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Dead Mans Shoes R...

Last night I watched Shane Meadows’ Dead Man’s Shoes for the third time. It had been a long time since I had seen it but it still remains one of my favourite British films of the naughties. The film is not complicated but has so many issues involved in it. Covering disability,...
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May 6th, 2011
Posted by Summer

BFI to take over fun...

After the coalition government announced that the UK Film Council would be one of the ‘quangos’ to be axed in brutal budget cuts earlier this year, the UK’s arts and culture industry was up in arms. However, it has now been revealed that the British Film Institute (BFI) is to...
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November 29th, 2010
Posted by Summer

Harry Potter and The...

The beginning of the end is finally here for fans of the wildly popular wizarding franchise, as Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Part One) launches in cinemas nationwide this very evening. The film is apparently a lot darker than others in the series, leading many to question...
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November 19th, 2010
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Claudia Winkleman ap...

The new host of Film 2010, Claudia Winkleman, has made the news this week after she was forced to apologise on-air after an embarrassing technical fault occurred on the show. During Tuesday (9th November) night’s edition of the BBC’s film review and discussion show – previously...
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November 15th, 2010
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Amores Perros: the M...

On first hearing about the premise of Mexican neo-noir film Amores Perros (roughly translated as “Love is a Bitch”) – that it is a foreign language film about the cruel practice of dog fighting – you’d be forgiven for not showing a particular interest in watching it....
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November 4th, 2010
Posted by Summer

Control...

One of the more quirky films I have seen recently was Control. The film is based around the beginnings of the band Joy Division in the mid 1970s, the trials and tribulations of the lead singer Ian Curtis and the music scene they entered. Set in Macclesfield and Manchester, the film...
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June 30th, 2010
Posted by Summer

The Wizard of Oz...

The other day I caught the Wizard of Oz on the television and decided to watch it, as I hadn’t seen it for a good 10 years! It instantly reminded me of childhood and I remember all the characters quite vividly. My impression of the film has always been of a very dark, sinister...
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June 25th, 2010
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Cage and Kidman Team...

Hollywood stars Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman have signed on to feature in the action-adventure Trespass. Joel Schumacher will direct the headline cast who are rumoured to play a married couple taken hostage by a brutal group of 4 trying to make some easy money. Aside from this...
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June 22nd, 2010
Posted by Summer

Predator 2...

The other night on Channel 4 Predator 2 was aired. It was a good few years since I last saw this film, the 1990 sequel to the 1987 film Predator starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the protagonist trying to hunt down an unknown being. At the end of that film the Predator is beaton by...
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June 10th, 2010
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