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Boxing films, like all sporting yarns, are often less about the game than the rigorous framework it provides for discipline, focus and getting your life back on track. Read my… Read More
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An inspirational event that captured the world’s attention, the 2010 Copiapo mining accident in Chile – in which 33 miners were trapped underground for 69 days – seemed tailor-made for… Read More
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Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg square off in this high energy comedy, as they both vie for the love of Linda Cardellini and her children. Listen to my review Read More
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Leonardo DiCaprio hauls himself through the wilderness to a possible Oscar in Alejandro G. Inarritu’s epic survival tale. Listen to my review Read More
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Jennifer Lawrence reteams with David O. Russell and Robert De Niro to tell the origin story of the Miracle Mop. Listen to my review Read More
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In the years since Hayao Mayazaki announced his retirement as the de facto king of Japanese animation, many have pointed to Mamoru Hasoda to take up the mantle. Read my… Read More
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Review of 2015 in film as I count down my 10 favourite films of the year. Listen to my review Read More
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Donnie Yen and director Wilson Yip reunite for a third round of wing chun-related action, this time detailing the grandmaster Ip Man’s clash with a corrupt American property tycoon played… Read More
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Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the whole gang make the transition to the big screen, in a 3D digitally animated extravaganza. Listen to my review Read More
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The wait is finally over, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has arrived – but does it deliver the goods? Listen to my review Read More
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My round-up of my favourite Asian releases of 2015 for Screen International. Read my review Read More
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Love the Coopers reminds us that there are few things worse than booze-fuelled family gatherings, but one of them is definitely schmaltzy Hollywood movies about such reunions. Read my review Read More
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Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy play Reggie and Ronnie Kray in the latest film about the notorious East End gangsters. Listen to my review Read More
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Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Michael Shannon and Steve Carell attempt to wring a few tears from this true-life story of cancer and lesbianism. Listen to my review Read More
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Chris Evans’ directorial debut casts himself opposite Alice Eve in this lightweight Before Sunrise knock-off. Listen to my review Read More
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In cross-cultural relationships, families and friends can let their own prejudices get in the way of romantic endeavours. Spanish Affair pits the Andalusians against the Basques when Rafa (Dani Rovira),… Read More
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24 years after Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze took to the waves in Kathryn Bigelow’s adrenaline-fuelled action thriller, Ericson Core revisits the story of a young FBI agent working undercover… Read More
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Billed as the story that inspired Moby Dick, Ron Howard’s adaptation of Nathaniel Philbrick’s National Book Award winner is a shamelessly old-fashioned sea-faring yarn recounting the true story of the… Read More
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