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  • Absentia DVD Review

    Absentia DVD Review

    2.5/5
    It’s refreshing when the horror genre tries something new, like meeting an old friend after being apart for some time and catching up with bundles of stories and a nice pint. But what if this reunion with the old friend is not as one had hoped? His stories are terrible and the pint is sour, [...]

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  • Jeff, Who Lives At Home Review

    Jeff, Who Lives At Home Review

    4/5
    At the beginning of the Duplass brothers’ latest feature Jeff, who lives at home, Jeff Thompkins (Jason Segel) is philosophising. Speaking into a Dictaphone he contemplates the mysteries of the cosmos and worries when his fate will arrive. Finishing and clicking off the record button of the device Jeff smiles to himself, betraying a faint [...]

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  • Goodbye First Love Review

    Goodbye First Love Review

    3/5
    The Trouble with filming ‘first love’ is that much of the audience will have passed through this phase and will either know vaguely what is going to happen or will disagree with how events unfold. ‘First love’ is also a very personal experience that everyone goes through, giving one person’s story an air of importance [...]

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  • This Is Not A Film Review

    This Is Not A Film Review

    2/5
    It is commonly frowned upon to judge a book by its cover but in this case it serves as a warning. While in the very basic sense this is of course a film, it has images and sound, it is unlike any professional film created in recent memory. There is neither narrative nor documentary expose. [...]

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  • Weekend DVD Review

    Weekend DVD Review

    4.5/5
    Considering what a banner year 2011 was for British cinema, Weekend, the second feature from director Andrew Haigh, may prove to be the very best of the crop of accomplished home grown films that hit multiplexes last year. Set over the course of a single autumn weekend in Nottingham, the film begins when Russell (Tom [...]

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  • Wuthering Heights Review

    Wuthering Heights Review

    3.5/5
    One night whilst travelling across the harsh, brutal Moors, Mr. Earnshaw (Paul Hilton) stumbles across a young boy (Solomon Glave) who, judging by his tattered clothes, lack of English and weathered countenance, has been abandoned and left to fend for himself. Being a good Christian, Earnshaw takes the boy in and aims to raise him [...]

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