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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.
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Incoming: The Land of the Enlightened

  • September 5, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
A gang of Afghan kids from the Kuchi tribe dig out old Soviet mines and sell the explosives to children working in a lapis lazuli mine. When not dreaming of…
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Blu-Ray Review: Flight of the Phoenix

  • September 5, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
Disaster movies are big box office these days. Every summer you’ll see a smattering in your local multiplex. The current vogue is for natural disasters. Big budget Studio films such…
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Incoming: Sausage Party

  • September 2, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what…
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Incoming – Jim: The James Foley Story

  • September 1, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
In August, 2014, a video of the public execution of American photojournalist James Foley rippled across the globe. That image challenged the world to deal with a new face of…
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Film Review: Things To Come

  • August 31, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
Probably more than any other country, French cinema has a proud history of creating strong leading roles for female actors. Whilst traditionally fascinated with younger actresses it doesn’t forget them…
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DVD Review: The Samurai Trilogy (Criterion Collection)

  • August 30, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
Japan has a rich history and reputation for being one of the most significant, diverse and thought-provoking countries when it comes to cinema. In terms of film-making, the socio-economic climate…
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Incoming: Brotherhood

  • August 30, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
The third and final instalment in Noel Clarke’s urban trilogy, that also includes Kidulthood (2006) and Adulthood (2008). A gritty tale of an ex-con whose dreams of settling down and…
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Film Review: The Conversations

  • August 29, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
British cinema is still predominately a white preserve, both in-front and behind the camera. Whilst there are occasionally films which showcase Black talent and delve into urban culture, Asian directors,…
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DVD Review: People of the Mountains

  • August 27, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
In this fast paced age of modern technology, global telecommunications and a dizzying array of multi-media platforms, it can be easy to forget that less than a hundred years ago…
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Incoming – Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

  • August 24, 2016
  • Rob Aldam
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping goes behind the scenes as singer/rapper Conner4Real (Samberg) faces a crisis of popularity after his sophomore album flops, leaving his fans, sycophants and rivals all…
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