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Cinderella: Review

Social StudentMarch 29, 2015

With a grand cast and wonderful direction from the great Sir Kenneth Branagh, this latest entry of Disney live action remakes successfully manages to maintain t...

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Kingsman: The Secret Service (Review)

EllieTaltonFebruary 19, 2015

Known for the likes of Kick Ass, X-men and Stardust, Matthew Vaughn is one of the big guys in the business and now, he's back with a new star studded production...

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As taglines go, the one chosen for Paddington - “A little bear will make a big splash” - has proven rather apt. Still one of the top films in the box office two months after its UK release date, this film has made quite the impression. ...

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): Review

andrewodonnellJanuary 29, 2015

Birdman is the story of Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton), a Hollywood actor who, in his prime, played a famous superhero character. Riggan is now struggling and...

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I’m Not Sure Maggie Would Have Liked This Game

Owain ReedJanuary 27, 2015

2015 is the year that I found a new love. In all honesty, I’ve been searching for something for a while. Probably ever since Joel and Ellie left a huge hole in ...

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Telltale’s Game of Thrones: Episode 1 Iron from Ice

Thomas QuinnJanuary 25, 2015

There may finally be a good stand-alone Game of Thrones game on the market. Game of Thrones suffers from the same problem that all games based on things that al...

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The Babadook: Review

joebernertDecember 12, 2014

Last week, in a fit of childishness I had vetoed watching a proper movie with Katy and instead forced her to watch the ridiculous Rambo III on channel 5. ‘Look’...

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Upstream Colour: Review

joebernertDecember 8, 2014

Shane Carruth's Upstream Colour, written by Shane Carruth, starring Shane Carruth, scored and edited by Shane Carruth, and presumably key gripped by Shane Carru...

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Interstellar OST – Organ-ised Chaos

joebernertDecember 7, 2014

Hi. My name is Joseph and I have a problem. I can't stop listening to the Interstellar soundtrack. My girlfriend has stopped talking to me, electing to simply r...

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Only God Forgives: Review

joebernertDecember 6, 2014

Nicolas Winding Refn takes his characteristic mix of oddball psychodrama and explosive ultra violence to the sultry underside of Bangkok for this tale of reveng...

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Northern Soul: Review

WillHerbertDecember 5, 2014

With a fairly straight and narrow plot-line and a hero worth cheering for, it’s easy to like Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul. And, like 20 000 Days on Earth,...

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Under The Skin: Review

joebernertDecember 4, 2014

Director of all trades Jonathan Glazer heads north of the border for his Scarlet Johansson anti-vehicle Under the skin. (more…)...

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Nightcrawler Review: An American Nightmare

joebernertDecember 3, 2014

Jake Gyllenhaal navigates the exploitative world of LA’s news stations in this darkly comic thriller. (more…)...

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Mockingjay Part 1: Review

SarahAKenchDecember 2, 2014

Last week the penultimate chapter in The Hunger Games film series hit our cinemas. Based on the bestselling trilogy by Suzanne Collins, the film series that fir...

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Get on Up: Review

WillHerbertDecember 2, 2014

This past month has given us several films that one could describe as biopics but Tate Taylor’s Get on Up, about the life of James Brown, is certainly the trues...

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Review: Non-Stop

NialNovember 27, 2014

Liam Neeson returns as air marshal Bill Marks in yet another action flick. A transatlantic flight goes pair-shaped when a series of text messages sent to Bill's...

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Review: Begin Again

Sophie WoollanNovember 25, 2014

Despite the fact that it had a pretty famous cast (Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo took centre stage), Begin Again seemed to take a back seat when it came to c...

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Review: The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 1

Ceri RawlingsNovember 22, 2014

or Jennifer Lawrence: The Movie... I am joking of course. I am going to write a review on the movie and I am a person who has never ever read the books, so ...

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Review: The Imitation Game

WillHerbertNovember 21, 2014

Having received much validation from historians and those in-the-know, The Imitation Game is ultimately a waste of good source material. Using a non-linear p...

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Interstellar: Review

us101November 18, 2014

If it’s a no-brainer popcorn flick you are after, then this is not the film for you. Much like Inception, Interstellar offers a truly thought-provoking and comp...

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Mr Turner: Review

WillHerbertNovember 10, 2014

Mike Leigh’s ‘not technically a biopic’ of the life of William Turner is the work of a true master and, like the work of Turner himself, the film Mr Turner find...

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Fury: Review

andrewodonnellOctober 24, 2014

Written and directed by David Ayer, Fury takes place during April 1945 as the Allies make their final push into Germany, focusing on a Sherman tank who's crew h...

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Gone Girl: Review

WillHerbertOctober 11, 2014

Certainly the best thriller I’ve seen in a while, David Fincher’s Gone Girl is a rare treat that’s not to be missed. What’s more, after it’s premiere at the New...

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Ida: review

Joe AlexanderOctober 9, 2014

Acclaimed director Pawel Pawlikowski returns with Ida: a film about identity; wherein history is revisited with understanding and modesty, exquisite photography...

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Maps to the Stars: Review

WillHerbertOctober 4, 2014

Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia and Nymphomania Parts I and II have brought him commercial success, David Fincher’s Gone Girl is just over the horizon and Christop...

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In Order of Disappearance: Review

WillHerbertSeptember 23, 2014

One-part Sightseers and one part TV’s The Returned, In Order of Disappearance is superbly paced and entertaining film. Some might be put out as it slides from d...

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A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness: review

Joe AlexanderSeptember 23, 2014

Experimental art filmmakers Ben Rivers and Ben Russell team up to bring us A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness. An exercise in patience and stillness; it stars mus...

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How Have You Not Seen Friends?

MattSeptember 22, 2014

Introducing a new series of blogs where I’ll discuss past yet brilliant TV shows and films which will stick around with us for a very long time. So for the firs...

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20 000 Days on Earth: Review

WillHerbertSeptember 22, 2014

Any docu-fan, any filmmaker or anyone who’s been enjoying what digital cinema has to offer owes themselves a viewing of 20 000 Days on Earth. Nick Cave conta...

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A Most Wanted Man: Review

andrewodonnellSeptember 19, 2014

Set in modern day Hamburg, A Most Wanted Man is the story of a Issa Karpov (Grigoriy Dobrygin), a half-Chechen, half-Russian refugee, who has fled to Hamburg to...

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