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Derby Film Festival – Son of Saul – Review ****
László Nemes’ critically lauded debut film opens with a shot out of focus, the movement within the frame not quite discernible, forcing us to strain...
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Captain America: Civil War – Review ****
At the beginning of Captain America: Civil War Steve Rogers (the eponymous superhero) says: “This job… we try to save as many people as we...
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Golden Years – Review ***
If you followed attentively as the Hatton Garden robbery unfolded, and cheered for the four elderly men who (almost) managed to stick it to the...
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Flatpack Film Festival – Love & Peace – Review ****
You may know Japanese director Sion Sono from the cult horror circuit, where he made a name for himself with Suicide Club (2001) and Love...
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Flatpack Film Festival – The Forbidden Room – Review ****
In attempting to dissect and analyse the works of Canadian auteur Guy Maddin, you may be doing him a major disservice. The 1000 Eyes of...
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“The Red Woman” – Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 1 – Review ****
WARNING: MASSIVE SPOILERS THAT SPIT FIRE AND WILL BURN YOUR INSIDES It is baaaack! We waited a year to get back to Westeros, particularly to...
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THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES & THE SIGN OF FOUR – Review ***
In the beginning of the 80s, American producer Sy Weintraub, that made a series of very successful Tarzan films for television, entered arduous negotiations with...
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Flatpack Film Festival – Chuck Norris Vs Communism – Review ****
Documentaries about dictatorships are usually renowned for their grimness. And that’s probably why Chuck Norris vs Communism, director Ilinca Calugareany’s feature length extension of her 2014...
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Flatpack Film Festival – Crumbs – Review ***
The proposition that human civilisation as we know it is coming to an end sooner rather than later is a concept ripe for cinema. The...
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Flatpack Film Festival – Green Room- Review ****
The experience of watching Green Room is like seeing a punk band live: full force, confrontational and adrenaline fuelled. Following up his mainstream breakthrough Blue...