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Movie Review – Bleed for This (2016)

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Bleed for This, 2016. Directed by Ben Younger. Starring Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Ciaran Hinds and Katey Sagal. SYNOPSIS: At the peak of his career in the 80s, boxer Vinny ‘Paz’ Pazienza had won the lightweight world championship, followed by the junior middleweight title.  But shortly afterwards, a near fatal car crash landed him in […]

Movie Review – The Innocents (2016)

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The Innocents, 2016. Directed by Anne Fontaine. Starring Lou de Laage, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza and Vincent Macaigne. SYNOPSIS: Poland after the end of World War II is occupied by the Russians and a female doctor is helping the Red Cross to care for survivors.  A nun from the local convent arrives, pleading for help and […]

Movie Review – Nocturnal Animals (2016)

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Nocturnal Animals, 2016. Directed by Tom Ford. Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer and Laura Linney. SYNOPSIS: Rich, glamorous and successful gallery owner Susan (Amy Adams) seems to have it all.  But her life is starting to crumble and when her ex-husband sends her the manuscript for his […]

Second Opinion – The Light Between Oceans (2016)

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The Light Between Oceans, 2016. Directed by Derek Cianfrance. Starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz and Bryan Brown. SYNOPSIS: After the end of World War I, former soldier Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) takes the solitary job of lighthouse keeper off the coast of Western Australia.  On the mainland, he meets the vivacious Isobel Graymark […]

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Their Finest (2016)

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Their Finest, 2016. Directed by Lone Scherfig. Starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Jack Huston, Richard E Grant, Eddie Marsan, Jake Lacy and Helen McCrory. SYNOPSIS: In the days after The Blitz in World War II, The Ministry Of Information recruits copywriter Catrin (Gemma Arterton) to work on scripts and give their propaganda films […]

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Queen Of Katwe (2016)

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Queen Of Katwe, 2016. Directed by Mira Nair. Starring David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o, Madina Nalwanga, Taryn Kyaze and Ethan Nazario Lubega. SYNOPSIS: Phiona (Madina Nalwanga) lives with her mother, brothers and sister in the impoverished township of Katwe in Uganda, selling vegetables to earn money instead of going to school.  But she’s intrigued by a chess […]

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – La La Land (2016)

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La La Land, 2016. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend and J.K. Simmons. SYNOPSIS: In Los Angeles, aspiring actress Mia (Emma Stone) works in the coffee shop on the Warner Brothers’ lot and goes to auditions.  Jazz devotee and struggling musician Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) resorts to playing at weddings, parties […]

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – A Monster Calls (2016)

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A Monster Calls, 2016. Directed by J.A. Bayona. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Lewis MacDougall, Toby Kebbell, Geraldine Chaplin and the voice talents of Liam Neeson. SYNOPSIS: Life is miserable for young Conor (Lewis MacDougall).  At school, he’s bullied and at home he’s trying to cope with his mother’s treatment for cancer – and the overwhelming […]

60th BFI London Film Festival Review – A United Kingdom (2016)

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A United Kingdom, 2016. Directed by Amma Asante. Starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Laura Carmichael, Tom Felton, Vusi Kunene and Arnold Oceng. SYNOPSIS: In the late 1940s, Prince Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo) of Bechuanaland (later to become Botswana) is studying in London when he meets and falls in love with Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike).  […]