Film Review: Ex Machina
‘Dues Ex Machina’. Translation: God from the machine. A term which can be traced back to ancient Greek tragedy, where gods would often appear. It is more commonly used these…
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Incoming: Mortdecai
Juggling some angry Russians, MI5, his impossibly leggy wife and an international terrorist, debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai (Johnny Depp) must traverse the globe armed only…
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DVD Review: Wish I Was Here
During the last decade, Scrubs became something of a TV phenomenon. The adventures of JD (Zach Braff) and Turk (Donald Faison) had a large following rapt to Channel 4 and…
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Incoming: A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Year is a searing crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically the most dangerous year in the city’s history. From acclaimed…
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DVD Review: Greatful Dead
Japanese cinema has brought us many mentally unhinged protagonists over the last few decades. Whilst Nao Ômori became iconic as Ichi The Killer, and director Takashi Miike has continued to…
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Incoming: Ex Machina
From acclaimed writer/director Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Sunshine) comes Ex Machina, a chilling vision of the not-too-distant future of artificial intelligence. In the mountain retreat of a gifted internet…
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DVD Review: The Circle
The time proceeding and during the Second World War was a particularly difficult period in history to be gay. With the rise of Nazi Germany and historical prejudices, homosexuality was…
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Incoming: The Gambler
Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) is a risk taker. Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams) and…
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DVD Review: The Search For Weng Weng
In documentary cinema, it’s not unusual to find that life is stranger than fiction. Some stories would be considered unrealistic were they to be the plot of a narrative film.…
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Incoming: La Maison de la Radio
Renowned French filmmaker Nicolas Philibert (Etre et Avoir, Nenette) journeys into the heart of Radio France to discover what usually escapes our gaze: the mysteries, personalities and everyday oddities of…
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