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Blu-ray Review: Sailor Suit and The Machine Gun

There have always been child prodigies whose talent and dedication have allowed them to succeed in their area of expertise. Performing well ahead of their years. This success if usually…

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Film Review: You Will Die at Twenty

Life in Sudan isn’t easy at the best of times, but the ongoing military coup highlights just how fragile human rights and democracy remain in the north-east African country. With…

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Film Review: Natural Light

Despite what we might be led to believe, for the most part soldiering involves a lot of waiting around and generally doing very little other than simply being somewhere. This,…

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Film Review: Love It Was Not

Films about World War II, and particularly the Holocaust, tend to be very black and white. The Nazis were the bad guys and everyone else was just an innocent victim.…

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Film Review: Red Heaven

As the Earth begins to falter at an increasingly accelerated rate, largely due to the abuses of humankind, the thoughts of many turn to the stars. While billionaires see space…

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Film Review: Ida Red

When it comes to crime, it’s often best to keep it in the family. From the Italian mafiosi to Japanese Yakuza, organised crime often involves a complex hierarchy of familial…

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Film Review: Bull

There’s seems to be something that the British, in particular, find fascinating about gangsters. While other countries have their own versions (Yakuza, Triads, Mafiosi etc), our hard men tend to…

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LKFF Review: Collectors

There’s something about a good adventure yarn which feels inherently satisfying. Treasure hunters like Indiana Jones, Laura Croft or Nathan Drake capture the imaginations of both the young and old.…

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Film Review: Dead & Beautiful

With the publication of his novel Dracula, Bram Stoker brought the concept of vampirism to the masses. While entities with vampiric tendencies have existed in folklore dating back to ancient…

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Film Review: Beans

Ever since the first Europeans set foot on North American soil there have been tensions between the colonisers and the indigenous peoples. While disputes no longer (usually) end in bloodshed,…

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