Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

Film review of the adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen, with additional material from Seth Grahame-Smith, following the adventures of the spirited Bennett sisters, beauties of minor society in Regency England who must do battle with an army of the undead, simultaneously traversing the rights of courtship with a group of handsome male suitors.

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Director: Burr Steers. (108 mins).

Horror

New films out in the UK this Friday, 19 February 2016

A list of the new films being released across the UK, from Friday 19 February 2016. Use the Find Any Film website for details of which cinema nearest to you will show these movies.

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Bone Tomahawk

Kurt Russell is clearly in Western mode at present, as this horror in the west film follows his recent starring role in Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. He leads as one of four men who head off into the deepest, darkest corner of the wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers. The official Facebook page is where should be looking for more on this. It will be showing at key cities only, so check Find Any Film for where.

Deadpool (2016)

Film review by Claire Durrant of one of Marvel’s most loved and unconventional superheroes, starring Ryan Reynolds.

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Director: Tim Miller. (108 mins). Marvel Enterprises, TSG Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. (15)

Action/ Adventure/Fantasy.

Cast and Credits

Producers: Simon Kinberg, Ryan Reynolds, Lauren Shuler Donner.
Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick.
Camera: Ken Seng.
Music: Junkie XL.
Sets: Sean Haworth.

Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T.J Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapicic, Gina Carano.

Goosebumps (2015)

Film review by Claire Durrant of the family horror film based on the popular stories by R.L Stine starring Jack Black.

Adventure/ Adventure/Fantasy

New films out in the UK from Friday 12 February 2016

A list of the new films being released across the UK, from Friday 12 February 2016. Use the Find Any Film website for details of which cinema nearest to you will show these movies.

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

If you loved the first three big screen versions of the popular children’s cartoon from the 80’s, then you are in for a treat this weekend. Through a series of misunderstandings, chipmunk pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore believe that their ‘father’ Dave (Jason Lee) is going to propose to his new girlfriend in Miami…and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother. Showing right across the UK, the official Facebook page has more.

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Epic, romantic biography of the marriage and final years of the last Romanov dynasty, Emperor Nicholas II (Michael Jayston) and his Tsarina Alexandra (Janet Suzan). Co-starring Irene Worth and Laurence Olivier.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner. (189 mins). Horizon/Columbia. (PG).

Historical/Period/Epic

Dad’s Army (2016)

Film review of the comedy, based on the classic British TV series, about the actions and adventures of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon, comprised mostly of elderly men and led by an officious, hierachy obsessed bank manager (Toby Jones) who must deal with a beautiful female reporter (Catherine Zeta Jones) and a German spy as World War II comes to a close.

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Director: Oliver Parker. (100 mins). DJ Films/Universal. (PG)

Comedy

New films out in the UK, from Friday 5 February 2016

A list of the new films being released across the UK, from Friday 5 February 2016. Use the Find Any Film website for details of which cinema nearest to you will show these movies.

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The American Dreamer

Whatever your opinion of the late actor/director Dennis Hopper, who died in 2010, he was certainly one of the most interesting of Hollywood personalities. This 70’s documentary, now restored, follows him as he makes the follow-up to his seminal, wildly successful counter-culture drama Easy Rider (1969). On a limited run only, check Find Any Film for your nearest cinema. The official website has the trailer and more besides.

Spotlight (2015)

Film review of the drama about a newspaper uncovering the sexual abuse of children at the hands of Catholic priests in Boston. Starring Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo.

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Director: Tom McCarthy. (129 mins). Anonymous Credit/First Look/Participant/Rocklin Faust. (15)

Drama

The Hateful Eight (2015)

Film review, by Claire Durrant, of the 8th film by Quentin Tarantino, a western about eight people stuck in a shop during a snow storm. Starring Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

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Director: Quentin Tarantino. Double Feature Films, FilmColony.

Western

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)