In Review

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Film Review Auley Ryan Film Review Auley Ryan

Film Review - Robot Dreams

It’s a light summer breeze of a film clearly aimed to bring joy to both parents and kids whilst still telling a compelling story, so some kind of deep underlying metaphor is unnecessary. Just go have fun watching a cartoon dog and a robot roller-skate to Earth, Wind & Fire! Your brain deserves a break.

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Film Review Jonathan Hibberd Film Review Jonathan Hibberd

Film Review - Alcarràs

Alcarràs is a moving piece of cinema that will quietly consume you for its two-hour runtime with feelings of awe, anticipation, some chuckles, and empathy for the farmers that put fruit into our homes.

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Film Review Oscar Ragg Film Review Oscar Ragg

Film Review - Marlowe

You’d be hard-pressed to say that its intended audience of older, weekday-matinee filmgoers won’t be satisfied by watching a canonised movie star like Neeson doing his thing as a 1930’s detective. Just don’t expect to be wowed by its stunning execution or originality.

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Film Review Maria Konidaris Film Review Maria Konidaris

Spanish Film Festival Film Review: Official Competition

Personally, the whole meta-inception-story-within-a-story is not my usual cup of tea. However, Official Competition doesn’t fade into using conventions of the trope. What separates it, is that rather than focusing on production and the movie-making process it's focused entirely on the actors and their craft. 

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Film Review Diane Day Film Review Diane Day

Film Review: The Good Boss

The Good Boss works very well as a corporate satire, with biting insights into how powerful people manipulate those around them in order to maintain said power, but it wouldn’t be the same without the central performance from Javier Bardem, who makes the film endlessly watchable and entertaining.

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