Tag: Edinburgh film news

Coming to a cinema near you this month are a multitude of major studio tentpoles.‘Dark Phoenix’ rises onto screens on 5 June 2019 as the twelfth instalment of the X-Men film series with an...

Very well executed.  No pun intended.Direction (Josie Rourke), Screenplay (Beau Willimon), Cast (Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, David Tennant, Guy Pearce, Martin Compston, Adrian Lester, Joe Alwyn), Length (125 minutes), Rating (R)Chronicling...

Thor: Ragnarok Direction: Taika Waititi Screenplay: Eric Pearson Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Cumberbatch Length: 130 minutes Rating: PG 13 Thor: Ragnarok is the third film in the Thor franchise...

Tomorrow 25 October 2017, the British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank and Trafalgar Releasing will host the UK premiere of the documentary film ‘Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami’.As part of the BFI regular film and...

The original Blade Runner was released in 1982 but its dystopian future is set in the year 2019, a mere 37 years later. Blade Runner 2049 released in 2017  is set in 2049, a mere...

Wind River Direction: Taylor Sheridan Screenplay: Taylor Sheridan Cast: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen Length: 111 minutes Rating: RInspired by actual events, we follow US Fish and Wildlife Service tracker Cory Lambert (Renner) who must deal with the wild animals...

A Ghost Story Direction: David Lowery Screenplay: David Lowery Cast: Casey Affeck, Rooney Mara Length: 92 minutes Rating: 12A ‘A Ghost Story’ examines the universal themes of love and loss, its effects on the human desire for connection over time...

Churchill Directon: Jonathan Teplitzky Screenplay: Alex von Tunzelmann Cast: Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, James Purefoy, John Slattery, Julian Wadham Length: 98 minutes Rating: PGIn the 21st century, we appear to be in a new...

Their Finest Directon: Lone Scherfig Screenplay: Gaby Chiappe Cast: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston Length: 117 minutes Rating: 12A During the Second World War, continuous short information and propaganda films were produced...

Filming has begun in Edinburgh, Scotland for new psychic thriller First and Only. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by author Peter Flannery, and directed by award-winning director Magnus Wake, the film...

Film Events: April 2017 – Classic theatre on the big screenVUE Entertainment will bring live arts to its Omni Centre and Ocean Terminal cinema outlets in Edinburgh with opera, ballet and theatre productions for...

The Lost City of Z Direction: James Gray Screenplay: James Gray Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland Length: 140 minutes Rating: 15Adapted from ‘The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon’,...

Free Fire Direction: Ben Wheatley Screenplay: Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley Cast: Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, Michael Smiley Length: 90 minutes Rating: 15Unfolding over real time, this film is an action-packed...

Beauty and the Beast Direction: Bill Condon Screenplay: Stephen Chbosky, Evan Spiliotopoulos Cast: Dan Stevens, Emma Watson, Kevin Kline, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Stanley Tucci Length:...

Kong: Skull Island Direction: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Screenplay: Dan Gilroy, Derek Connolly, Max Borenstein Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L Jackson, John Goodman Length: 118 minutes Rating: 12AOpening in dramatic fashion, two fighter jets crash...

Viceroy’s House Direction: Gurinder Chadha Screenplay: Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, Michael Gambon Length: 106 minutes Rating: 12A With Indian independence from the British...

Logan Direction: James Mangold Screenplay: James Mangold, Scott Frank, Michael Green Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen Length: 137 minutes Rating: 15 Since its launch in 2000,...

 The Cameo, Edinburgh will host a Q&A preview screening of ‘Free Fire’, courtesy of the film distributors StudioCanal UK, at 8.30pm tomorrow 28 February 2017. Ben Wheatley, director and co-writer of the film will attend the event...

Director: Mel Gibson Screenplay: Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan Starring: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Hugo Weaving, Vince Vaughn This biographical drama details the real-life story of Desmond T. Doss (Garfield), from his early years in the Blue...