Incoming: An Impossible Love
A chronicle of the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter, from 1958 to the present day, which is endangered by an unsteady and manipulative father. An Impossible Love…
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Incoming: Welcome to Marwen
Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Flight, Cast Away) directs Steve Carell in the moving true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human…
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Incoming: The Favourite
Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close…
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Incoming: Bumblebee
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying…
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Incoming: Polina
Polina wants to dance. But her creativity is hard to reconcile with the formality of classical ballet training at the Bolshoi. She needs to find her own voice. No matter…
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Blu-Ray Review: The Cooler
Whilst leads perennially hog the limelight, it’s supporting actors who are often likely to steal the show. Hollywood is hardly meritocratic. The ‘A’ List has as much to do with…
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Blu-Ray Review: Nigthshooters
Making a film can be dangerous undertaking. Sets are fraught with peril. One wrong move can literally bring everything crashing down around you. Then there are the pyrotechnics, fight scenes,…
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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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Blu-ray Review: When A Stranger Calls / When A Stranger Calls Back
As demonstrated so successfully in the Scream franchise, one of the most popular motifs in modern genre cinema is that of the mystery caller. Especially when your protagonist is a…
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