When I first visited this country back in 1982 we flew across the Pacific Ocean in daylight and from my window seat I got a birds eye view of ……
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Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire was my film of the year for 2009 - a potent and punchy roller-coaster ride of a film that made everything for months afterwards seem quaintly…
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If I had to use a four letter word starting in 'S' and ending in 'T' to describe the new Angelina Jolie thriller, Salt wouldn’t be the first word I…
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The irony of watching a film in which shadowy figures from the Swedish government lie, steal and murder in order to discredit a journalist trying to reveal embarrassing secrets, in…
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I was really enjoying Inception until I woke up. Actually, that’s not true. Unlike my companion, the Sandman didn’t come to rescue me from Christopher Nolan’s bombastic blockbuster and I…
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One of the Film Society highlights in recent years was the special screening (on lustrous 35mm) of the 70s classic thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three about the…
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