Film Review: The House by the Sea
It is said that blood is thicker than water and to a greater extent that appears to hold true for most people. That doesn’t mean we necessarily like our brothers…
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Film Review: Island of Hungry Ghosts
Whilst it may no longer be front page news unless it impacts directly on our shores, the refugee crisis remains one of the most pressing global issues. This has been…
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Film Review: One Cut of the Dead
It’s all too easy to be overly critical and forget how incredibly difficult it is to make a feature film. How much time and effort is invested by a whole…
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Film Review: The 12th Man
Whilst we all know that World War II was fought between the Axis and Allies, the majority of the Western gaze tends to linger on events surrounding Germany, Britain, Italy,…
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Film Review: Papillon
Cinema has blessed the world with several great prison dramas. Indeed, The Shawshank Redemption regularly features at the top of ‘greatest films’ lists. Then there’s Cool Hand Luke, The Grand…
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Film Review: Final Score
It’s extraordinary to think that professional wrestling has become such a popular access point into the world of Hollywood (and even more strangely, politics!). Then again, you could argue it’s…
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Film Review: An Elephant Sitting Still
2018 has been a great year for first-time film-makers. Some of the best cinema created around the world has been produced by directors making their feature debuts. Whether those film…
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Film Review: 1985
The 1980s was a remarkable decade in many ways. It was arguably the last great decade for cinema and one of the most interesting musically. Then there’s there was the…
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Film Review: Mug
Polish cinema finds itself in a very strange place at the moment. On the one hand, there are film-makers such as Pawel Pawlikowski, who with Ida and Cold War has…
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Film Review: Await Further Instructions
You probably fall into one of two groups. There are those of us who implicitly place their trust in authority and would rather defer decisions to the state or government.…
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