It's Your World - The Last Party of the Summer We Are Your Friends is directed by Max Joseph (Catfish: The TV Show) and stars Zac Efron (17 Again, The Lucky One), Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games, American Beauty) and Emily Ratajkowski (Gone Girl, Blurred Lines). "Caught between a forbidden romance and the expectations of his friends, aspiring DJ Cole Carter attempts to...

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Sometimes you have to say Goodbye before you can say Hello Directed and written by Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, We Bought a Zoo), Aloha stars Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook, American Sniper), Rachel McAdams (Midnight in Paris, Southpaw) and Emma Stone (The Help, Easy A). "A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and reconnects with a long-ago...

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Opening at number 1 this weekend with $3.19 million was John Green adaptation Paper Towns. The film followed in the footsteps of other Green adaption The Fault in Our Stars but on a much smaller scale. Sinister 2 opened in 3rd place with $1.65 million which is quite small for a horror film which are usually front loaded - it looks like Sinister...

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Surprisingly opening in first place and taking the UK box office crown was Pixels. The film took in $4.17 million - however, don't be too surprised by this large number as Pixels' weekend figures are made up of Wednesday to Sunday and previous previews - a clever move from Sony. The Man From U.N.C.L.E took 4th with a lacklustre $2.27 million and Trainwreck...

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Everyone's Getting Smoked American Ultra is directed by Nima Nourizadeh (Project X) and stars Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Now You See Me), Kristen Stewart (Twilight, Snow White & The Huntsman) and Connie Britton (Nashville, American Horror Story). "A stoner - who is in fact a government agent - is  marked as a liability and targeted for extermination. But he's too well-trained and...

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So I don't usually do these kinds of posts but I'm going to Florida for around 2 weeks on Monday (17th August) which means I won't be as active on here for around that time period. I tried really hard this past week to review a few of the major UK releases - Pixels, The Gift and Trainwreck. I will be catching a...

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We All Know One Directed by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, This is 40) and starring Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer), Bill Hader (Inside Out, Superbad) and Brie Larson (21 Jump Street, The Spectacular Now), Trainwreck is Schumer's feature length debut. "Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy"....

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Game On. Pixels is directed by Chris Columbus (Harry Potter, Home Alone) and stars Adam Sandler (Grown Ups, Hotel Transylvania), Kevin James (Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Zookeeper), Michelle Monaghan (Source Code, Gone Baby Gone), Josh Gad (Frozen, The Wedding Ringer), Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, Ice Age) and Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars, Spring Breakers). "When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade...

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Matching its terrible US debut, Fantastic Four also did not-so-fantastic business in the UK. The film took in a lacklustre $4.18 million which is extremely low for a Marvel film. This is also only marginally above the famous DC bomb 'The Green Lantern' - I guess Marvel have their own version now. However, the low debut didn't stop the film from taking the...

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Just Because You're Done With the Past, Doesn't mean the Past is down With You The Gift is directed and written by Joel Edgerton (Warrior, Exodus: Gods and Kings) - Edgerton also has a starring role in the film. The film also stars Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses, Identity Thief) and Rebecca Hall (The Prestige, The Town). "A young married couple's lives are thrown into...

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About Ray is an upcoming 2015 release and is likely to be an awards contender. The film is directed by Gaby Dellal (On a Clear Day) and stars Elle Fanning (Maleficent, Super 8), Naomi Watts (21 Grams, The Impossible) and Susan Sarandon (Thelma and Louis, Dead Man Walking). Here is the films synopsis: "A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family...

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Change is Coming The next reboot of Fantastic Four is directed by Josh Trank (Chronicle) and stars Miles Teller (Whiplash, Divergent), Michael B. Jordan (That Awkward Moment, Chronicle), Kate Mara (127 Hours, Shooter), Jamie Bell (The Adventures of Tintin, Jumper) and Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time). "Four young outsiders teleport to an...

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Believe in Hope. Directed by Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer, Olympus Has Fallen), Southpaw is property of The Weinstein Company so could be an awards contender. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler, Prisoners), Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes, Midnight in Paris), Oona Laurence and Forest Whitaker (Platoon, The Last King of Scotland). "Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his...

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Matching its mammoth US debut, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation also did solid business in the UK - the film made 2X the amount that Ghost Protocol made on its opening weekend in the UK - the Mission Impossible franchise has definitely increased in quality and box office performance as it goes on. No other new films cracked the top 5. Opening in...

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Get Lost...Get Found Paper Towns is directed by Jake Schreier (Robot & Frank) and is inspired by the John Green (The Fault in Our Stars) novel. The film stars Cara Delevingne (The Face of an Angel) and Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars, Behaving Badly). "A young man and his friends embark upon the road trip of their lives to find the...

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