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Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
In terms of recent big movie news, nothing has come close to eclipsing the announcement of Ben Affleck as the new Batman. Although it’s a perfectly good and logical choice, the storm of outrage that followed was quite frankly r...
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Love is All You Need
When you see the cover for Love is All You Need you realise that this could be one of only two films; a Beatles themed musical or a middle aged romantic comedy. Whilst the latter of those is true, Love is All You Need offers mu...
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Top 10 Best Actor-Director Collaborations
Beautiful relationships – where two come together as one – are rare and special things. But in the world of film, when a director finds an actor who can perfectly replicate his vision, it’s not only exciting for film love...
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Arbitrage
The English dictionary defines the word arbitrage as “The purchase of securities on one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a piece of discrepancy”. In many ways this is what happens in this fi...
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Ben Wheatley: A Leftfield In England
If you were to list popular genres in modern British cinema you’d probably end up with: Costume Drama, Social Realist Drama, and Romantic Comedy. And, to be fair, that’s about it. The genres that used to be a staple of British ...
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Village At The End Of The World
Modern life can be a drag. Anybody who lives in a large city or town will testify to that. Whether you are stacking shelves or pushing pencils, we all feel from time to time, that the grass is always greener somewhere else. Tha...
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Neighbouring Sounds
Subtlety is the name of the game in Kleber Mendonca Filho’s debut feature Neighbouring Sounds. Through discreet actions and clever camera techniques Neighbouring Sounds suggests to us that not all is well in this Brazilia...
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Ultimate Hangover Movies
This week The Hangover Part 3 is unleashed on to our cinema screens. Who knows what this installment will bring us but after this latest escapade it might be time for the guys to have a little lie down for a while. Do the Wolf ...
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Aurora
In 2005, director Cristi Puiu released The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. The black comedy won a number of high end awards from festivals all over the globe and is now regarded as one of the finest cinematic achievements of recent yea...
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The Mystery of Gatsby
Since its publication in 1925 The Great Gatsby has enticed and fascinated readers throughout the globe. The tale of the reclusive Jay Gatsby’s affair with the beautiful Daisy Buchanan in 1920’s New York is one of th...
