous films based on his work include, Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone, and Mystic River. A new film based on his work is due to be released in 2017 – Live by Night starring
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Taking a break from what has been a hugely successful and lucrative run as Tony Stark in various Marvel films, Robert Downey Jnr starred alongside Robert Duvall in this 2014 drama. The film is the first production by RDJ’s production company co-created with his wife Susan – Team Downey. The film is directed by David Dobkin, whose previous work largely
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The new film by director Theodore Melfi is the drama Hidden Figures which follows the tale of 3 african american ladies working in different jobs at Nasa through the 1960’s. It is co written by Melfi with Allison Schroeder, based on the book Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly. The three ladies are each working to attempt to support the
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13th is a 2016 documentary from Netflix studios, that looks into the linkages that run from slavery in the US in the 1800’s through to the existing mass incarceration that exists today. Directed by Ava DuVernay the film includes input from a number of leading voices for equal rights, and justice from the US, with further input from former US
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Notes on Blindness is a 2016 British biographical documentary following the story of John Hull. Hull, became blind in the early 1980’s and as part of a coping mechanism, began to record audio cassettes of his experiences and thoughts. The film is directed by Pete Middleton and James Swinney and takes an innovative approach to the documentary by using the
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Florence Foster Jenkins is a biopic film of the true story of the wealthy New York socialite who was able to become a star around the theatrical community of New York in the 1940’s even though she lacked any ability to sing. It was directed by Stephen Frears and written by Nicholas Martin. As the story opens, Jenkins is featuring
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To La La Land we go for the new film by writer and director Damien Chazelle (who previously made Whiplash), who brings us this new take on the classic musical films of Hollywood, that delivers a musical in the traditions of Hollywood but also with more emotional complexity and depth than you would expect. Gosling plays Sebastian, a jazz pianist
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Tom Ford’s first return to directing since 2009’s A Single Man, is the 2016 dark psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals. Ford also wrote the screenplay, which is based on the 1993 novel Tony and Susan by Austin Wright. The film stars Amy Adams as Susan Morrow, a successful art gallery director who is in a struggling marriage with business man Armie
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What is the story that takes place after the most famous plane water landing of all time – the Miracle on the Hudson? That is the tale that director Clint Eastwood brings us with the film Sully. Based on the true story of Captain Chelsea Sullenberger the pilot on flight UA1549 which, on the January 15th 2009 landed on the
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Love…actually…is all around… As part of my Christmas build up, I’ve recently re-watched the 2003 Richard Curtis written and directed Love Actually. The film features a large ensemble cast and works across a number of different types of love stories weaving together through family relationships, coincidence and social links in a way that creates a hugely engaging tale in the
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