5 min movie guide
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MY PIECE OF THE PIE
There is a detestable savagery to the rather odious behaviour of money man Steve who can manipulate the share price of a Factory to force its closure and a handsome profit for himself without a hint of emotion, but who gets really pissed when a pretty girl proves that she is no easy takeover and…
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THE FIRST BEAUTIFUL THING
Bruno is a unhappy and somewhat troubled middle-aged college Professor living in Milan with a girlfriend he cannot commit too and the only way that he makes his days bearable is by taking prescription drugs illegally obtained at a local park. One day Valeria his sister turns up on his doorstep to tell him that…
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FRANKENWEENIE
Tim’s Burton’s latest attempt to scare us is a quite delightful homage to film noir that turns out to rather a tame spoof of a horror movie that makes one laugh rather than cower in fear. It’s a stop-motion animation (that I saw in 3D) about an ingenious young elementary school boy named Victor Frankenstein…
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INDIE GAMES
I readily confess that I am possibly not young enough to fully appreciate INDIE GAMES. It’s a new documentary about computer geeks who independently create video games which are very much a staple of daily life for young(er) people these days. (And judging by the film, some not so young too!) A pair of newbie filmmakers…
