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Movie Review – When Marnie Was There (2014)

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When Marnie Was There, 2014. Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Featuring the voice talents of Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura and Hana Sugisaki (Japanese)/Hailee Steinfield, John C. Reilly and Geena Davis (English).   SYNOPSIS: A troubled teen finds peace in a beach-side town and a mysterious new friend, Marnie… Studio Ghibli likes to take us on a journey. Whether we are […]

Movie Review – Sing Street (2016)

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Sing Street, 2016. Directed by John Carney. Starring Lucy Boynton, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen, Jack Reynor, Kelly Thornton and Ferdia Walsh-Peelo. SYNOPSIS: A group of teenage boys form a band in Dublin, in the 1980’s, to get away from the trials and tribulations of their young lives… The 1980’s is the current craze. Both Eddie the Eagle and Sing Street […]

Movie Review – These Final Hours (2013)

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These Final Hours, 2013. Directed by Zak Hilditch. Starring  Nathan Phillips, Angourie Rice and Jessica De Gouw. SYNOPSIS: As an asteroid has hit in the North Atlantic, those in Perth, Australia, know they have 12 hours before the world ends. The publicity of These Final Hours reveals the protagonist, holding a girl in his arms, as the […]

Blu-ray Review – Speedy (1928)

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Speedy, 1928. Directed by Harold Lloyd. Starring Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Babe Ruth, Brooks Benedict and Bert Woodruff. SYNOPSIS: Harold Lloyd is ‘Speedy’, keen to charm but a klutz in any job he’s in. When you make a list of silent comedians, the three you would inevitably see are Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd. […]

Blu-ray Review – Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

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Only Angels Have Wings, 1939. Directed by Howard Hawks. Starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur and Rita Hayworth.   SYNOPSIS: A small airline has a dangerous route, but Captain Geoff Carter has no choice but to send his team through the region. That’s until Bonnie Lee turns up and his world is turned upside down… Is […]

BFI Review – Macbeth (1971)

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Macbeth, 1971. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Jon Finch, Martin Shaw, Nicholas Selby, Francesca Annis and Terence Bayler. SYNOPSIS: Macbeth craves, and kills, for the role of King but his demons haunt him as he slowly loses his mind… After last year’s vivid depiction of Macbeth, starring Michael Fassbender, it is worth turning back the clocks […]

Second Opinion – Eye in the Sky (2016)

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Eye in the Sky, 2016. Directed by Gavin Hood. Starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Aisha Takow, Phoebe Fox, Gavin Hood, Jeremy Northam, Monica Dolan, Kim Engelbrecht, and Iain Glen. SYNOPSIS: A terrorist group is on surveillance by the military. On this day, the fate of the group is in the hands […]

“Cinema as Territory”: An Interview with Mark Cousins

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Simon Columb chats with Mark Cousins… I Am Belfast, directed by Mark Cousins, is currently playing in a select number of cinemas across the country. Released by BFI, Cousins is an artist who takes many forms. Whether he is writing for Sight and Sound or interviewing David Lynch, Cousins is an expert in each field. […]

Movie Review – I Am Belfast (2015)

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I Am Belfast, 2015. Directed by Mark Cousins. Starring Helena Bereen, Richard Buick, Felicity McKee, Shane McCaffrey and Simon Millar. SYNOPSIS: Born in Belfast, director Mark Cousins fondly recalls the poetic beauty of the capital of Northern Ireland Mark Cousins, filmmaker, artist and writer, has leapt from the expansive, sprawling Gombrichian scale of The Story of Film to […]