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Blu-Ray Review: Memories of Underdevelopment

Cuban cinema has very infrequently made a dent on the world stage. Before the revolution in 1959, it was largely concerned with straightforward melodramas. The ‘Golden age’ of Cuban cinema…

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Blu-Ray Review: Hannah and Her Sisters

Considered by many critics to be his best film, Hannah and Her Sisters is also one of Woody Allen’s greatest Box Office successes. As with much of his work over…

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Blu-Ray Review: A Man For All Seasons

The past decade has seen a huge resurgence in interest in historical drama. This has manifested itself in the literary world with the likes of Philippa Gregory, C.J. Samson and…

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Incoming: The Founder

The unlikely true story of a 52 year old travelling salesman with withering prospects who stumbled upon a burger stand in the middle of nowhere and turned it into the…

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Film Review: Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures is a true story about races, in both senses of the word. It is about black and white communities in segregated 1961 Virginia, and about three women (and…

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Incoming: 20th Century Women

Set in Santa Barbara in the summer of ’79 20th Century Women takes a humorous and heartfelt look at how we figure out who we are. 20th Century Women is…

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Blu-Ray Review: We are the Flesh

Since the inception of cinema, there has been directors and writers intent on pushing boundaries; both in terms of taste and extremes. Whilst films such as The Devils, Cannibal Holocaust,…

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Incoming: Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk

Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk is told from the point of view of 19-year-old private Billy Lynn (newcomer Joe Alwyn) who, along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a…

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Film Review: BAFTA Shorts 2017

At best, short films are often underappreciated by the film-going public. At worst, they’re completely ignored. However, many popular feature films started life in a curtailed format. This is especially…

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Blu-Ray Review: Tower of London

Vincent Price longed to be taken seriously as an actor. Although he made his name epitomising sinister in horror films, in his heart he wanted to compete with the best…

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