Scorsese and DiCaprio team up again for the blackly comic true story of a hedonistic and corrupt Wall Street stockbroker. Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a clever young man with ambition to burn. For him, greed isn't just good - it's great! Mentored by Mark Hanna (Matthew McConaugey), Belfort proceeds to tear up Wall Street during the nineties. He works hard, earning nearly a million dollars a week. And he also plays hard, enjoying a blizzard of drugs, drink, sex, parties and expensive toys. But pride comes before a fall. And Belfort's 'pump and dump' boiler room scam is about to lead to a mighty comeuppance. Adapted by 'Boardwalk Empire' creator Terence Winter from Belfort's own memoirs, this 'GoodFellas' of the financial world has been a long-cherished project for director Martin Scorsese. He also collaborates with Leonardo DiCaprio for the fifth time. Watch out too for our own Joanna Lumley in a supporting role!
Every week (usually Tuesday) I go to the Cinema at :- Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre, Wilmslow Road, M20 5PG. I have got what they call an unlimited cards which cost £14.99 a month and for this you can go as many times as you like. If anybody would like to join me please email : jason.steelj9@gmail.com or text / call 07909299213. For further details about unlimited or to see what's on go to www.cineworld.co.uk
Sunday, 26 January 2014
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Last Vegas
Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman star in a riotous sixtysomething bachelor party comedy! Billy (Michael Douglas) has always been happily single. But now he's in his sixties, he finally feels it's time to settle down and get married. After all, his intended bride is getting on a bit too. She's nearly 32. So Billy calls childhood friends Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman) and Sam (Kevin Kline) with a plan. They're going back to Las Vegas together to party like it's 1959! Trouble is, Archie is not in the best of health these days. What's more, when the aging quartet arrive in Las Vegas, they find their old haunts have changed out of all recognition since they were young. Unresolved issues between them soon bubble to the surface too. 'National Treasure' director Jon Turteltaub's brilliantly cast comedy brings together four Oscar-winning screen legends for a feast of senior misbehaviour!
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Blue Jasmine
Cate Blanchett stars in Woody Allen's acclaimed drama about a newly penniless socialite attempting to rebuild her life.
Sophisticated, elegant New Yorker Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) used to have it all. But then it turned out that her businessman husband Hal (Alec Baldwin) was a swindler. So now Jasmine is broke and on her own with a head full of Xanax and Stoli. She heads for San Francisco and the modest apartment where her non-biological sister Ginger (Sally Hawkins) lives. But the neurotic, hard-drinking interloper struggles to adjust to her lowly station in life. She also loudly disapproves of her sister's new boyfriend, Chili (Bobby Cannavale), branding him as big a loser as Ginger's ex-hubby, Augie (Andrew Dice Clay). Woody Allen continues his current purple patch with this delicious and often very funny character study. Cate Blanchett is on top regal form as the brittle and myopic Jasmine, who is the unwitting agent of her own downfall.
Thursday, 5 December 2013
Carrie
Chloe Grace Moretz stars in this chilling remake of the Stephen King horror classic. Carrie White (Chloe Grace Moretz) is a sheltered teenager who is bullied by her schoolmates and abused at home by her religious fanatic mother Margaret (Julianne Moore). But Carrie has a remarkable secret - she has telekinetic powers that she can manifest at will. When the bullies at school decide to pull a cruel prank on Carrie at the prom, it leads to horrifying consequences. Stephen King's first published novel, Carrie was originally adapted by director Brian De Palma in 1976 with memorable performances from Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie and a youthful John Travolta. The classic original is a frightening yet deeply poignant story of a teenager whose supernatural abilities lead to tragedy. And now, the 2013 version promises to introduce the story to a whole new generation. One thing's for certain - you will know her name!
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Alan Partridge Alpha Papa
Alan Partridge has had many ups and downs in his life. National television broadcaster. Responsible for killing a guest on live TV. Local radio broadcaster. A nervous breakdown in Dundee. His self-published book, 'Bouncing Back', subsequently remaindered and pulped. This film portrays the events of the greatest low-to-high-ebb spectrum in his life to date - specifically how he tries to salvage his public career while negotiating a potentially violent turn of events at North Norfolk Digital Radio.
Thursday, 21 November 2013
The Hunger Games Catching Fire
A change of rules leads to an even deadlier death match in this blazing sequel to the global blockbuster. At the end of 'The Hunger Games', Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) made a suicide pact with Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). This forced Panem's President Snow (Donald Sutherland) to back down. Now Snow is determined to regain the upper hand. Since Katniss has become a beacon of hope to the impoverished people of District 12, he begins by deviously manipulating public opinion against her. But he then realises that other winners pose a similar threat in their own districts. So when the 75th annual Hunger Games are announced, there's a rule change to make this the most brutal fight to the death ever! Only previous victors can compete, which means Katniss's ordeal has only just begun. This second film adapted from Suzanne Collins's bestselling trilogy continues the incredible story of one of modern cinema's most compelling heroines.
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Gravity
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are cast adrift in space in this intense sci-fi thriller - Amazing in 3D! Medical engineer Dr Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is on her very first mission aboard the space shuttle Explore. Her commander is veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney), who's on his final flight before retiring. But a seemingly routine spacewalk 372 miles above the Earth ends in disaster when satellite debris ploughs into the shuttle. The impact catapults Stone and Kowalsky into the unforgiving blackness. An eerie silence tells them they have also lost contact with NASA altogether. With a finite supply of oxygen, their prospects seem bleak. But panic and fear gives way to a realisation that their only hope of survival is to work together and travel further into deep space. 'Children of Men' director Alfonso Cuaron returns to sci-fi with this palm-moistening survival thriller, brilliantly shot in immersive 3D.
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