Vanessa Redgrave Archive

  • The Whistleblower DVD Review

    The Whistleblower DVD Review

    3/5
    A fascinating look into the grim realities of sex trafficking, The Whistleblower is a riveting thriller which takes a different approach to the subject matter. Based on true events it follows a Nebraskan Police officer turned UN Peacekeeper (Rachel Weisz) as she tries to work against the evident corruption in post war Bosnia. Rachel Weisz’s [...]

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  • Anonymous Review

    Anonymous Review

    3.5/5
    What if Shakespeare was illiterate? What if someone else wrote his plays? What if that person was writing them with political intentions, using theater to turn the people against his enemies? All of these questions are tackled in Roland Emmerich’s latest blockbuster Anonymous which explores the theory that the Earl of Oxford was accountable for all of [...]

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  • LFF Review: Coriolanus

    LFF Review: Coriolanus

    4/5
    What must be the fabric of a leader? And what happens when the exact qualities that would empower a man to be a good leader conflict with his opportunities to lead. Such is the subject of one of Shakespeare’s lesser lauded tragedies Coriolanus. Graduating in medium but not in theme stage veteran Ralph Fiennes directorial [...]

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  • Empire’s Big Screen 2011: LionsGate Showcase

    Empire’s Big Screen 2011: LionsGate Showcase

    Another of the studios to showcase their upcoming attractions at Empire’s Big Screen was Lionsgate, a company known for recent Blockbuster hits such as Kick-Ass, Precious and Saw 3D among many others. Their showcase started with a trailer for David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method which focuses on the early psychoanalytic work of  Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Cronenberg [...]

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  • Disney Debuts British Characters in Cars 2

    Disney Debuts British Characters in Cars 2

    Four months may have already passed since the royal wedding of the decade but Disney Pixar will be giving us a royal reminder when their latest release Cars 2 races into theatres next Friday. Director John Lasseter’s highly anticipated sequel to the 2006 hit animation flick includes five fabulous new Brit-inspired characters roaring to make [...]

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  • What The Girls Of Atonement Did Next

    What The Girls Of Atonement Did Next

    We examine the effect that the acclaimed adaptation had on the careers of it's leading ladies...

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