Top 20 July Movies & TVHere's your guide to the very best viewing entertainment this month has to offer – at the cinema, on DVD, and streaming on LOVEFiLM Instant, these are our Top 20 July Movies & TV shows... Cinema:
The Amazing Spider-Man (3 July)Directed by: Marc WebbStarring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys IfansSlipping into Tobey Maguire’s red-and-blue suit before its barely cold (but, hopefully, steam-cleaned and talced), Brit Garfield becomes Peter Parker and his bemasked alter-ego, taking on Ifan’s crazed scientist in this Spidey reboot. Reserve Watch Trailer
The Hunter (6 July)Directed by: Daniel NettheimStarring: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Morgana DaviesWhat to do if you’re a shady bio-tech firm searching for the Tasmanian tiger, presumed extinct? Send mercenary Dafoe and local expert Neill into the wilderness, that’s what. Eco-drama from a novel by Julia Leigh (Sleeping Beauty). Reserve Watch Trailer
Detachment (13 July)Directed by: Tony KayeStarring: Adrien Brody, Christina Hendricks, Marcia Gay HardenNo-one likes a substitute teacher and world-weary Brody doesn’t much care for the volatile classes he briefly presides over either. Until now… American History X director Kaye schools a grade-A cast that includes James Caan and Lucy Liu. Reserve Watch Trailer
Ice Age 4 (11 July)Directed by: Steve Martino, Mike ThurmeierStarring: Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John LeguizamoThis massively (mammothly?) popular franchise rumbles on a decade and four films later, with Peter Dinklage and Nick Frost joining the lead trio of Leguizamo, Romano and Leary for more Sloth/Mammoth/Sabre-Tooth-Tiger chaos. Reserve Watch Trailer
Seeking A Friend For The End of The World (13 July)Directed by: Lorene ScafariaStarring: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Melanie LynskeyThere’s an asteroid set to wham us all to oblivion in three weeks time, so Carell throws mid-life caution to the imminent solar winds and takes neighbour Knightley on a road trip to find his high school sweetheart. Reserve Watch Trailer
The Dark Knight Rises (20 July)Directed by: Christopher NolanStarring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary OldmanNot sure if you’ll have heard about this? Third in a crime thriller series about a costumed vigilante who pretends to be billionaire playboy. Decent cast. Promising director. It’ll probably do ok... Watch TrailerDVD:
John Carter (2 July)Directed by: Andrew StantonStarring: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem DafoeIgnore the rabid glee with which loads of people, bizarrely, greeted John Carter’s disappointing box office performance – this is a spirited, old-school adventure that romps along with great entertainment value. Give it a chance... Rent Watch Trailer
Rampart (2 July)Directed by: Oren MovermanStarring: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Sigourney WeaverFamed for powerful crime novels set mostly in the 1940s-60s, James Ellroy here co-writes a cop drama in late-90s LA, with Harrelson as the last of the renegades - a veteran officer fighting for survival and worried about looking after his family. Rent Watch Trailer
The Vow (23 July)Directed by: Michael SucsyStarring: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam NeillIs Sparks-esque an acceptable descriptive term? McAdams emerges from a car-crash induced coma without any memories of hubbie Tatum, so he sets about wooing her all over again while she tries to piece her life back together. Rent Watch Trailer
The Kid With a Bike (23 July)Directed by: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc DardenneStarring: Thomas Doret, Cécile De France, Jérémie RenierWritten and directed by the Dardenne brothers, this French drama has more than a whiff of modern fairytale about it, and begins as 12 year old Doret escapes from his foster home to search for his dad and lost bike. Rent Watch Trailer
Mirror, Mirror (30 July)Directed by: Tarsem SinghStarring: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie HammerThe more sugary and brightly coloured of the recent Snow White movies has Lily (daughter of Phil) Collins as the exiled princess, fancied by Hammer’s Prince Alcot, hated by Roberts’ evil queen, and championed by seven diminutive rebels. Rent Watch TrailerInstant:
24 S1-2 (1 July)Directed by: Robert Cochran, Joel SurnowStarring: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos BernardSutherland turned double-hard CTI agent Jack Bauer into an international icon, and here’s how. Revel in the ‘real-time’, split-screen glory of the excellent first season and slightly weaker second - S3-8 are coming very soon. 1 July
The Killing - S1 (1 July)Directed by: Søren SveistrupStarring: Sofie Gråbøl, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne HenriksenThe US remake is already into its second season, but this is the original 2007 Danish series, with DI Sarah Lund (Gråbøl) all set to leave Copenhagen for Sweden with her fiance, but sucked into the investigation of a brutal murder. 1 July
Stargate (4 July)Directed by: Roland EmmerichStarring: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Alexis CruzBefore he started smashing up the planet on a semi-regular basis, Emmerich directed this excellent sci-fi adventure, weaving Egyptology, aliens, science vs military and solid turns from the main cast into an epic and franchise-spawning hit. 4 July Watch Trailer
Tyrannosaur (6 July)Directed by: Paddy ConsidineStarring: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie MarsanHard-hitting directorial debut from actor Considine (Bourne Ultimatum), which sees the angry, violent Mullan forge an unlikely friendship with Christian charity shop worker Colman; whose past might prove even more devastating than his. 6 July Watch Trailer
The Bucket List (6 July)Directed by: Rob ReinerStarring: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean HayesA film about two terminally ill geezers could have gone badly wrong, but Princess Bride director Reiner has a deft comic touch, and Nicholson and Freeman bring all their charisma to bear, ticking off a list of things to do before they kick the bucket. 6 July Watch Trailer
The Dark Knight (13 July)Directed by: Christopher NolanStarring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron EckhartA week before Nolan’s third and final instalment hits cinemas, you can stream Batman Begins and The Dark Knight at no extra cost as a sort of Caped Crusader refresher course. Plus a load of animated Batman titles too. Holy Bat-overload! 13 July Watch Trailer
The Prestige (13 July)Directed by: Christopher NolanStarring: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael CaineBale and Jackman are warring Victorian magicians in this fantastic and wondrous tale from Dark Knight and Inception maestro Nolan, each obsessed with finding the ultimate trick. Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall co-star. 13 July Watch Trailer
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (20 July)Directed by: Troy NixeyStarring: Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee MadisonBased on the 1973 film that scared him to death as a child, this Guillermo del Toro written tale finds Holmes, her boyfriend Pearce and his daughter Madison moving to Rhode Island to renovate a manor house. Where creepiness lurks... 20 July Watch Trailer
Sleeping Beauty (26 July)Directed by: Julia LeighStarring: Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen LeslieAbout as far from pretty Disney princess action as you can get, this provocative drama sees casually reckless university student Browning (Sucker Punch) getting sucked into a murky world of some very bizarre personal services. 26 July Watch TrailerDarren Bignell |
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