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Review: Men, Women & Children

Posted by on Oct 14, 2014 in All, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

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

Posted by on Oct 13, 2014 in All, biopic, drama, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

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

Posted by on Jul 7, 2014 in All, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

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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Review: The Two Faces of January

Posted by on May 26, 2014 in All, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

The Two Faces of January represents the latest venture for a genre that has lost its way in recent years – the noir thriller. With so few...

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———– You are Divergent ————

Posted by on Apr 1, 2014 in All, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

Ah – Utopia – I’ve long been obsessed with the idea that we can create a perfect society, most likely on another planet and definitely...

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Review – Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Posted by on Mar 20, 2014 in action, All, Comics, Film, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

There are some things that you can expect from a Marvel Studios movie – huge glossy action pieces with bone-crunching fight scenes, a...

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Review: The Voorman Problem

Posted by on Feb 24, 2014 in All, Film, Reviews, short film | 0 comments

It is testament to Martin Freeman’s temperament that in an era when he is dominating both our small screen (Sherlock) and large (The...

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How Fiennes is our first film feminist of 2014

Posted by on Feb 17, 2014 in All, Film, News | 0 comments

Another period drama film written and directed by a luvvie thesp – give me a break?! If that’s your opinion on the release of The...

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57th BFI London Film Festival review: Nebraska

Posted by on Oct 21, 2013 in All, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

Nebraska is part road-movie, part-family chronicle with skeletons bursting out of cupboards left, right and centre. Optioned...

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57th BFI London Film Festival Review: Half of a Yellow Sun

Posted by on Oct 21, 2013 in All, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

Half of a Yellow Sun is a technicolour treat bringing a much-loved book to life on screen. The bones of the story are essentially the same...

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