5 min movie guide
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WUTHERING HEIGHTS
The original idea behind this latest movie version (the 17th) of this much beloved romantic 19th Century novel was to give it a glam Hollywood treatment with stars like Natalie Portman and Michael Fassbinder attached to play the leads, but the moment that Brit director Andrea Arnold came on board it was inevitable that this…
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YOUR SISTER’S SISTER
This 4th feature film directed by Lynn Shelton (‘HUMPDAY’) tells the story of Jack who hasn’t recovered from the unexpected death of his brother, and one year on is still drifting aimlessly through life broke and without a job. His best friend Iris, who also happens to have once been his brother’s girlfriend, stages an ‘Intervention’ and insists…
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THE ANGEL’S SHARE
Director Ken Loach is drawn back to working class Glasgow again for his latest comedy drama about a young thug who’s given a second chance and turns out to be a good wee lad after all. Robbie is in Court for the umpteenth time after a particular brutal assault on another young man, but his…
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COSMOPOLIS
Eric Packer, a very young and handsome billionaire insists of having his whole fleet of stretch limos drive him to the other side of Manhattan because he wants to get a haircut at his favorite barbers which is located in the slightly salubrious poor neighborhood that he grew up in. The trouble is that so…
