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10/09/2018
Film Review: A Faithful Man
★★★★☆ In his Truffaut-esque shaggy-dog love story A Faithful Man, actor turned director Louis Garrel takes an irreverent look atContinue Reading
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23/08/2019
Film Review: Hail Satan?
★★★★☆ Act with compassion; protect personal freedom; respect bodily autonomy; maintain beliefs consistent with science: accept human fallibility; privilege wisdomContinue Reading
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21/08/2019
Film Review: Pain and Glory
★★★★★ When director Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) tells his estranged actor and friend Alberto (Asier Etxeandier), “It’s taken me thirty-twoContinue Reading
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19/08/2019
Locarno 2019: Space Dogs review
★★★☆☆ We’ve already had First Man and Apollo 11, but the renewed interest in the space race prompted by theContinue Reading
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19/08/2019
Locarno 2019: Instinct review
★★★☆☆ Fans of Game of Thrones will be used to seeing Carice van Houten as a sexually powerful witch whoseContinue Reading
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19/08/2019
Locarno 2019: The Girl with a Bracelet review
★★★☆☆ A young girl is accused of a terrible crime and her family must come to terms with how muchContinue Reading
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15/08/2019
Tarantino’s finest moments
With Once Upon a Time in Hollywood enjoying rave reviews and the dubious status of – allegedly – being QuentinContinue Reading
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09/08/2019
Film Review: Notorious
★★★★★ Notorious is a masterclass of suspense, romance and technical craft. Featuring two of the most classic screen presences inContinue Reading
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04/08/2019
Film Review: Holiday
★★★☆☆ Summer and holidays on-screen conjure up iconic images of characters bathed in a splendour of heat; Ray Winstone inContinue Reading
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03/08/2019
Film Review: Une Femme Douce
★★★★★ Touring as part of the Cinema Rediscovered festival, Robert Bresson’s 1969 classic finds its way back on to UKContinue Reading
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02/08/2019
Film Review: Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
★★★☆☆ Supporting characters from previous Fast & Furious instalments, former DSS Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and rogue spy Shaw (Jason Statham) areContinue Reading
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29/07/2019
DVD Round-up: June and July 2019 edition
Across June and July, there has been an enormous volume of home releases, all worthy of mention. Due to theContinue Reading
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25/07/2019
Secret Cinema presents…Casino Royale
MI6 has been watching you. They think you have what it takes? The world of espionage has changed and theyContinue Reading
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25/07/2019
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s five best roles
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has starred in some pretty spectacular movies over the years. Although he primarily started as aContinue Reading
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24/07/2019
Film Review: Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
★★★★☆ Prolific documentary maker Nick Broomfield returns with another musical project, this time choosing a more personal topic: the relationshipContinue Reading
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24/07/2019
Film Review: The Current War
★★★☆☆ A stylishly shot period drama, charting the race to provide the world with electricity, should have been compulsive viewing.Continue Reading