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20 years on, Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman must defend the Earth once again from a massive alien invasion. Listen to my review Read More
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Retooling last year’s erotic blockbuster Fifty Shades of Grey as a gratingly unfunny sex comedy, Fifty Shades of Black stars Marlon Wayans as tortured young businessman Christian Black, who invites… Read More
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Tackling the salacious subject of sexual fantasies on screen can be a tricky business, as past cinematic efforts will attest. Read my review Read More
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A desperate cop and dutiful surgeon clash over the fate of a seriously wounded criminal in Johnnie To’s latest thriller, staged within the claustrophobic confines of a single hospital location.… Read More
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Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling form an unlikely but brilliant partnership as low-level private eyes in 70s Los Angeles in Shane Black’s black comedy noir. Listen to my review (at… Read More
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Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Dakota Johnson and a fantastic Ralph Fiennes star in this sexually charged and drug fuelled drama that is one of the year’s very best films. Listen… Read More
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Alice returns to Underland to help Johnny Depp’s Hatter overcome his grief, angering Sacha Baron Cohen’s Time in the process. Listen to my review Read More
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Long after 1981’s Chariots of Fire immortalised “Flying Scotsman” Eric Liddell for refusing to run on a Sunday at the 1924 Paris Olympics, an unofficial sequel arrives, dramatising his later… Read More
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Duncan Jones helms this ambitious adaptation of the hugely popular video game property, but is it actually any good? Listen to my review (at 34:10) Read More
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James Wan brings us another spine-chilling tale of poltergeists and demonic possessions to largely winning effect. Listen to my review Read More
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After the surprise success of 2013’s Now You See Me, master illusionists The Four Horsemen reunite for another impossible heist, this time in Macau. Read my review Read More
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From one controversial filmmaker to another, Abel Ferrara’s reverent portrait of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s last day alive serves as both a fan’s impassioned eulogy and a speculative glimpse at what… Read More
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After the Oscar-winning success of Once and the more divisive response to Begin Again, Irish filmmaker John Carney turns a nostalgic eye to the 1980s and his own formative years… Read More
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Aid workers and war reporters are often portrayed the same way in cinema, either as naive idealists or jaded burnouts, living for the job at the expense of everything else.… Read More
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The smash hit smartphone app evolves into a big screen animated movie about a gang of irritable birds who must rescue their island’s eggs from a boatload of evil pigs.… Read More
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April and her talking cat Darwin head off on an adventure littered with espionage and intrigue in this stunning steampunk sci-fi epic. Listen to my review Read More
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Alejandro Amenabar looks to recapture the supernatural chills of his international hit The Others with Regression, a murky detective thriller set during the “satanic panic” that swept the US during… Read More
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Ben Foster gives a terrifying yet somewhat opaque performance as shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong, whose doping exploits were exposed by Chris O’Dowd’s crusading reporter. Listen to my review (at 25:40) Read More
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