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Cinema Review – The Hunter
Daniel Nettheim’s second feature film The Hunter is a slow burning thriller with a familiar premise: a lone man versus nature, a stranger entering a foreign place where not only the natives are reluctant to welcome him but the ...
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Cinema Review – Ping Pong
Do you know anything about ping pong? Beyond what I’ve seen in Forrest Gump, I knew absolutely nothing. Until I watched Hugh Hartford’s moving, very often hilarious and, colour me a little bit shocked, riveting documentary Ping...
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Cinema Review – The Five Year Engagement
Released last week here in the UK, The Five Year Engagement promises a lot, but does it deliver? Teri takes a look… Judd Apatow has a magic kind of touch. As a producer, director and a writer, everything he touches usuall...
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Cinema Review – Killer Joe
Out this week is the new super dark Killer Joe, but can McConaughey carry it off with out taking his top off? Scott investigates Well the short answer to that question is NO. There is plenty of the Southern Hunk’s flesh on show...
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Cinema Review – Your Sister’s Sister
Out next week is Your Sister’s Sister, Teri was lucky enough to get a screening of the film, here are her thoughts… Mumblecore has been slowly but steadily creeping its way toward wider audiences for a few years now...
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Weekend Round-Up – Sometimes there is such a thing as over-marketing – Prometheus.
Prometheus got its UK CInema release this weekend, but will it live up to the hype that the marketers provided us? Scott takes a look. OK I wasn’t going to jump on this ship. I wasn’t even going to chuck in a review, but after ...
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Cinema Review – Men In Black 3
Men In Black 3, or MIB3 to it’s friends was released last week here in UK, can it exceed on where it’s older brothers left off? Rodney takes a look Of all the unwanted film sequels ever made, you’ll be glad yo...
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Cinema Review – Snow White and The Huntsman
Like Buses Snow White films take forever to come out then two come at once. Scott takes a look at the second film to take a stab at this story. Earlier this year we were treated to Tarsem Singh’s visceral and camp romp, Mirror ...
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Cinema Review – Free Men
Out this week is the new film, Free Men, starring Tahir Rahim. Here are Teri’s thoughts on the film. After the rather lacklustre Black Gold, I was really looking forward to seeing Tahar Rahim in something else, something ...
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Cinema Review – The Source
Another release this week is The Source, Teri has seen it and here are her thoughts Radu Mihaileanu’s 2011 Cannes competition film The Source gets a UK release this week, and at the edge of the storm that is soon to be summer b...
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Cinema Review – The Raid
With hype for the Indonesian action film The Raid reaching extreme levels does it live up to expectations? Tom was lucky enough to attend a preview screening and here are his thoughts… Every once in a while a film comes a...
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Cinema Review – She Monkeys
Lisa Aschan’s debut film did the festival rounds last year, it has finally got a cinema release in the UK, here are Scott’s thoughts. She Monkeys is the first film from writer / director Lisa Aschan and it certainly establishes...
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Cinema Review – American Reunion
Out last weekend here in the UK, American Reunion brings back some very familiar faces to our silver screens, Teri investigates The American Pie franchise lost its charm for me halfway through the Wedding film. Bloated, overlon...
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Cinema Review – Salmon Fishing in The Yemen (Video Review)
Up for another stab at a video review here is Scott talking about Salmon Fishing in The Yemen For those who cannot access my video (mumble and fluff) review, here is the transcribed version… Ok so I am not a Fisherman, in...
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Cinema Review – Titanic 3D
This easter saw the re-release of James Cameron’s epic Titanic, with a splashing of 3D flavour. Teri takes a look Did I really want to see Titanic on the big screen again? Back in 1997, seeing it for the first time at the...
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Cinema Review – The Cabin in the Woods
With The buzz surrounding The Cabin in the Woods increasing day by day, Tom headed to a preview screening to find out exactly what was lurking deep in the heart of the forest… From the writer of Cloverfield, Drew Goddard,...
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Cinema Review – The Kid With The Bike
Out this week in the UK is the hard hitting drama, Kid With The Bike, here are Teri’s findings The Dardenne brothers’ The Kid With a Bike may be the most important and best film you will see this year; it’s certainly been...
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Cinema Review – The Hunger Games
This weekend we have the release of possibly the biggest film of the year to date, The Hunger Games. Here are Teri’s thoughts on the film Every now and again there will be a film that comes along that I have high expectat...
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Cinema Review – Act of Valour
One of this week’s releases is the based-on-true-missions action film, Act of Valour. But is it any more than propaganda for the U.S. Navy? Scott takes a look. Act of Valour is a U.S. Navy recruitment film. There I said it. In ...
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Cinema Review – We Bought A Zoo
Does the release of Cameron Crowe’s latest film recreate all the fun of a trip to the zoo or do the animals have more personality than the actors? Tom headed to the cinema to see what the fuss was all about… Cameron...
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Cinema Review – 21 Jump Street
Out this weekend, 21 Jump Street is a re-imagining of the hit cop show that gave birth to the career of Johnny Depp. This new film version of 21 Jump Street may share the same name as the TV show, and even the basic format is t...
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Cinema Review – Contraband
Contraband is set for release this weekend in UK, here is Teri’s thoughts on the film Former bad guy turned family man goes bad again for one last time; it’s become something of a stock plot these days, hasn’t it? Formula...
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Cinema Review – Project X
Project X hits the cinemas this weekend, Teri investigates whether this is the next generation of teen classics… In my opinion, Superbad is one of the best mainstream comedies of the last ten years. What Project X manages...
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Cinema Review – This Means War
Out this weekend in the UK is This Means War, but is this really the film we need to see BANE in? Or is it a comedy classic? Teri investigates… I have very limited patience for films that look like Pepsi commercials. From...
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Grimm up North – Arthouse Horror Double Bill
On Thursday night I joined the Grimm team for their latest double bill at the Manchester Dancehouse and was treated to two very different and very intriguing films. Arthouse horror has a tendency to completely divide audiences ...
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Cinema Review – Black Gold
Out this week in the UK is Black Gold, here is Teri’s review of the film With the brilliant There Will Be Blood in mind and the prospect of a similar tale set on the vibant backdrop of 1930s Arabia, I entered into Black G...
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Cinema Review – Red Dog
This weeks in UK we have the cinema release of Red Dog, here is Teri’s review Red Dog has taken Australia by storm – by the critics and the punters, if the papers are to be believed. Whether it will do as well here ...
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Cinema Review – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
With the Oscar Nominated Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close hitting cinemas this weekend, Tom takes a look to see if it is deserving of one of the highest accolades a film can receive, the much coveted Best Picture award…...
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Cinema Review – The Muppets
It seems like it has taken a life time to arrive here in UK, but this weekend finally see’s the cinema release of The Muppets, Scott takes a look TITLE – THE MUPPETS YEAR – 2011 DIRECTOR – JAMES BOBIN CAST ...
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Cinema Review – Girl Model
This disconcerting and unsettling expose on the teenage model industry focuses on a supply chain between Siberia and Japan and the consequences for those involved. Is it likely to provoke a reaction or just pass the time? Read ...
