Jamie Neish
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DVD Review: ‘Jour de Fête’ & ‘Mon Oncle’
★★★★☆ The BFI’s remastered Jacques Tati series continues with the double release of Jour de Fête (1949) and Mon Oncle (1958) – two of the beloved French star’s most renowned films. Packaged with in-depth booklets, essays and brand new artwork to tie-in with the crystal clear restorations, these films well represent the immeasurable talent Tati…
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DVD Review: ‘Dark Horse’
★★☆☆☆ Writer/director Todd Solondz returns after a brief 3-year hiatus with Dark Horse (2011) – a film that takes a darkly droll approach into exploring the darker side of human behaviour. The film centres on Abe (Jordan Gelber), a socially awkward, overweight and toy collector thirty-something who lives in the confines of his parents’ house…
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DVD Review: ‘Safe’
★★★☆☆ Jason Statham (aka ‘the Stath’) returns to the action fold with Safe (2012), a mostly by-the-numbers, yet surprisingly involving and dynamic thriller from writer/director Boaz Yakin. The film centres on Statham’s Luke Wright, an ex-cop who, after stumbling upon a prized 12-year-old Chinese girl called Mei (Catherine Chan), finds himself caught up in a…
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DVD Review: ‘Truth or Dare’
★★☆☆☆ British filmmaker Robert Heath returns to screens with Truth or Dare (2012), a low-budget horror that attempts to put a generic spin on the well-known party game of the same name. The film follows five university friends – Paul (Liam Boyle), Chris (Jack Gordon), Luke (Alexander Vlahos), Eleanor (Jennie Jacques) and Gemma (Florence Hall)…
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DVD Review: ‘The Lucky One’
★★★☆☆ International bestselling author-come-screenwriter Nicholas Sparks has made a name for himself over the last few years as his novels have one-by-one been turned into lachrymose-heavy romantic comedies, from The Notebook (2004) to Dear John (2010) and The Last Song (2010). Thankfully, the latest adaptation of his work, Scott Hicks’ The Lucky One (2012), is…
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Film Review: ‘Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’
★☆☆☆☆ US comedy duo Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim bring their unusual (and quite frankly bizarre) style of humour to the big screen with Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie (2012) – a film more likely to anger than entertain. Having been loaned $1 billion to make a film, Tim and Eric turn in a…
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Film Review: ‘The Three Stooges’
★★☆☆☆ Conceived as a tribute to the celebrated 1930/1940s vaudeville comedy act of the same name, The Three Stooges (2012) hails from well-known comedy directors and self-proclaimed enthusiasts the Farrelly brothers. Unlike their usual brand of offensive humour, however, The Three Stooges brings with it a welcome and surprising level of warmth, but is sadly…
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DVD Review: ‘Romeos’
★★★☆☆ German director Sabine Bernardi explores the unfamiliar with her feature directorial debut Romeos (2011), a touching if slightly tame insight into a male-to-female transgender forced to come to terms with the heartache that comes with first love. Our protagonist also has to deal with the fluctuating emotions that come hand-in-hand with both his treatment…
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Film Review: ‘Red Lights’
★★★☆☆ After making an impression with his claustrophobic directorial debut Buried (2010), writer and director Rodrigo Cortés returns to cinema screens with ex-Sundance entry Red Light (2012): a psychological thriller that explores the blurry line between scientific validation and those supernatural occurrences that cannot be vindicated.Parapsychologists Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy) spend…
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Interview: Ken Loach and cast on ‘The Angels’ Share’
To mark the release of Ken Loach’s Scottish-based dramedy The Angels’ Share (2012), CineVue were invited to Deanston Distillery, located a few miles outside of Stirling where most of the films interiors were set, to meet Loach, writer Paul Laverty and cast members Paul Brannigan, Jasmin Riggins, William Ruane, Siobhan Reilly and Gary Maitland. The picturesque…