After the awards magnets Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours, and the triumphant majesty of his esoteric Olympic Opening Ceremony, Danny Boyle wants to get rid…
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It’s a very rare thing to see a film that one can describe as wholly powerful. A lot of films have moments which have power…
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The 2008 recession is a subject that, like the conflict in the Gulf, has continued to fascinate filmmakers, with a number of projects focusing on…
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We’ve been waiting a long time to see what Steven Spielberg has in store for us with Lincoln, his biopic on the last year of…
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Magic Mike turned out to be one of the surprises of the year. Steven Soderbergh‘s male stripping comedy was a complete delight and one of…
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Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines (the follow up to his indie hit Blue Valentine) has been very shy on the promotional front, but…
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After a brief and creatively rewarding traverse into the world of heady genre films with the rather great Hanna, Joe Wright returns to the period…
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We are in an age where studios are counting on misjudged remakes to pull in the big bucks. Unfortunately, most of them are totally unnecessary…
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If you haven’t heard of The Thick of It then I wouldn’t be surprised. Despite the modest success of the film spin off, In the…
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The first, admirably long trailer for Cloud Atlas showcased an insight into breathtakingly ambitious vision brimming with ideas of fate, determinism, lost hopes and seeming…
