Compelled once again by Christmas deadlines to sum up the year in cinema, I have been thinking a lot about how some movies stay with you and some don't, how…
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I draw your attention to Steve Garden's survey of the 11 Best Unreleased Films from this year's Film Festival at Lumiére. This year I made the mistake of using the…
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Finally, we have a week with only one new film in it: a chance for me to stretch my legs, extemporise, riff a little, get my hands dirty. Yeah, I've…
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How many of the IMDb top 250 have you seen? I rated 72%. Have a go yourself, go on you know you want to.
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I've just got home from watching The Day the Earth Stood Still at the Empire in Island Bay. It has several shortcomings (which I'll cover off in the review later…
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Dollar for dollar (if not lb for lb) Vince Vaughan is the biggest star in Hollywood. For every dollar invested in a Vaughan film he returns fourteen making him a…
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