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THE BOOK THIEF (Brian Percival, 2013)

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Starring: Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson Genre: Drama/ War In Germany 1938, a young girl called Liesel (Nélisse) arrives in a small town to live with her foster parents (Rush and Watson). Though illiterate at first, with the help … Continue reading

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SOUNDTRACK REVIEW: TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION – Steve Jablonsky

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Though every Transformers film has come with a predictably terrible and slightly shameless album with music that is apparently ‘from and inspired by’, I avoid that nonsense as we all know that Michael Bay loves his soft-rock to accompany his … Continue reading

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THE 10 BEST FILMS OF 2014 SO FAR

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As we enter July I think now seems a good time to list my favourite films of the year so far, and though there has been many that have not quite achieved their initial potential, many that I expected to … Continue reading

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2014 SO FAR: FILMS TO AVOID

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Maybe it is because I am approaching my fourth decade and getting more cynical, but it feels like there is an increasing amount of bad films every year. There have been so many bad films so far this year already, … Continue reading

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2014 SO FAR: THE BEST FILM SCORES

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I have always loved film music; it can play a vital part of the emotional experience and engagement of a film, but is also just great to listen to in isolation as a wonderfully composed piece of music. In fact, … Continue reading

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EXHIBITION (Joanna Hogg, 2013)

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Starring: Viviane Albertine, Liam Gillick, Tom Hiddleston Genre: Drama D (Albertine) and H (Liam Gillick) are a married and childless couple that are both artists and have lived in the same house in contemporary London for nearly twenty years, but … Continue reading

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THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (Ralph Fiennes, 2013)

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Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas Genre: Drama Though perhaps lacking natural acting talent, being born into an acting family Ellen ‘Nelly’ Ternan (Jones) at the age of eighteen gets cast into a play written by Wilkie Collins … Continue reading

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THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY (Hossein Amini, 2014)

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Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Isaac Genre: Thriller Rydal (Isaac) is an American working in 1962 Athens as a tour guide, using his fluency in Greek and knowledge of the exchange rate to scam tourists (particularly young women) out … Continue reading

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BAD BLOOD (Mark Young, 2014)

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Starring: Abigail Breslin, Sean Bean, James Purefoy Genre: Drama/ thriller Parentless sisters Amber (Alexa Vega) and Hannah (Breslin) live seemingly trapped in the dark Southern underworld of drug dealing and violence with their junkie uncle Donny (Lew Temple) and under … Continue reading

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DELIVERY MAN (Ken Scott, 2013)

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Starring: Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders Genre: Comedy/ Drama David Wozniak (Vaughn) is a man who is an extremely unreliable man and all round loser that discovers that his girlfriend Emma (Smulders) is pregnant, but after understandably dumping him … Continue reading

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