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15/08/2018
Film Review: Christopher Robin
★★★☆☆ Ideally, Disney would stop updating beloved cartoon classics into new live-action films, but as that seems unlikely, it’s luckyContinue Reading
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15/08/2018
Film Review: The Guardians
★★★☆☆ Best-known for Of Gods And Men, a film about a group of lonely men in a monastery at aContinue Reading
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15/08/2018
The Hustler – Paul Newman’s finest role?
Initially released on the same year as Paris Blues, which Paul Newman also starred in, The Hustler tells the storyContinue Reading
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14/08/2018
Locarno 2018: Festival roundup
With the 71st Locarno Film Festival coming to a close at the weekend and the prizes awarded, our contributor JohnContinue Reading
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12/08/2018
Locarno 2018: Golden Leopard goes to Yeo Siew Hua’s A Land Imagined
The 71st Locarno Film Festival came to a close today and the awards have been announced. The top prize wasContinue Reading
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10/08/2018
Film Review: Heathers
★★★☆☆ Another week, another anniversary celebration of a firm favourite from the decade that continues to be more influential acrossContinue Reading
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09/08/2018
Film Review: The Meg
★★★☆☆ Loosely based on a series of trash sci-fi horror novels, The Meg surges into as many multiplexes as it can muster thisContinue Reading
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09/08/2018
Film Review: The Heiresses
★★★★☆ This modest but polished film follows an older woman’s journey of self-discovery as her partner is sent to jail.Continue Reading
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09/08/2018
Film Review: Sicilian Ghost Story
★★★☆☆ Based on the real-life abduction of Giuseppe di Matteo, Sicilian Ghost Story combines teen romance, realist crime drama and gothic fable.Continue Reading
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08/08/2018
DVD Review: Birdman of Alcatraz
★★★★☆ While serving a life sentence and in indefinite solitary confinement, convicted murderer Robert Stroud began raising birds. In soContinue Reading
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08/08/2018
DVD Review: Flesh + Blood
★★★☆☆ It’s the year of our Lord 1501 and in Western Europe the venal and the powerful wage war. InContinue Reading
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08/08/2018
Jumanji 3 – What to expect
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was released in 2017. This is a reboot of the 1995 Jumanji, starring the lateContinue Reading
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02/08/2018
Film Review: The Producers
★★★★☆ Two schnooks decide to produce a play that’s bound to fail as a way of fleecing their investors. SuchContinue Reading
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02/08/2018
Film Review: Maurice
★★★★☆ In a post-Call Me By Your Name world where the LGBT community has seen a film boom according toContinue Reading
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02/08/2018
Film Review: The Escape
★★★★☆ The Escape is an emotional exploration of a fractured marriage, but something much darker is at its core: depressionContinue Reading