AMERICAN SNIPER (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Sienna Miller (Layer Cake), Max Charles (The Amazing Spider-Man), Luke Grimes (All The Boys Love Mandy Lane), Kyle Gallner (Jennifer’s Body), Sam Jaeger (Her), Jake McDorman (Die Hard 4.0), Cory Hardrict (Lovelace), Navid Negahban (Brothers), Eric Close (Without a Trace), Eric Ladin (Annabelle)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby), director, producer; Jason Hall (Paranoia), writer; Bradley Cooper (Limitless), Andrew Lazar (Get Smart), Robert Lorenz (Mystic River) and Peter Morgan (Spread), producers; Tom Stern (Invictus), cinematographer; Joel Cox (Gran Torino) and Gary Roach (Changeling), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle (Cooper) is sent to Iraq where, with his pinpoint accuracy, he builds a reputation on both sides as one of the most lethal snipers in US military history and a prime target for insurgents with a heavy price on his head…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

After a brief attempt to lighten the mood with Jersey Boys, director Clint Eastwood returns to far tenser filmmaking with this gripping portrayal of a decorated military legend (though to be fair, nothing’s more tense than getting through Jersey Boys without yawning…).

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 16TH JANUARY 2015

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