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In Review: One from The Heart on DVD (1982)

by Maryann O'Connor 16 April 2012

There are two reasons why you might want to watch this film; firstly, it’s famous for being a musical (songs composed by Tom Waits) directed by Francis Ford Coppola and the film which bankrupted Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios. Secondly, it is completely bonkers.

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In Review: Transit

by Jonathan Hatfull 16 April 2012

Jim Caviezel has taken an odd career path since appearing as mankind’s brutalised saviour in Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. He took the lead in AMC’s The Prisoner remake, took villain duties in the daft Denzel Washington action flick Déjà vu and even played an alien who crash-lands into a Viking war

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In Review: Battleship

by Helen Dines 15 April 2012

The promotional strap lines “From the Company that Brought You Transformers” and “From the Director of Hancock” (Peter Berg) may very well put you off this very loud, very silly and uncomplicated movie version of the American board game.

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In Review: Hollywoo

by Mairéad Roche 15 April 2012

In Hollywoo Florence Foresti plays Jeanne: a Parisian voice artist who dubs the voice of American actress Jennifer Marshall (Nikki Deloach) into French for a Desperate Housewives-type American show that is hugely popular in France.

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In Review: Two Years at Sea

by Alex Beattie 14 April 2012

“No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;” (John Donne ) Donne’s 17 th century poem explored the concept of human connection, yet his infamous opening line could be interpreted in a completely different light. On one level, we are all interconnected, yet [...]

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In Review: Delicacy

by Mairéad Roche 13 April 2012

Delicacy is a film made with a delicate touch looking at the sadness and sweetness of a life lived with and without a real love. Audrey Tautou plays Nathalie; a woman who shares the type of true love with husband François (Pio Marmaï) that does not require any fanfare

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In Review: American Reunion

by Helen Cox 12 April 2012

13 years after the original American Pie in which a group of high school boys made a pact to lose their virginity at prom, American Reunion draws the original gang of Jim [Jason Biggs] , Oz [Chris Klein] , Kevin [Thomas Ian Nicholas] , Finch [Eddie Kaye Thomas] and Stifler [Seann William Scott] back together [...]

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In Review: Lovely by Surprise on DVD

by David Forrester 12 April 2012

Kirt Gunn’s debut feature, Lovely by Surprise (2007) is by turns baffling, sweet, infuriating and tragic. It’s an oddity that will leave viewers thinking of Charlie Kaufman and, perhaps, Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985). In any event, the fourth wall tumbles down.

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In Review: The Cabin In The Woods

by Darryl Griffiths 12 April 2012

The horror genre has become so obsessed in recent years with redundant remakes of superior originals and the endless splatterings of torture porn, it’s no wonder it has become such a frowned upon form of entertainment. We’ve been holding out for a hero for so long and now two come along at once.

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In Review: Blackthorn

by Matthew Hammond 11 April 2012

The western was once the most recognisable and popular genre in cinema. Alas, as that medium has developed, the power and presence of the western as a popular genre has waned.

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Bradford International Film Festival: Sawdust City

by Rob Keeling 11 April 2012

Set on a snowy Thanksgiving in Eau Claire Wisconsin, Sawdust City is an engrossing beer-soaked drama which sees two semi-estranged brothers reconnect as they trawl the town’s various bars looking for their absent drunkard of a father.

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