Disney brings it’s latest musical animation to the big screen with the Polynesian culture inspired ‘Moana’. Directed by John Muster and Ron Clements (the double act whose previous work includes Disney hits such as Aladdin, Hercules and The Little Mermaid), this is a fusion of classic disney musical combined with a strong cultural theme and a shift away from the
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In what appears to be a now season of ‘Corey Feldman’ movies, the day after watching The Goonies, I turned to The Lost Boys. From 1987, directed by Joel Schumaker (who would of course go on to nearly kill the Batman franchise), and written by Jan Fischer, James Jeremias and Jeffrey Boam, the film is now a treasured classic for
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If you sit and make a list of films that capture the 1980’s, 1985’s ‘The Goonies‘ will always be fairly high up there for me. Produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Richard Donner, with a screenplay by Christopher Columbus (who would go on to direct the first two Harry Potter films), this is a wonderful mix of romance, action,
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As we return to the X-Men series, we turn to the 2011 X-Men : First Class. Almost in the spirit of the Origins premise for Wolverine in the previous film, this film acts as a prequel story for a number of different characters. The film is written and directed by Mathew Vaughan who wrote the screenplay with Jane Goldman, Ashley
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The X-Men are back in the 2nd film in the series with X2. Again with Brian Singer at the helm this time with a budget increased from the original’s $75m to $110m. The screenplay this time was by a combination of Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and David Hayter. There’s a large returning cast with all of the key members from the
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2000 saw the release of the first film in the now 8 strong series (including Deadpool) of the X-Men which will see a further film – X-Men : Apocalypse out later in the month. In the first of the series, we are introduced to the X-Men universe and the background to the world of ‘mutants’ and their range of powers.
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The lastest film by Tom Hanks is the 2015 cold war thriller Bridge of Spies, directed by Steven Spielberg. Based on the true story of incidents around 1960 involving a convicted russian soy in the US and a US pilot shot down whilst flying spy missions in a U2 surveillance plane. Tom Hanks plays insurance lawyer James Donovan, who is
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To the 10th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe we head to a very different location to the previous ones, and into the wonders of space for Marvel’s equivalent of The Dirty Dozen 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Directed by James Gunn and co-written by Gunn and Nicole Perlman. In 1988, a young boy called Peter Quill is abducted from outside
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Cap is back and ready for action in the 2014 Captain America : The Winter Soldier. Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and with a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley (previously having written the original Captain America film and also the 2nd Thor film). Here we find Captain Steve Rogers trying to get to grips with life 70 some years
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Starring Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool has been one of the huge hits so far this year with it’s Meta-Comic-Hero movie. Directed by Tim Miller (previously involved with Thor / Thor : The Dark World), its screenplay is by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Reynolds plays Wade Wilson, a former special forces operative, now turned mercenary with a quick wit and lack
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