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Second Opinion – mother! (2017)

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mother!, 2017. Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Brian Gleeson and Kate Mara. SYNOPSIS: A poet suffering from writer’s block and his young wife live in a massive, remote house.  Following a fire, she has devoted herself to renovating it and has created a beautiful home for […]

Second Opinion – It (2017)

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It, 2017. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Starring Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Nicholas Hamilton, Jack Dylan Grazer, Stephen Bogaert, Jackson Robert Scott, Chosen Jacobs, Wyatt Oleff, Jake Sim, Owen Teague, Stuart Hughes, Logan Thompson, Geoffrey Pounsett, Pip Dwyer, and Javier Botet SYNOPSIS: In the late 1980s in the small […]

Second Opinion – The Vault (2017)

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The Vault, 2017. Directed by Dan Bush Starring James Franco, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood, Scott Haze, and Q’orianka Kilcher. SYNOPSIS: Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank to save their brother from loan sharks.  But when the heist threatens to yield less money than they need, they’re guided towards an old vault in […]

Movie Review – Insyriated (2017)

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Insyriated, 2017. Directed by Philippe Van Leeuw. Starring Hiam Abbass, Mohsen Abbas, Juliette Navis, Diamand Abou Abboud, and Moustapha Al Kar. SYNOPSIS: As war rages outside in Damascus, a mother struggles to keep her family safe inside their barricaded apartment.  But it’s only a matter of time before what’s happening outside finds a way into […]

Movie Review – Wind River (2017)

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Wind River, 2017. Directed by Taylor Sheridan. Starring Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Graham Greene, Gil Birmingham and Jon Bernthal. SYNOPSIS: When a young Native American woman is found dead in the snow on a reservation in Wyoming, the local sheriff calls in the FBI to investigate.  The nearest available agent is very much a city girl […]

Movie Review – God’s Own Country (2017)

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God’s Own Country, 2017. Directed by Francis Lee. Starring Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones and Ian Hart. SYNOPSIS: In the Yorkshire Dales, Johnny Saxby finds himself entirely responsible for running the family farm after his father has a stroke.  His only escapes from the relentless pressures of work are binge drinking at his local […]

Exclusive Interview – Josh O’Connor talks God’s Own Country

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What has been dubbed “The British Brokeback Mountain” arrives in cinemas this Friday.  Set in the starkly beautiful Yorkshire Dales landscape, God’s Own Country traces the romance between a local farmer and a migrant worker. Adopting the dialect and learning how to work on a farm were just part of Josh O’Connor’s preparation for taking […]

Exclusive Interview – Stratton director Simon West

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Action director Simon West (Con-Air, The Expendables 2 etc) returns to British soil for his latest, Stratton, which stars Dominic Cooper as Special Boats Service agent John Stratton. Despite being brought up on James Bond movies, West says John Stratton is a much-needed alternative to Bond and, talking to Flickering Myth’s Freda Cooper, explains more […]

Exclusive Interview – Una director Benedict Andrews

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Una is about a journey, into the past and into emotions that are considered taboo.  Based on the 2005 play Blackbird, it sees Benedict Andrews making the move from theatre directing to the big screen.  And he’s more than familiar with his first feature, having been behind one of the early productions of the play.  In […]