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Whiplash (2014) Review
Whiplash (2014) Director: Damien Chazelle Screenwriter: Damien Chazelle Starring: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash is probably the surprise of this year’s Oscars season, accumulating 5 award nominations including a nod in the Best Picture category. To-be megastar Miles Teller – of Divergent fame – leads the line on screen…
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) Review
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Screenwriters: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo Starring: Michael Keaton; Emma Stone; Zach Galifianakis; Edward Norton; Naomi Watts. Alejandro González Iñárritu has provided this year’s Oscars season with perhaps the most artistic picture of the bunch. The director of the critically…
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The Theory of Everything (2014) Review
The Theory of Everything (2014) Director: James Marsh Screenwriter: Anthony McCarten Starring: Eddie Redmayne; Felicity Jones British director James Marsh was first noticed by the Academy of Motion Pictures as a documentary film-maker with his excellent work on the story of Philippe Petit’s tight rope walk between New York City’s Twin Towers in the incredibly…
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Pacific Rim (2013) Review
Pacific Rim Director: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi Sometimes I see a film that makes me realise how angry I am at all films. Pacific Rim is one of those films. I was expecting so much from this film because I love Guillermo Del Toro (Dir.) and it is sci-fi, almost apocalyptic and…
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Empire Records (1995) Review
Empire Records (1995) Director: Allan Moyle Starring: Anthony LaPaglia; Rory Cochrane; Liv Tyler; Renee Zellweger; Johnny Whitworth; Robin Tunney; Ethan Embry Allan Moyle’s Empire Records (1995) is a great choice for your evening’s feel-good entertainment. Whether you’re a young adult, or can remember being one, this mid-90s hit will undoubtedly lift your mood. That’s not…
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The Resident (2011) Review
The Resident (2011) Director: Antti Jokinen Screenwriter: Antti Jokinen, Robert Orr Starring: Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace, Christopher Lee. Antti Jokinen’s The Resident (2011) turned out to be more creepy, than frightening or scary. Scenes in which a highly dosed Hilary Swank would have her fingers licked as she slept and have her unconscious…
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Lola Versus (2012) Review
Lola Versus (2012) Director: Daryl Wein Screenwriters: Zoe Lister-Jones, Daryl Wein Starring: Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman, Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater, Bill Pullman Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones, who co-wrote the mildly successful and incredibly well put together Breaking Upwards (2009), teamed up again in 2012 for their second collaboration Lola Versus; a film that was…
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Moneyball (2011) Review
Moneyball (2011) Director: Bennett Miller Screenwriter: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christ Pratt, Robin Wright Moneyball (2011) was a hit at the Academy Awards in 2012, notching 6 nominations. Not bad for a sports movie, huh? Moneyball was adapted for the screen by Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List) and…
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) Review
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) Director: Mike Newell Screenwriters: Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Steve Toussaint, Toby Kebbell, Richard Coyle Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the Jerry Bruckheimer produced adaptation of Ubisoft’s famed gaming series of the same name.…
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Prometheus (2012) Review
Prometheus (2012) Director: Ridley Scott Screenwriters: Jon Spaihts, Damon Lindelof Starring: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Benedict Wong, Kate Dickie Prometheus (2012) has gone back to the roots of the Alien franchise and produced a summer blockbuster prequel that is sure to make huge profits over the…