Movies starring Jim Sturgess

21 (2008)

123 mins     Drama, Thriller      

Whilst inspired by the true story of a group of MIT students who through a clever card counting scheme made a killing at the casinos, "21"is basically a very stylized Hollywood drama which for the most is completely fictitiou...

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

115 mins     Drama      

Here is how redundant history lessons were during my time at school in Britain during the 80s; we were taught about Henry VIII a subject which up until now and my decision to watch "The Other Boleyn Girl" had been of no use t...

Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)

117 mins     Drama, Thriller      

I want you to ignore two things for a moment, one of those is that this movie is about a spy within the IRA and the other is that the movie is loosely based on the true story of Martin McGartland. And if you ignore them what ...

Crossing Over (2009)

113 mins     Drama      

Not often I watch a movie and end up not being entirely sure how I feel about it but that is the case of "Crossing Over". The reason why is that there seems to be a clash going on, we have this interesting look at the various...

The Way Back (2010)

133 mins     Adventure , Drama      

"The Way Back" starts by telling us about 3 men who arrived in India having walked 4,000 miles after escaping a Russian Gulag in Siberia. That comes from Slavomir Rawicz's novel which is reportedly based on a true story but t...

One Day (2011)

107 mins     Drama, Romance      

Sometimes it pays not to seek out information on a movie before you watch it as you can be swayed by the opinions of others. That is the case when I watched "One Day" as I read countless gushing reviews about this original mo...

Ashes (2012)

100 mins     Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

There is no denying that "Ashes" is an intriguing movie which attempts to fuse a mystery/thriller storyline with a road trip movie which in turn fuses in the difficulties and mild comedy of when one of the passengers is suffe...

Stonehearst Asylum (2014)

112 mins     Drama, Horror, Mystery      

Stonehearst Asylum (2014) Jim Sturgess stars as a young Oxford graduate who arrives at an insane asylum to observe treatments but not only finds strange things going on but becomes smitten with a patient, Eliza Graves (Kate B...