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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: The Other Side of Everything

Yugoslavia, or more pertinently, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, was established as a central European communist ideal in 1945. Comprising Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Slovenia and Montenegro,…

Blu-ray Review: Adrift

Since time immemorial man has attempted to conquer the seas, yet Poseidon and Neptune have been disinclined to play along. The sheer awe, power and romance conjured up by those…

Incoming: Widows

Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of…

DVD Review: Secret Santa

Christmas is a time of year for families. A time to come together and celebrate. A time for overtly cynical advertising campaigns and special edition sandwiches. A time for traumatic…

Incoming: Juliet, Naked

Annie (Rose Byrne) is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan (Chris O’Dowd) – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). When the acoustic demo of Tucker’s…

Blu-ray Review: Hitler’s Hollywood

Whilst Hollywood was well into its Golden Era, World War II may have caused many privations but it didn’t stop films being made. Indeed, all sides saw cinema as an…

Blu-ray Review: Long Weekend

The great outdoors. There’s nothing better than reconnecting with nature; getting out into the country or going away to the coast. To enjoy the wildlife and be at one with…

Incoming: Peterloo

An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and…

DVD Review: Nancy

There can be no greater tragedy which can befall parents than the loss of a child. I can’t even begin to comprehend the emotional toll that must take, how you…

Film Review: Black Mother

There are many types of documentaries out there. Some are heavily reliant on archive footage to tell a story whilst others have the benefit of having the central protagonist on…

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