Film Review: Yarn
Knitting has become sexy. Even crochet and weaving are back in vogue. A new generation has taken up the mantle of a long tradition of home crafts and made it…
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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.
Incoming: Free State of Jones
As civil war divides the nation, a poor farmer from Mississippi leads a group of rebels against the Confederate army. Starring Matthew McConaughey. Free State of Jones is out in…
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Incoming: Tharlo
Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden’s artfully shot feature is a portrait of a shepherd called Tharlo who spends his days in the company of his sheep traversing the vast Tibetan plateau…
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Incoming: Deepwater Horizon
On April 20th, 2010, one of the world’s largest man-made disasters occurred on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. Directed by Peter Berg (Lone Survivor), this story honours…
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DVD Review: Creature Designers – The Frankenstein Complex
Kids today may see CGI as the norm, but for those of us who grew up with the fantastical inventions of Ray Harryhausen, this is not the case. Visual effects…
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Film Review: The Fencer
Most of our awareness of history doesn’t tend to stretch further than events which directly impacted on our own country. Whilst I consider myself relatively knowledgeable, my grasp of wartime…
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Incoming: Under the Shadow
As a mother & daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 80s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home. Under the Shadow…
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Incoming: Little Men
Jake (Theo Taplitz) is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony (Michael Barbieri) at his grandfather’s funeral, and the unlikely…
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Incoming: The Magnificent Seven
With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns…
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DVD Review: Electra, My Love
Myths and legends have fascinated humankind throughout he ages. Greek, Roman and Norse mythology has stuck with us in popular literature, TV and films. Based on a play by László…
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