5 min movie guide
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12 Years A Slave
I’m still trying to get my head around the fact that it took a British acclaimed filmmaker, and a Golden Globe nominated British and a German actor to make what is possibly the best movie EVER about American slavery. Steve McQueen’s take on the true story of Solomon Northup, an African-American free man who in…
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MOTHER OF GEORGE
The opening scenes of Andrew Dosunmu’s very touching drama is the scene of a Nigerian wedding with its glorious technicolour of vibrant flowing robes, and energetic singing and dancing, and all the traditional rituals is a joyous sight to be hold. This rich canvas however is not set in Africa, but in a Banqueting Hall in…
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UNHUNG HERO
When Patrick Moote proposed to his girlfriend on camera at a Baseball Game the video of her brusque rejection went viral on YouTube within days. It wasn’t the fact that he had been so un-ceremoniously dumped in public that upset him, it was the reason she gave for her refusal. It really hit poor humiliated Patrick…
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SUMMER IN FEBRUARY
Based on a novel that was based on a true story about love and lust amongst some about-to-be famous artists in Edwardian Britain this pretty period costume drama is the most tedious of affairs. Essentially the tale of A J Munnings, who would go on to not only become Britain’s most famous painter of horses but…
