Win Shame on DVD!

by Helen Cox 10 May 2012

To celebrate the Blu-ray and DVD release of Steve McQueen’s Shame on the 14th May, we’re giving you the chance to win a DVD copy of your very own! Recipient of both industry and audience recognition, Shame boasts a formidable cast, including 2011′s London Critics Film Circle Award Winner: British Actor of the Year – [...]

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In Review: How I Spent My Summer Vacation

by Mike Richardson 10 May 2012

Mel Gibson, the mega movie-star of the 1990s is back, in the crime or comedy shambles of a film that is How I Spent My Summer Vacation.

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In Review: Dark Shadows

by Helen Cox 9 May 2012

Based on a gothic soap opera that aired between 1966 and 1971, Dark Shadows is the latest directorial release from Hollywood’s card carrying weirdo: Tim Burton. Eighteenth century fish merchant Barnabas Collins [Johnny Depp] spurns his seductive servant Angelique Bouchard [Eva Green]. In a jealous rage Angelique magics Barnabas’ dearest love Josette [Bella Heathcote] off a cliff and simultaneously curses [...]

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In Review: Mitsuko Delivers

by Jonathan Hatfull 9 May 2012

When we hear the term “pregnancy comedy”, our thoughts go back to 2007 which saw the release of both Juno and Knocked Up. While Mitsuko Delivers is probably closer to Diablo Cody’s vision of maternity, it’s a completely different expectancy film.

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In Review: Charlie Casanova

by Mairéad Roche 9 May 2012

As seen with Mary Harron’s American Psycho (2000), it is possible to have a very clear anti-hero up on the big screen which can still pull an audience in. Christian Bale’s elitist misogynist had layers to him expressed in ways that kept one’s interest even though it was mostly an appalled sort of interest. Terry [...]

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In Review: Outside Bet

by Janet Awe 8 May 2012

Based in South-East London, in the 1980s, Outside Bet is a heartwarming comedy about a close-knit group of working class friends whose local pub is their home-from-home. A mixture of generations, all working at the local printing firm, their story is set against the backdrop of the Wapping newspaper dispute; a time of bitter strikes, [...]

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Win Seance: The Summoning on DVD!

by Helen Cox 8 May 2012

To celebrate the release of Seance: The Summoning on DVD this week we’re offering one lucky winner the chance to scoop a free copy of this truly spooky horror flick. From the producers of Heathers and Hellraiser, Seance: The Summoning is the story of an amateur medium attempting to prove herself as a real link between the [...]

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London Archive Film Festival: Senna Q & A

by Ben Sheppard 8 May 2012

The inaugural London Archive Film Festival kicked off last Thursday with a screening of the extraordinary documentary Senna, attended by both the director and the archive producer, Asif Kapadia and Paul Bell.  Now, hopefully, I don’t need to tell you how astounding this film is, because you should have already seen it.

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In Review: Jeff, Who Lives at Home

by Danielle Richardson 8 May 2012

This is a film about a 30-year-old man, played by Jason Segel, who still lives at home in his parents’ basement, habitually smoking weed. It sounds like a set-up for the kind of easy-watching, LOL-filled deal Jason Segel has become synonymous with, after his turns in Knocked Up (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) and I [...]

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In Review: All in Good Time

by Mairéad Roche 4 May 2012

Based on Ayub Khan-Din’s play Rafta, All in Good Time marks the return of the East is East author to the  familiar ground of an Indian family living in Britain experiencing the clash between first and second generation Indian cultural values.

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In Review: Beauty and the Beast (3D)

by Maryann O'Connor 3 May 2012

It’s been two decades since we first met Disney’s Belle and the Beast aka an alternative Prince Charming. Disney were just entering another period of high productivity, kickstarted two years earlier by the success of The Little Mermaid, but were still ages away from their rejuvenating collaboration with Pixar. Now, hot on the paw pads of [...]

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