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Amy – Review

Asif Kapadia is a master of his form, expertly turning this Behind the Music-waiting-to-happen into a poignant, studious evocation of his subject's headspace, yet simultaneously keeping her distant. It was,...
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Terminator Genisys – Review

Terminator Genisys throws the franchise’s classic characters and story beats together in what feels more like a Greatest Hits remix than a reboot. Normally that would infuriate, but Taylor’s direction...
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Pound of Flesh – Review

“Ever wake up one day and realise nothing in your life was the way you thought it would be?” our hero is asked at one point. “No.” A femme fatale, a hotel room, a flashback, a missing kidney. Of...
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She’s Funny That Way – Review

This nostalgic screwball comedy is Woody Allen-esque in plot and tone, which is funny, as Wilson seems to be wearing exactly the same shirt here as he did for the majority of Midnight in Paris. Unfortunately,...
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Minions – Review

Free from the shackles of their mother franchise, the minions have gone solo. Armed with a back story and a loving narration from Geoffrey Rush, Minions is wonderfully able to stand on its own. Its strength...
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Everly – Review

Everly has a decent gimmick: one woman, one apartment, one daughter to save via a duffle bag full of cash. Its action compressed into that one location, there exists a recognisable awareness of the need for...
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Slow West – Review

Despite getting off to a slow (wahey!) start, Slow West picks up pace as it craftily builds its world, tone and characters to culminate in a pulsating and well-earned finale. That Slow West is the...
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Accidental Love – Review

When the director doesn't even want to put his name on a film, it's not promising. Sadly, the years Accidental Love spent in production purgatory did nothing to save its offbeat potential from the vague,...
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Entourage – Review

It's ironic that a film partly about the excesses of Hollywood has so much excess baggage - doubly so when this includes a contrived subplot concerning the film-within-a-film needing some of its weaker...
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The Longest Ride – Review

Take one pint-sized actress and mix in hunky male (piercing blue eyes optional). Add geographic distance/serious illness/drastically opposed lifestyles, or all three. Scatter clichés generously. Take care not...
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Drone – Doc/Fest 2015 Review

The debate about drones is only in its infancy, but Drone proves that there’s plenty of discussion to be had. Interviews with former drone pilots in the US and human rights lawyers in Pakistan highlight...
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Heavenly Sword – Review

How a CG movie can be released eight years after the video game it’s based on and have significantly worse graphics, not to mention story and characterisation, is unfathomable. Yet Heavenly Sword is just...