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It’s hard to find a contemporary filmmaker that can rival Alexander Payne’s enviable skill of transforming regular trips into deeply emotional journeys. With films such as About Schmidt, Sideways and The Descendants, Payne has received warm critical reception and has gained major awards, including two Oscars for best writing. And…
They just don’t make them like they used to. This cliché, long the favourite of grumpy old-timers and wistful drunkards, is all too appropriate when describing The New Babylon, the 1929 Russian silent film that was produced before Josef Stalin began to strictly censor Russian culture. The CLoSer film series…
With a plot that should sound familiar to all of us who have seen our fair share of teen romances blossom – and sometimes wither – on the big screen (a popular kid in school falls in love with a sweet geeky girl) it is difficult to believe that The…
Happy Friday people! We appreciate that love is for life (and not just for Valentine’s!) but if there’s an annual day dedicated to loveliness, who are we to fight it? ;-) So whether you’re dating, married or simply enjoy hanging out with your BFF, we’ve got a Valentines’s competition open…
Christmas has been and gone, and whilst for some it’s the food and the gifts that will be sorely missed, for me, it’s the movies. Whether they’re good or bad, Christmas-themed tearjerkers or action-packed frightfests, to me Christmas is all about the movie magic. If you’re suffering withdrawal symptoms (like…
It is fair to say that it all went downhill for Ben Affleck’s career from the moment he started losing touch with simplicity. Starring in Michael Bay’s blockbusters and dating JLo -who despite what she proclaimed, was certainly not the same Jenny from the Block anymore- was miles away from…