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Reviewed: Dune is a modern sci-fi classic

Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s much anticipated adaptation of the sci-fi classic by Frank Herbert is released this week and it is … [ Read More ]

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Hitmen: Reloaded – Overview & Interview

Back into Action In Hitmen: Reloaded, the series two follow up to 2020’s Hitmen, Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc return … [ Read More ]

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Review: Help

Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham are brilliant in this searing drama of the betrayal of care homes during the pandemic.

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Review: The North Water

Based on the novel of the same name by Ian McGuire, The North Water is an impressive See Saw production, … [ Read More ]

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Film Review: Copilot (2021)

From Anne Zohra Berrached, Copilot depicts the semi-imagined life of United-93 hijacker and Al-Qaeda member Ziad Jarrah (anglicised as Saeed in the … [ Read More ]

Cinema Film Reviews

Review: Tenet

Christopher Nolan’s much anticipated futuristic thriller hits cinemas. Laurence Green weighs up whether it is worth the admission fee.

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Four reasons Netflix should expand into video games

It’s been a rocky period for Netflix. As the streaming market becomes increasingly saturated and growth slows, the company must … [ Read More ]

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7 Memorable Poker Scenes from TV Shows

Everyone loves a poker scene. They’re the perfect setting for either high drama or hilarity, depending on the programme, and … [ Read More ]

Cinema Film Reviews

Film review: Talking About Trees.

Don’t be fooled by the title as Suhaib Gasmelbari’s debut feature Talking About Trees (ICA) has nothing to do with … [ Read More ]

Cinema Film Reviews

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

A sensuous, dream-like study of lazy memory, lost time and flight is provided by Bi Gan in his hypnotic and … [ Read More ]

Features

Dracula: free movement of vampires a fitting horror story for the Brexit era

Fictional vampires tend to reflect the politics of the times that produce them: “Because they are always changing, their appeal … [ Read More ]

Cinema Film Reviews

Atlantics

Social commentary is combined with a sense of the supernatural in Mati Diop’s acclaimed debut feature Atlantics (ICA) which is … [ Read More ]

Cinema Film Reviews

Marriage Story

A devastating portrait of marital breakdown is provided by Noah (The Squid and the Whale) Baumbach in his most personal … [ Read More ]

Features

‘Horror beneath the soil’: five scary movies about the British countryside

The countryside is scary, right? All those dead-eyed sheep staring at you. The skeletal outlines of winter trees engulfed by … [ Read More ]

Cinema Film Reviews

Beanpole

The psychological cost of total war is explored with great insight in Katemir Balagov’s award-winning second feature Beanpole (ICA cinema), … [ Read More ]