Gravity - 5 Word Film Review

UK Release Date: 7th November 2013
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris

Synopsis: A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.

Visually gorgeous. Tense, emotional thriller. 

Philomena - 5 Word Film Review

UK Release Date: 1st November 2013
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Starring: Judi Dench, Mare Winningham, Steve Coogan

Synopsis: A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

Excellent character chemistry. Superb screenplay.

Ender's Game - 5 Word Film Review

UK Release Date: 25th October 2013
Directed by: Gavin Hood
Starring: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld

Synopsis: The International Military seek out a leader who can save the human race from an alien attack. Ender Wiggin, a brilliant young mind, is recruited and trained to lead his fellow soldiers into a battle that will determine the future of Earth.

Efficiently made, acted. Never excels.

Bad Grandpa - 5 Word Film Review

UK Release Date: 23rd October 2013
Directed by: Jeff Tremaine
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Jackson Nicoll, Greg Harris

Synopsis: 86-year-old Irving Zisman takes a trip from Nebraska to North Carolina to take his 8 year-old grandson, Billy, back to his real father.

Typical Jackass humour. Provides laughs.

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 - 5 Word Film Review

UK Release Date: 25th October 2013
Directed by: Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn
Starring: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Will Forte

Synopsis: Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids.

Fun, amusing sequel. Excellent animation.

Escape Plan - 5 Word Film Review

UK Release Date: 18th October 2013
Directed by: Mikael Håfström
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent

Synopsis: When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.

Terrifically entertaining, 90's action throwback.

The Fifth Estate - 5 Word Film Review

UK Release Date: 11th October 2013
Directed by: Bill Condon
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Carice van Houten

Synopsis: A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organisation.

Occasionally gripping. Lacked substance. Overlong.