Some impressive performances and a bright, affecting premise save Captain Fantastic from being a by-the-numbers indie quirk-trip.
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Café Society
UK Release Date – 2nd September 2016 Woody Allen’s latest release is a curious period rom-com, in which Jesse Eisenberg plays a young Hollywood hopeful who falls in love with his powerful uncle’s mistress (Kristen Stewart). Set against the backdrop of the glamorously romanticised 1930s, Café Society is visually commanding but lacking in depth and…
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24th Raindance Film Festival Launch
The 24th annual Raindance Film Festival announced its programme, jury members, and special events this morning in an event hosted by festival founder, Elliot Grove, accompanied by, among others, Snow Patrol‘s Johnny McDaid. The festival sees more submissions than ever this year, with entries from over 98 countries, and a screening list of 90 feature…
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David Brent: Life on the Road
UK Release Date – 19th August 2016 Brent’s back, so… The return of one of television’s greatest comedy creations – probably the best – had potential to corrupt the highly prestigious brand that is the aforementioned “Brent”. We walked into the screening with trepidation and scepticism but remained hopeful that Gervais would not tarnish the…
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Julieta
UK Release Date – 26th August 2016 The prestigious Pedro Almodóvar makes a masterful return to drama with Julieta, a vibrant film about grief, guilt and mystery. The Spanish director’s past two films were widely seen as attempts to branch out in genre, with relatively little success. 2011’s The Skin I Live In was an…
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Suicide Squad
UK Release Date – 5th August 2016 Suicide Squad had been fiercely promoted for the best part of a year prior to its August 5th release this year and the trailers displayed encouraging contents. Initial reviews have been significantly more negative than one might have expected, however, and this review will not buck that trend.…
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Up For Love
UK Release Date – 5th August 2016 This sickly-sweet French romantic comedy never quite knows what approach to take with its subject matter, but is strengthened by two consummate lead performances by Jean Dujardin and Virginie Efira. Up For Love (French title Un homme à la hauteur), directed by Laurent Tirard, is a straightforward love…
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Jason Bourne
UK Release Date – 27th July 2016 Jason Bourne is an uninspired re-tread buoyed by an almost incessant supply of tense, well-executed action sequences. The fifth entry in the Bourne franchise includes the much-vaunted return of Matt Damon, having been absent for the tepid fourth film, The Bourne Legacy. Damon brings his typical hard-edged physicality…
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Films of 2016… So Far – Louis Chilton & Sam Thoburn
Louis Chilton & Sam Thoburn guide us home with their films of the year so far.
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Ghostbusters
Neither a dud worthy of the torrent of criticism sparked by the trailer, nor a classic on par with the original, Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot provides enough fun to vindicate its own production.
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