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Monday 16th April 2012

Pirates! A review and a look at Aardman Productions

Aardman productions was started in 1972 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton. Based in Bristol, their first big success came in the character of Morph, created for the kids TV show ‘Take Hart’. The orange, plasticine figure featured in minute-long clips, later with a cream, plasticine character –…

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Tuesday 10th April 2012

Review – Headhunters

The appetite for Scandinavian thrillers shows no sign of relenting. The Swedish adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s ‘Millenium’ trilogy spawned a lucrative Hollywood remake as well as achieving global distribution and a substancial return at the international box office. The Danes lead the way on the small screen with…

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Friday 30th March 2012

Review – In Darkness

Director Agnieszka Holland depicts Jews in a fascist world where they are forced to delve into the sewers - In Darkness, set in Poland, is based on the novel, ‘Sewers of Lvov’ and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars this year. The Film stars Robert…

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Monday 26th March 2012

Review – The Kid With a Bike

A young boy, Cyril, learns to accept his father’s abandonment through the kindness of an old neighbour. She fosters him at weekends as his behaviour becomes increasingly difficult and harder to accept. There are two types of people who see this film. One falls in love with the…

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Saturday 24th March 2012

Review – The Hunger Games

Just before his brutal on-screen death, Cato, one of the so-called Career Tributes, comes to the horrific realisation that he was not the special, skilled fighter he always thought he was. He was simply a well-trained pawn, fighting not only to save his life, but also the honour…

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Thursday 22nd March 2012

Review – Tiny Furniture

Up-and-coming talent Lena Dunham writes, directs and stars in this story about a young college graduate trying to find a place for herself in the big, (not so) bad world. Aura (Dunham) mopes around her mum’s house, chases a few guys, momentarily has a job as a hostess in…

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Wednesday 21st March 2012

Foreign Filmmaking Legends #4 – Satyajit Ray

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences asked Audrey Hepburn to present the Honorary Academy Award to Satyajit Ray in 1992, many were sadly aware that the directing great would be breathing his last not long after. Yet, in one of the most poignant moments in…

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Tuesday 20th March 2012

Review – 21 Jump Street

From directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller – previously responsible for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs - and screenwriter Michael Bacall – who recently penned the much-panned Project X - comes this super-meta comedy. 21 Jump Street deconstructs its genre, takes the mickey out of movies in general, and…

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Monday 19th March 2012

Review – We Bought a Zoo

We Brought a Zoo is as cute as it looks. Containing animals and children, as well as Matt Damon in full sentimental mode, it’s designed to be a lovely film that the whole family can see. In this case, there is nothing wrong with that. The performances help…

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Friday 16th March 2012

Review – The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe’s influence has been present throughout the entire history of cinema, from the Roger Corman adaptations in the ‘60s to the more recent gore drenched franchises of Saw and Hostel, and not without good reason; Poe is one of the undisputed gods of horror. So for…

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