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The Dirties
Matt Johnson’s feature debut is an electric account of intimidation, abuse and vengeance in the hallways of a Toronto high school. Johnson plays Matt, a shunned and manic creative filmmaker who, with best friend Owen, uses his ...
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Fruitvale Station
Ryan Coogler dives straight for your conscience with Fruitvale Station, an adaptation of a fatal event that sparked riots across the Bay Area in 2009. Michael B.Jordan is Oscar, an ex-convict and family man whose moral compass ...
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22 Jump Street
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller can’t seem to put a foot wrong. Their clever and colourful catalogue to date are littered with box office surprises, including The Lego Movie and the mouth watering Cloudy with a Chance of Meatb...
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The Wind Rises
The news that The Wind Rises would be Hayao Miyazaki’s final film signalled the end of a significant era in animation. With his collection of beautiful and dedicated work stretching right back to the early 70s, a lot rests on i...
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Punchdrunk’s ‘The Drowned Man’ Announce Special Screenings
Those who like their films haunting and their venue eccentric will be all for a recent season of films hosted in the Encino Theatre cinema at Temple Studios, London this spring. Punchdrunk, the company that are currently presen...
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Muppets Most Wanted
Kermit and company return for a bizarre, frantic and pretty fun sequel to 2011’s The Muppets film, with this spring’s Muppets Most Wanted. Arriving literally seconds after the original’s musical finale, we join the ...
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Spring Events Highlights
Spring is in grabbing distance and with it an array of cinematic events, some charming, some gruesome, all very exciting. FilmJuice highlights some of the best national seasons, screenings and previews over the coming months fo...
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Only Lovers Left Alive
Jim Jarmusch resuscitates Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston in this glacial tale of undying love. Hiddleston is Adam, a sultry, mourning hermit who spends his nights and days in his overgrown Detroit apartment. Swinton is his Ev...
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A New York Winter’s Tale
Happily confessed as an adult fairy tale, A New York Winter’s Tale is a muddled two hours of romance and tragedy. Akiva Goldsman takes the more fantastical components of Christianity, miracles, Lucifer and the like and uses th...
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EE BAFTAs 2014
February, and the awards season is well underway with one of the most promising selection of films in years. Last month’s Golden Globes cemented its place as a merrier celebration of cinema, with hints of what was yet to come. ...
