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Belfast – Review

This film was previously reviewed in October 2021 as part of London Film Festival. The glinting silver off the Titanic Quarters, the sweeping green of Cave Hill, the bouncing yellow of the Harland &...
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Wild Mountain Thyme – Review

Two childhood sweethearts (Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan) who have never quite managed to express their love for one another find themselves mixed up in a dispute over their families’ farmland. That is...
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Synchronic – Review

Director-duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have been chipping away for the past decade, carving themselves a specific niche in cerebral horror-tinged sci-fi with a comedic undercurrent, usually centred...
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Endings, Beginnings – Review

A love triangle between a woman searching for "The One" and two men who are polar opposites may be something we’ve seen many times before, but a grounded, melancholic atmosphere and brilliantly vulnerable...
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Robin Hood – Review

It's always worse when your parents tell you they're not angry, they're just disappointed. How would they react when you managed to achieve both, and yet neither at the same time? Wonder no more and say hello...
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A Private War – LFF 2018 Review

A Private War dives right into two warzones. One is more literal, as we meet real-life journalist Marie Colvin chasing down leads in the Sri Lankan rainforest, the other raging within her psyche. Each is well...
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Fifty Shades Darker – Review

Fifty Shades Darker is a movie critics will love to hate, and yet the film will inevitably entice viewers in their intrigued millions. Both perspectives are understandable. "Escapism" is the epitomising...