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69th Cannes Film Festival Review – Mal de Pierres (2016)

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Mal de Pierres (From the Land of the Moon), 2016. Directed by Nicole Garcia. Starring Marion Cotillard, Alex Brendemühl and Louis Garrel. SYNOPSIS: A spirited but delusional young woman in post-war France ends up in a marriage of convenience. When an illness takes her to a retreat in the Alps, she meets and falls in […]

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 Review – Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople, 2016. Written and Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House and Rhys Darby. SYNOPSIS: A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. There is a definite temptation to begin this […]

Second Opinion – Southpaw (2015)

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Southpaw, 2015. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, 50 Cent, Oona Laurence, Miguel Gomez, Victor Ortiz and Skylan Brooks. SYNOPSIS: Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child […]

Second Opinion – Where to Invade Next (2015)

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Where to Invade Next, 2015. Directed by Michael Moore. SYNOPSIS: Michael Moore’s documentary explores social, political and economic innovations from across the world – and how he can steal them for America… Michael Moore is an acquired taste. He has a snarky demeanour and a cocky attitude. His it’s-so-obvious tone can seem downright smug too […]

29th Leeds International Film Festival Review – Youth (2015)

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Youth, 2015. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz and Paul Dano. SYNOPSIS: Conductor Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) spends his retirement at a luxury hotel in the Alps, when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. Meanwhile, his best friend, film director Mick Boyle […]

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Season One Review

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Kirsty Capes reviews Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt… Upon first glance, Netflix’s latest comedy original Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, looks like an unemployed twenty-something’s dream. Set in New York, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt follows the delightful Kimmy, who has recently escaped a fifteen year-long incarceration in an underground bunker, held captive by Don Draper in a weird sex cult before being liberated and […]

Second Opinion – Love & Mercy (2015)

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Love & Mercy, 2015. Directed by Bill Pohlad. Starring Paul Dano, John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti. SYNOPSIS: In the 1960s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 1980s, he is a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady […]

69th Cannes Film Festival Review – Money Monster (2016)

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Money Monster, 2016 Directed by Jodie Foster Starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O’Connell, Caitriona Balfe and Dominic West SYNOPSIS: The presenter and producer of a flamboyant financial news TV show finds themselves in a hostage situation when a young, working class investor decides to take revenge for the tumbling share price of a major […]

Movie Review – Cafe Society (2016)

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Cafe Society, 2016. Written and Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Corey Stoll, Parker Posey, Ken Stott, Jeannie Berlin and Steve Carell. SYNOPSIS: In the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars. […]