5 min movie guide
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SOMM
Jason Wise’s captivating new documentary is a study of sheer obsession. That, with more than a degree of insanity, are evidently two of the essential qualifications you need to become a Master Sommelier. Oh yes, an encyclopedic knowledge of wine helps too. This nail-biting movie follows four such fool-hardy and intrepid young men as they prepare…
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THE BLING RING
Rebecca is a teenager living in Los Angeles who has a passion for shiny things and an obsession with skin deep celebrity fame. Her middle class parents have separated and seem to exert little or no influence over this spoilt young girl who believes that she is entitled to better possessions/life even if they are…
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MENTAL
There is an hilariously funny opening sequence when the camera swoops down from the nearby mountains to spot Shirley, a suburban housewife on the verge of a breakdown, hanging out her washing in her garden whilst she recreates the beginning of ‘The Sound of Music’ that she is totally obsessed with. Her five daughters however…
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Breakup at a Wedding
I will confess that I was drawn to this very quirky wee comedy by its title and by its whole concept. Its a hybrid of a movie within a movie that’s essentially a video of the wedding from hell. Alison the bride has got cold feet on the day she is about to marry Phil,…
