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James Grady’s novel Six Days Of The Condor was published just a year before Sydney Pollack’s big-screen adaptation, and yet almost every aspect of the story was changed. Read my… Read More
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Angst in all its ugly forms fuels Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier’s first English language film, as a family continues to reel from the death of its matriarch five years on.… Read More
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An all-star cast is assembled for more fairytale hijinks that can’t shake off the fact it feels like a live-action Frozen remake. Listen to my review (at 41:05) Read More
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Charlie Kaufman’s stop-motion drama follows a depressed customer service guru as he goes through a mid-life crisis. Listen to my review (at 25:50) Read More
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Released in 1952, Fixed Bayonets! marked the first studio picture directed by Samuel Fuller, and his second in a row that would depict the still-in-progress Korean War. Read my review Read More
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DC Comics kick-starts its expanded cinematic universe by pitting its two greatest superheroes against one another in Zack Snyder’s hugely anticipated follow-up to 2013’s Man Of Steel. Read my review Read More
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Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston earned himself an Oscar nomination for his performance as Blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo. Listen to my review (at 07:55) Read More
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The Coen brothers return their signature gaze at 1950s Hollywood in this delightfully screwball and star-studded caper. Listen to my review (at 25:48) Read More
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Gerard Butler finds himself taking up arms to save Aaron Eckhart’s US President once again in this expanded sequel to Antoine Fuqua’s Olympus Has Fallen. Read my review Read More
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Brie Larson bags the Academy Award for her performance as a kidnap victim, but it is young Jacob Tremblay who steals the show as her young son. Listen to my… Read More
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Egyptian deities in Alex Proyas’ spectacular CGI crapfest. Listen to my review (at 30:34) Read More
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The latest offering from wayward director David Gordon Green (Our Brand Is Crisis, Pineapple Express) stars Al Pacino as a reclusive, heartbroken locksmith who is given a final shot at… Read More
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Michael Bay delivers is best film in quite some time, largely side-stepping politics to tell a tense, high-octane thriller. Listen to my review (at 22:39) Read More
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Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann and Alison Brie are four women desperately seeking love in New York City. Listen to my review (at 32:49) Read More
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Ryan Reynolds breaks the fourth wall – and all our preconceived notions of Marvel superheroes – in this gleefully Category III-rated comic book adaptation. Listen to my review (at 13:00) Read More
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Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara engage in an elicit romantic tryst in Todd Haynes’ impeccable adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price Of Salt. Listen to my review (at 34:15) Read More
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The perfect lives of two beautiful people living in an idyllic small-town setting are thrown into chaos when they fall in love in The Choice, the eleventh screen adaptation of… Read More
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Michelle Yeoh reprises her role as lovelorn warrior Shu Lien this belated sequel to Ang Lee’s worldwide smash hit wuxia drama, directed by Hong Kong action legend Yuen Wo-ping. Read… Read More
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