Movie Archive

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Review

Following on from an original film that caught the movie industry, well, if not sleeping, exactly, then definitely in the throes of a nice mid-afternoon nap, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is once again open about its desire to plunder the silver-mopped audience for box office spoils.
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Steve James on ‘Life Itself’ and the future of film criticism

“I think that really does a huge disservice to film criticism and to film…. It should be worth more than that” In 1994, when filmmaker Steve James was merely 29 years of age, he made the acclaimed documentary Hoop Dreams. Preeminent movie critic Roger Ebert loved the work and bestowed the documentary as his film of [...]
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Virgin Mountain Review – Berlin Film Festival 2015

Considerably overweight and out of love. Cruelly bullied by the brutes in the work place and showing signs of arrested development at home. At the age of 43, Fusi (Gunnar Jonsson) is locked in a life marked only by its stasis.
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As We Were Dreaming Review – Berlin Film Festival 2015

Set in the Leipzig suburbs and based on author Clemens Meyer’s 2006 novel, As We Were Dreaming charts the fortunes of a gang of teenagers adjusting to the changing landscape of the country and the hormonal preoccupations of their age.
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Knight of Cups Review – Berlin Film Festival 2015

Unsurprisingly, Knight of Cups boasts an impressive big name cast. Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman have all cleared space in their diary to work with this formerly reclusive auteur.
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Unbroken Review

This is a feature charting the true story of Olympic athlete, Louis Zamperini (played by Jack O’Connell); an Italian-American who was enlisted in the WW II effort on behalf of the Allies.
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