Released: 22nd February 2018 (Australia)
Seen: 25th February 2018
Molly’s Game
Released: 25th January 2018 (Australia)
Seen: 1st February 2018
Directed & Written by: Aaron Sorkin
Produced by: STX Entertainment, Huayi Brothers Pictures, Pascal Pictures, Mark Gordon & Entertainment One
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner & Michael Cera
The Commuter
Released: 18th January 2018 (Australia)
Seen: 20th January 2018
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Written by: Byron Willinger, Philip de Blasi & Ryan Engle
Produced by: Ombra Films, StudioCanal & The Picture Company
Starring: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson & Jonathan Banks
All The Money In The World
Released: 4th January 2018
Seen: 5th January 2018
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Written by: David Scarpa
Produced by: Imperative Entertainment, RedRum Films, Scott Free Productions, TriStar Productions
Starring: Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg & Christopher Plummer
Bright
Released 22nd December
Seen 23rd December
Directed by David Ayer
Written by Max Landis
Produced by Clubhouse Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Netflix
Starring Will Smith & Joel Edgerton
Ghost In The Shell
Released 30th March (Australia)
Seen 21st December
Directed by Rupert Sanders
Written by Jamie Moss, William Wheeler & Ehren Kruger
Produced by Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Shanghai Film Group, Huahua Media, Arad Productions, Steven Paul Production, Amblin Partners, Grosvenor Park Productions, Seaside Entertainment, Weying Galaxy Entertainment
Starring Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbaek & Juliette Binoche
The Book Of Henry
Released 23rd June
Seen 15th December
Directed by Colin Trevorrow
Written by Greg Hurwitz
Produced by 1978 Films, Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ, Likely Story, Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation, Playtone, Route One Entertainment
Starring Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher, Jacob Tremblay & Sarah Silverman
Murder On The Orient Express
Released 9th November
Seen 18th November
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Written by Michael Green
Produced by Twentieth Century Fox, Kinberg Genre, Mark Gordon Company, Scott Free Productions, Latina Pictures & The Estate of Agatha Christie
Starring Kenneth Branagh, Daisy Ridley, Josh Gad, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Tom Bateman, Olivia Colman, Lucy Boynton, Marwan Kenzari, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Sergei Polunin, Miranda Raison.
The modern murder mystery owes a great debt to Agatha Christie’s work Murder on the Orient Express. Easily one of the most popular novels of all time, it’s a work that continues to inspire artists over 80 years later since it’s publishing and has been adapted into radio plays, TV episodes, games and even Anime. It also had a celebrated adaptation in 1974 by Sydney Lumet and now it’s Kenneth Branagh’s turn… just such a pity for him that those 80 years have worn the edges off this tale.
Jigsaw
Released 2nd November (Australian release)
Seen 15th November
Directed by Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
Written by Pete Goldfinger & Josh Stolberg
Produced by Serendipity Productions, Twisted Pictures & A Bigger Boat
Starring Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, Callum Keith Rennie, Hannah Emily Anderson & Laura Vandervoort
In 2004 a couple of Aussies changed the world of horror cinema with nothing more than a handsaw, a bathroom and Westley from The Princess Bride. It went on to become one of the biggest horror series of all time raking in around half a billion dollars with its annual releases until the series came to an end with Saw 3D in 2010. The series was considered long dead until this year when Jigsaw revived the franchise and let the games begin again… sadly, much like when you play any game multiple times, you know all the moves by now and after a while, the game stops surprising you.
Sleepless
Released 16th February (Australia)
Seen 13th November
Directed by Baran bo Odar
Written by Andrea Berloff
Produced by FilmNation Entertainment, Open Road Films, Riverstone Pictures & Vertigo Entertainment
Starring Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Scoot McNairy & Dermot Mulroney
In the 1990’s, the drug Ambien rose to prominence as a form of sleep aid. It was a branded version of the zolpidem class of drugs that would aid someone in going to sleep, even though it had adverse side effects such as causing people to sleepwalk and being a very addictive substance. I think I found a really good substitute for that drug that has no adverse side effects. I’ll take my Nobel prize in medicine now for discovering this brilliant alternative, thank you.
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