5 reasons why the Fantastic Four Haters are WRONG
So…Fantastic Four (Fant4stic), it’s like totally rubbish right? Well, no actually. I really enjoyed this film that attempts to subvert the...
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Review: Ruth & Alex (5 Flights Up)
Discovering Morgan Freeman‘s presence in a film is like coming home. His smooth voice and low vowel sounds improve any project. Plus he...
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If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next
What a dramatic title! I’ll lead in with a question: What films have blown your mind? It could be a classic movie from the 70s like Annie...
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Review: While We’re Young
In homage to a scene of Mexican hallucinogenic drug-taking while dressed in white that ends with hours of (literal) vomiting...
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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Distressing Cinema
It has long been an industry joke that actors wanting to win awards should portray debilitating illness, down and dirty ugliness or a...
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Foxcatcher. Brillant? Yes. Enjoyable?…
If someone were to ask you what your primary reason for going to the cinema was, what would you say? I’d expect many to immediately pipe...
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Review: Wild -“Serious, life-affirming and radical”
It’s raining. My boots hurt. I’m hungry. All of these things are very inconvenient, but trite in these circumstances. As Wild makes...
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Review: Men, Women & Children
How annoying are people who check their mobiles during a film? Those brightly glowing screens in your peripheral vision serve as powerful...
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Review: The Imitation Game
I’m fond of a cryptic crossword – all those hidden meanings in a prosaic black and white grid. I’ve pretty much cracked The Observer’s...
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Review: Begin Again
Reviewers are never paid well (if, at all), but what we do have is the ability to record little moments of bliss – which is its own...
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