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Category Archive: Reviews

Review: Judy (2019)

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RenĂ©e Zellweger turns in an Academy Award-winning performance as troubled entertainer Judy Garland, who arrived in London in […]

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Review: The Rider (2017)

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Following a severe head injury, a horse trainer and rodeo rider struggles to comes to terms with the […]

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Review: The Mule (2018)

Clint Eastwood directs and takes the lead role in this tale of a fun-loving elderly man who falls […]

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Review: The Report (2019)

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Is torture permissible when national security is at stake? This was the question facing the US in the […]

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Review: The Irishman (2019)

Martin Scorsese takes a different approach to familiar territory with this epic tale of Mob hitman Frank Sheeran, […]

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Review: Lenny (1974)

The troubled life of controversial US comedian Lenny Bruce is unravelled in Bob Fosse’s stark biopic… Director: Bob […]

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Review: The Old Man and the Gun (2018)

Robert Redford stars as an elderly gent who likes to rob banks in this low-key crime film based […]

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Review: The Bleeder – a.k.a. Chuck (2016)

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The pantheon of boxing movies gets a (kind of) new entry with a look at the life of […]

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Review: First Man (2018)

Ryan Gosling takes one small step for man as he dons the spacesuit to star in a biopic […]

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