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The Foreigner (2017) Snapshot Review

The Foreigner (2017) Director: Martin Campbell Screenwriter: David Marconi Starring: Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan Based on Stephen Leather’s novel “The Chinaman” and directed by the man at the helm of Casino Royale (2006) Martin Campbell, 2017’s The Foreigner is a revenge thriller that is part First Blood (1982) levels of creative brutality and part political drama regarding the rights and wrongs of IRA-led terrorism and […]

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The Post (2018) Review

The Post (2018) Director: Steven Spielberg Screenwriters: Liz Hannah, Josh Singer Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Matthew Rhys, Bradley Whitford In an era of press embargoes and Fake News, legendary director Steven Spielberg has assembled one of the most Spielbergian cast of all

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Mother! (2017) Review

Mother! (2017) Director: Darren Aronofsky Screenwriter: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson Darren Aronofsky, the mind behind some of this century’s most challenging films such as Requiem for a Dream (2000) and Black Swan (2010), is back with possibly his most challenging film to date. More so than The Fountain (2006) and Noah (2014), the

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Annie Waits (2017) Short Film Review

Annie Waits (2017) Director: Marnie Paxton Screenwriter: Chris Anastasi Starring: April Kelley, Sam Gittins, Sarah Huxley, Alex Jordan, Andrew Simpson, Sam Swainsbury. Witty and intelligent, Marnie Paxton’s Annie Waits takes a satirical look at the search for a perfect romantic partner and the trying aspects of young adulthood in just under nine minutes of honest,

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Beauty and the Beast (2017) Review

Beauty and the Beast (2017) Director: Bill Condon Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gadd, Kevin Kline, Hattie Morahan, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Nathan Mack, Audra McDonald, Stanley Tucci, Gugu Mbatha-Raw Plot: A reimagining of the classic Disney animation. A Prince and his castle is cursed by an enchantress. He must find

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Sing (2016/17) Review

Sing (2016/17) Director: Garth Jennings Starring: Taron Egerton, Reese Witherspoon, Tori Kelly, Jennifer Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Hudson, Peter Serafinowicz, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Saunders, Garth Jennings, Nick Kroll & Nick Offerman. Plot: Theatre owner Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) initiates a city-wide singing competition to rescue his beloved theatre from inevitable bankruptcy.

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The Killing of America (1981) Review

The Killing of America (1981) Directors: Leonard Schrader, Sheldon Renan Plot: A documentary of the decline of America. It features a lot a great footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much-much more. “America is the only industrialised nation with a higher murder rate than countries at civil war, like

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I, Daniel Blake (2016) Review

I, Daniel Blake (2016) Director: Ken Loach Starring: Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Briana Shann, Dylan McKiernan Plot: A middle aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario. This is more than a movie, it is our quiet rage. Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winning film about an

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Swiss Army Man (2016) Review

Swiss Army Man (2016) Director: Dan Kwan; Daniel Scheinart. Starring: Paul Dano; Daniel Radcliffe; Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Plot: A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home. Daniel Radcliffe’s latest foray into the relative obscurity of North America’s independent film circuit comes

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Kon Tiki (2012) Review

Kon Tiki (2012) Director: Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg Starring: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård Plot: Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal’s epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Colombian times. A teamed effort from directors

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