Film Review – Scotch: The Golden Dram
I’m the first to admit that I’m not a fan of whisky. My first encounter involved half a bottle of Bell’s and I’m never really recovered. I will say, like…
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Rob Aldam
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Rob worked on a number of online music magazines, both as a writer and editor, before concentrating on his first love - film. After stints as Cultural and Film Editor on local magazines, he took up residency as Film Editor at Backseat Mafia. He specialises in covering world cinema, independent film, documentaries, and championing the underdog.
Film Review: Maiden
The first Whitbread Round the World Race was held in 1973. 17 yachts and 167 crew took part in the gruelling challenge which encompassed 50,000 kilometres of often tumultuous ocean.…
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Film Review: Rosie
It’s easy to fly to Dublin for as little as £10, but when you get there you’ll be paying over the odds for a place to stay. Not to mention…
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Film Review: The Kindergarten Teacher
In a career which has often been overshadowed by her brother, Maggie Gyllenhaal seems to have found her opportunities limited. Despite this, when juicy roles come around she grabs them…
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Blu-Ray Review: Evil Dead 2
When Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead 2 was released in 1987, it changed the face of genre cinema forever. It quickly became a cult classic and the video release ensured that…
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Incoming: Border
Tina is a customs agent with a nose for trouble. She can literally smell human emotions, which is a handy talent for sniffing out suspicious border crossers. But when a…
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Incoming: The Aftermath
The Aftermath is set in postwar Germany in 1946. Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley) arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter winter, to be reunited with her husband Lewis…
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Blu-Ray Review: Phantom Lady
Robert Siodmak was just one of many film directors and actors who fled to America to escape the tyranny of Hitler’s Germany. This migration included such eminent figures as Ernst…
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Film Review: Foxtrot
Since the Partition of Palestine in 1947 in order to create a Jewish State, tensions have been high within the region. Whilst most film-makers focus on the conflict or the…
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Film Review: Sauvage
Love has to be one of the strangest, most bizarre and bafflingly amazing afflictions suffered by human beings. It can bring the strongest person to their knees or give the…
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