Incoming: Bad Times At The El Royale
Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will…
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LFF Review: The Day I Lost My Shadow
There have been many films covering the crisis, conflict and atrocities which have taken place in Syria following the unrest of 2011. Whilst it’s largely accepted that over half-a-million people…
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Blu-ray Review: Il Postino
The first Academy Award for Best Picture was awarded to Wings back in 1929. In the ninety iterations which have followed there have been a wide range of winners in…
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LFF Review: The Spy Gone North
Despite relations warming somewhat over the past couple of years, North and South Korea has been in a state of war since 1953. In reality, this has taken many forms,…
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Incoming: First Man
Damien Chazelle and Ryan Gosling reteam for Universal Pictures’ First Man, the riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading…
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Blu-ray Review: 12 Monkeys
No two words, used in conjunction, send shivers down the spine of Hollywood studio execs, financiers and producers quite like those of Terry and Gilliam. He’s undoubtedly a visionary, but…
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LFF Review: Happy as Lazzaro
The caricature of a Holy Fool has been one of the most enthralling and iconic religious notions throughout history. However, the treatment of these figures has oscillated between demonization, victimisation…
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LFF Review: Chained for Life
Hollywood has never exactly been what you’d call an equal opportunities employer. It never fails to amaze me how everyone from the ‘ugly’ character upwards in a big budget film…
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Incoming: 22 July
In 22 July, Paul Greengrass tells the true story of the aftermath of Norway’s deadliest terrorist attack. On 22 July 2011, 77 people were killed when a far-right extremist detonated…
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Blu-ray Review – Troll: The Complete Collection
Once in a while a movie comes along which is so so so so bad, it becomes an absolute cult classic. There’s no rhyme of reason behind it or magic…
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