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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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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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T2 Trainspotting (2017) Review

T2 Trainspotting (2017) Director: Danny Boyle Screenwriter: John Hodge Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Anjela Nedyalkova Twenty years removed from the subculture embracing smash hit that was Trainspotting (1996/97), director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire – 2008, Steve Jobs – 2015) has re-assembled his cast of likely lads turned worldwide stars to

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Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Review

Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen Cast: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell Plot: Actor Don Lockwood and musician Cosmo Brown befriend young actress Kathy Selden – the three of them come up with an idea to save the upcoming production of a talkie that threatens to be

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David Brent: Life on the Road (2016) Review

David Brent: Life on the Road (2016) Director: Ricky Gervais Starring: Ricky Gervais, Ben Bailey Smith, Tom Basden, Jo Hartley, Mandeep Dillon, Tom Bennet, Andrew Brooke & Miles Chapman. Plot: Ex-manager of Wernham Hogg and star of the BBC mockumentary ‘The Office’, David Brent (Ricky Gervais), makes a comeback after having twelve years out of

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La La Land (2017) Review

La La Land (2016/17) Director: Damien Chazelle Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend Outlandishly enjoyable and quietly devastating, Damien Chazelle’s ode to the legendary musicals of classic Hollywood is a visual spectacular and fantastic musical journey that is both funny and moving, and will undoubtedly have you questioning the very nature of fate, the

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Nocturnal Animals (2016) Review

Nocturnal Animals (2016) Director: Tom Ford Screenwriter: Tom Ford Starring: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Michael Sheen. Iconic fashion designer Tom Ford has returned to cinema with his second directorial feature, this time presenting the destruction of love and relationships in this drama-thriller starring Amy Adams and Jake

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The Illusionist (2006) Review

The Illusionist (2006) Director: Neil Burger Cast: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell Plot: At the end of the 19th century, well-known magician Eisenheim (Edward Norton) amazes the whole city of Vienna with his impressive magical abilities, but his life is about to change as he encounters his childhood friend Sophie, Duchess Von

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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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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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