Daniel Cann - Films

This is a quintessentially British comedy remake of original French film (�Cible Emouvante�). Bill Nighy plays 54 year old hitman Victor Maynard who is told by his infirm but still formidable mother (Eileen Atkins) that it is time to settle down after a long and successful career at the top of his profession. Victor lives for the approval of his mother, constantly living in the shadow of his deceased father and grandfather (also assassins of course). One particular mission gets Victor entang...

A film about four inept Jihadist terrorists in Britain is not your typical subject matter for a comedy. Unsurprisingly �Brass Eye�s� King of controversy Chris Morris is involved on co-writing and directing duties and it shows. Love him or loathe him ...

From writers Bob DeRosa and Ted Griffin this comedy is a mixture of two genres: the spy movie and the rom-com. Ashton Kutcher is Spencer Aimes, a spy on a last job in Nice, France. Here he meets Jen Kornfeldt (�Knocked Up� and �Grey�s Anatomy�s� Kath...

Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe team up for another collaboration, this time to tell the old English tale of the mythical and legendary Robin Hood. Crowe plays the hooded one, this time as a man fighting for King Richard in France after being away for...

Two years ago �Iron Man� was the surprise hit that launched (literally) a new superhero onto our screens, well now Iron Man is back and bigger than ever. The first entry in the franchise grossed over $600 million so Paramount has pulled out all the...

This film takes a well-established genre and turns it completely on its head. For the last twenty years or so ever since Tim Burton�s �Batman� we have been inundated with films about super hero�s, but there have been none like this effort from writ...

Written and directed by Judd Apatow �Funny People� stars Adam Sandler as rich and famous comedian and film star George Simmons who has just learnt the unpalatable news that he is suffering with a terminal inoperable disease. This of course leads hi...

�Bourne series� Director Paul Greengrass and actor Matt Damon team up again this time in War film/ political thriller �Green Zone.� Here Damon is U.S. Army officer Miller whose discovery of covert and faulty intelligence during the 2003 invasion of...

Set in 1940s Nazi occupied France �Inglourious Basterds� has two parallel storylines. One concerns Shosanna Dreyfus (excellently portrayed by Melanie Laurent) who survives the slaughter of her entire family at the hands of brutal and sadistic Colon...

The plot to �The Hangover� is a familiar one: Four friends go to Las Vegas for a Stag Do. Three of them wake up in their hotel suite the day after the night before with no recollection of what happened and worse, a missing groom! The film then foll...

From acclaimed director Tom Tykwer (�Run Lola Run�, �Perfume: The Story of a Murderer�) �The International� concerns itself with that institution that has come under attack recently, the bank. Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and District...

With problems finding a director and a release date that has seen the film delayed several times things did not bode well for this Universal Pictures horror film remake of �The Wolfman� 1941. I went to the screening aware of the troubled production...

The World�s most famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes gets another adaptation here in director Guy Ritchie�s originally named �Sherlock Holmes.� You would be hard pressed to find someone who does not at the very least have an idea of who Holm...

This tells the true story of how journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr) met and befriended the homeless but exceptionally gifted musician Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx). From British director Joe Wright (�Pride & Prejudice� and �Atonement�) �The S...

From renowned director Michael Mann (�Manhunter�, �Heat�, �The Insider�) comes this gangster thriller set in 1933. It begins with a jailbreak and follows the activities of bank robber and public enemy number one John Dillinger (Johnny Depp � nice t...

I was uncertain of how this film would play out before I went to see it. I am a fan of the original and learning that this one was to be directed by �Charlie�s Angels: Full Throttle�s� McG as well as a star turn from Helena Bonham Carter (What? Mer...

Just in time for the summer season of blockbusters comes a �reboot� (that word again) of �Star Trek.� The television show and the cinematic entries looked out for the count a few years ago. Stories had become tired and the films had become dull, du...

I went to my local cinema with the intention of seeing the new Star Trek film. Once there I was informed by the cheerful assistant that unfortunately the reel for 'Star Trek' was damaged. Undaunted but slightly deflated I chose to see 'X-Men Origins:...

Based on David Peace�s controversial book of the same title this film focuses on the 44 day tenure of Brian Clough as Manager of Leeds Utd in 1974. At that time Leeds were the top football side in the country and their beloved Manager of 13 years D...

A buzz has been generated before the release of this film, one that has anticipated divisions in filmgoers. From the pen of Alan Moore �Watchmen� was a graphic novel released in 1986 to great acclaim. It told of an alternative reality where Richard N...

From the director of �Walk The Line� comes this Western, a remake of the 1957 classic. Set in Arizona in the late 19th century it concerns infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) and his gang who terrorise the Southern Railroad with their daring r...