USA
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After the success of Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero delivered this baffling tale of a nomadic gang of bikers sworn to live their lives as medieval knights –… Read More
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Disney proves it can deliver plenty of winning Pixar magic even when producing animated adventures on its own. A retro computer game villain looking for a little appreciation, breaks free… Read More
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Returning to familiar ground first covered in his earlier film, Repulsion, Polish director Roman Polanski chose to direct this adaptation of Ira Levin’s bestselling novel for his Hollywood debut. Mia… Read More
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The talented members of a world renowned string quartet, about to emabark on their 25th season performing together, are tested when one of their number falls sick with a debilitating… Read More
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It is impossible to adequately explain to the youth of today just what an achievement this film was back in 1988. Watching something like Iron Man 3 today, we have… Read More
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It has probably been 20 years since I last watched this Eddie Murphy action thriller, but as I settled in for a nostalgic evening with Detectives Foley, Taggart and Rosewood,… Read More
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Nothing to do with Bong Joon-ho’s Korean monster movie, this is the big screen adaptation of Stephenie “Twilight” Meyer’s sci-fi novel, which reimagines Invasion of the Body Snatchers for her… Read More
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While part of me wishes this film had been bad just so I could say that the title says all you need to know about the film, the truth is… Read More
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The first Terrence Malick film I ever saw, when Alex Cox showcased it way back in the early 1990s on BBC2’s Moviedrome series, this remians the director’s most linear, narratively… Read More
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My favourite American film of 2011, Nicolas Winding Refn’s achingly stylish noir is one of the coolest film in recent memory, features a brilliant Ryan Gosling performance, ably supported by… Read More
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While there is a 113-minute theatrical version of Robert B. Weide’s film available, all discerning fans of Woody Allen should do their upmost to seek out the full fascinating 195-minute… Read More
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The latest comedy from Judd Apatow is a “sort-of” sequel to Knocked Up, discarding Seth Rogen and Kathering Heigl’s characters in favour of supporting couple, Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie… Read More
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Some of you may remember that I watched this as recently as January, in preparation for a feature I was writing for the Hong Kong Film Archive. Well, now the… Read More
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What better way to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of one of the best summer blockbusters of…umm…the last 20 years, than by re-releasing it on the big screen for a whole… Read More
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I recently discovered that my girlfriend hadn’t seen any Quentin Tarantino films (with the exception of Pulp Fiction, which I’m pretty sure everyone of our generation has seen) and so… Read More
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