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Thomas Patrick: Review: The Great Gatsby (2013)

2013-05-16T12:44:30Z

One of the problems with adapting a famous literary work for film is that there is a lot of subtext and nuance to try and capture in a visual super-text medium. This problem is compounded when the director is known for his visual flair rather than his subtlety.

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Kate Lawson: A Review 'Old Sport': The Great Gatsby

2013-05-16T09:33:38Z

Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby is like a fast-spinning glitterball of excess on the cinema screen.

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Caroline Frost: REVIEW: 'The Great Gatsby' - An Ode to Emptiness

2013-05-16T08:54:28Z

If a film ultimately about emptiness leaves you 142 lavish minutes later feeling thoroughly depleted, does that mean it's a brilliant film? Discuss.

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Tony Eccles: The Bigfoot Tapes - 2013 Review

2013-05-12T11:35:54Z

This is the story of three film-makers who go out in search of the Bigfoot due to a recent alleged sighting. This is meant to take place in Siskiyou County, California. These three young individuals are similar to those characters in the Blair Witch Project (BWP) in that they are of low intelligence and act irrationally - perhaps I think this because I'm British.

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Michael Foley: The Not So Great Gatsby

2013-05-07T11:17:56Z

The Great Gatsby is currently available in the UK in at least seven different editions, is about to appear in its sixth film adaptation, has been adapted on innumerable occasions for radio and theatre, even succeeding without adaptation as an eight-hour theatre reading, and has also been performed as a ballet, an opera and an orchestral suite.

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REVIEWS: Has 'The Great Gatsby' Wowed Critics?

2013-05-07T11:27:43Z

Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic American novel 'The Great Gatsby' has received mixed reactions from critics in the US.

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Jack Pelling: Film Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

2013-05-07T06:58:59Z

J. J. Abrams' second voyage into the Star Trek universe is a bigger, brighter, but not necessarily better affair, but fans of the 2009 movie will be happy to hear that there is just as much fun to be had second time around.

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Clive Botting: DVD And Blu-ray reviews

2013-05-06T12:56:13Z

Unsettling, distinctive, creepy and very funny with touches of Alan Bennett and Mike Leigh. Sightseers follows Chris (Steve Oram) and his naive girlfriend Tina (Alice Lowe) on a once-in-a-lifetime caravan holiday that unlocks erotic intimacy and introduces us to their strange and creepy world.

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Thomas Patrick: Review: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

2013-05-03T18:09:27Z

JJ Abrams keeps things bright and breezy, and other than a staggering over-use of lens flare directs with a sure hand. Pitched at the opposite end of the blockbuster spectrum to Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight Rises, Star Trek Into Darkness forgoes desolation, loneliness and struggle in favour of a light-hearted approach...

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Janet Awe: Sundance London: The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete

2013-05-03T06:15:59Z

Everything I saw at last weekend's Sundance London Festival had that effect on me. There wasn't a single dud amongst the five feature films and the programme of 10 shorts that I watched during the festival. Still, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete stands way out as the screening that generated the most emotion from me.

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Why Bernie Is The Only Person In Texas Not To See His Eponymous Film

2013-05-01T07:40:17Z

As I said in my film review of 'Bernie', currently in UK cinemas, his story is one that sounds ridiculously far-fetched, something that tickles the wr...

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Clive Botting: What Better Way Than to Relax With a Movie - DVD and Blu-ray Reviews

2013-04-28T12:51:26Z

SEVEN PSYCOPATHS

Director : Martin McDonagh Cast : Sam Rockwell, Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken Genre : Comedy/Crime Country of Origin :...

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Caroline Frost: Bernie Film Review: Jack Black AND Matthew McConaughey's Finest Hour

2013-04-28T19:00:00Z

Sometimes a story comes along that any self-respecting studio exec would throw out for being ridiculous, far-fetched, too unlikely to be believed. Except when it happens to be true. 'Bernie' is such a story, a tale so thought-provoking, bizarre and completely entertaining that the combined star wattage of Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey and Shirley MacLaine cannot outshine it.

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Lorenzo Belenguer: Pedro Almodovar Is Excited

2013-04-27T16:27:29Z

Due to the very open and unfiltered scenes of I'm so Excited, it might not get the box-office success of Volver or Broken Embraces. But I consider this film as a masterpiece. A film of many layers. A book of life. An act of solidarity. Highly recommended. Go, watch it and pick up some tips on how to enjoy life.

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'Flying Blind' Begs The Question... What Would You Do?

2013-04-23T07:13:11Z

Imagine falling passionately in love with someone unsuitable. He's 20 years younger than you, but you get over that. He's from a completely different ...

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Clive Botting: What Better Than to Relax With a Great Movie - Blu-Ray Reviews

2013-04-20T13:02:32Z

THE HUNT

Director : Thomas Vinterberg Cast : Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp. Mads Mikkelsen Winner Best Actor Cannes 2012 ...

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Thomas Patrick: Review: Evil Dead (2013)

2013-04-18T18:15:41Z

Fans of the original The Evil Dead will remember the comic touches that Sam Raimi laced his screenplay with. Gone is this particular element of charm, replaced by Alvarez with a cascade of blood and self-abuse. That's not to say that it isn't entertaining.

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Jack Pelling: Film Review: Oblivion

2013-04-12T06:04:21Z

Oblivion is an insultingly cynical, derivative and lazy clot of a film with clear aspirations for mediocrity; a meritless exercise in propheteering with a genuine contempt for its audience.

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Alice Charles: Oblivion (Review)

2013-04-12T05:18:37Z

I've never seen so many people get up and go to the bathroom during a screening, which should tell you just how uninvolving Oblivion is. This film raises more questions than it answers. I simply can't understand how studios can spend millions on CGI and yet they can't fork out for a script editor.

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Thomas Patrick: Review: Oblivion (2013)

2013-04-10T18:20:41Z

Based on a yet unpublished graphic novel of the same name, Joseph Kosinki's Oblivion is an homage-heavy science fiction film starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman and Olga Kurylenko.

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Perlasca - The Audacious Actions Of 'The Italian Schindler'

2013-04-10T06:26:00Z

Schindler's List was unprecedented in showing a fresh generation of film-goers how the Second World War brought forth both a capacity for evil, but al...

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Caroline Frost: Mads Mikkelsen - Is There Nothing This Actor Can't Do?

2013-04-04T19:00:00Z

If we were in any doubt of the value of such abstract concepts as name, honour and reputation, Mikkelsen's raw performance in The Hunt reveals what happens when a man is left without them. His nobility in the face of this Kafka-esque experience is inspiring, moving and, frankly, astonishing, coming from the same man who gave Mr Bond a good seeing-to.

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Jack Pelling: Film Review: Dark Skies

2013-04-02T09:23:05Z

The chief problem with Dark Skies is its unfading sense of familiarity and despite a few red herrings, horror fans will have little trouble joining the dots from the off. The film is littered with genre clichés, and the obligatory twist is immediately foreseeable from the glaring contrivances in the plot.

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Sumeet Grover: My Neighbourhood: An Israel-Palestine Documentary Review

2013-03-30T00:11:43Z

If I were to rename this film, I would call it 'It is my home; I won't leave it', an uncompromising message used by Sheikh Jarrah's people to hold nonviolent demonstrations against the illegal occupation and forced-eviction from their own homes.

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Eva Grzybek: Salma Opens the Human Rights Watch Film Festival - Review

2013-03-18T08:02:32Z

Despite the tough subject matter Salma is a fantastic watch. I came out of it empowered and inspired. And I have both Salma and Kim Longinotto to thank for that.

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