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Category Archive: Reviews

Review: Jersey Boys (Film) (2014)

For his 33rd film behind the camera, the legendary Clint Eastwood focuses on the seemingly unlikely world of […]

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Review: Love & Mercy (2014)

Love & Mercy is a different kind of music biopic, which chronicles the struggles of Beach Boy, Brian […]

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Review: Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)

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The Butler certainly feels like an important film. Based (loosely) on the life of Eugene Allen, the story […]

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Review: Stan & Ollie (2018)

Celebrated comedy duo Laurel and Hardy get the biopic treatment in this interesting and affectionate look at their […]

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Review: The Post (2017)

Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks fight for the freedom of the press in Steven Spielberg’s intelligent and classy telling […]

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Review: In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

A real whale of a tale! Ron Howard directs and Chris Hemsworth stars in this true story that […]

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Review: The Big Short (2015)

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This critical and commercial hit focusses on the lead-up to the 2005 financial crisis and the Wall Street […]

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Review: Bridge of Spies (2015)

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It’s 1957, the height of the Cold War between the US and Soviet Union. Each side is paranoid […]

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Review: Parkland (2013) & LBJ (2016)

With 22 November bringing the 55th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s assassination, we take a look at two […]

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