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The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020) Review

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020) Director: Armando Ianucci Screenwriters: Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci Starring: Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw, Ranveer Jaiswal, Daisy May Cooper, Darren Boyd, Gwendoline Christie The idea of the departed looking down upon the world of the living with confusion and exasperation has been a […]

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Little Women (1994) Retrospective Review

Director: Gillian Armstrong Screenplay: Robin Swicord, based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott Starring: Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado, Samantha Mathis, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, Christian Bale, Eric Stoltz, Susan Sarandon After a decade-long slog through the backwaters of American Independent Cinema (both in front of and behind the camera) Greta Gerwig finally

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Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) Review

Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) Review Director: Steve Barron Screenwriters: Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith Starring: Ricky Tomlinson, Amanda Redman, Bradley Walsh, Phillip Jackson, Phil Jupitus, Dean Lennox Kelly ‘To you football is a matter of life and Death!’ ‘Listen, it’s more important than that!’ ‘Maybe, I could review a football film or something, you

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The Breadwinner (2017) Review

The Breadwinner (2017) Review Director: Nora Twomey Screenplay: Anita Doron, Deborah Ellis Starring: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgaus, Laara Sadiq, Ali Badshah, Shaista Latif, Kawa Ada With every raved review of the latest animated blockbuster, I have cause to wonder if I’ve already died on the inside. I won’t lie… the likes of Moana

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1984 (1984) Review

Director: Michael Radford Screenwriter: Michael Radford Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Gregor Fisher, Cyril Cusack Plot: An adaption of George Orwell’s terrifying vision of a totalitarian future, in which even falling in love is illegal. After Donald Trump’s Inauguration in January, George Orwell’s novel found itself at the top of Amazon’s US bestseller

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Spirit of ’45 (2013) Review

Spirit of ’45 (2013) Director: Ken Loach Screenwriter: Ken Loach Summary: A look back on Labour’s landslide election victory in 1945, and how it’s fulfilment of its socialist manifesto irrevocably changed the live’s of the ordinary working people on the UK: as told by those who witnessed it. Never again. Never again shall we let

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Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World (2016) Review

Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World (2016) Director: Sonia Anderson Plot: A look-back on the life of the recently passed song, exploring his phenomenal career and it’s outstanding effect it has had on the whole world. I am still in absolute disbelief that the icon that is David Bowie has passed on. It just doesn’t seem

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A Woman’s Vengeance (1948) Review

A Woman’s Vengeance (1948) Director: Zoltan Korda Starring: Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy Plot: Based on the novel “The Gioconda Smile” by Aldous Huxley, Henry Maurier is at odds with his ill neurotic wife, Emily, and finds solace in his friend Janet and his mistress Doris. It looks as if the situation is going to

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Three Days In Auschwitz (2015) Review

Three Days in Auschwitz (2015) Director: Phillipe Mora Plot: A director’s reflection on his 3 visits to Aushchwitz and the direct effect it has had upon his life and people like him. Upon watching this movie, I realised that I had given Auschwitz and the genocide of Jewish Europeans very little thought since my schooldays.

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Goosebumps (2016) Review

Goosebumps (2016) Director: Rob Letterman Starring: Jack Black; Dylan Minnette; Odeya Rush Plot: A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware. That awkward moment in the cinema when you laugh more the children. Goosebumps is the

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