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Sorry We Missed You : Ken Loach’s latest piece of brutal realism

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  For those cinephiles who worried that Ken Loach’s Palme D’Or Winner ‘I Daniel Blake’ may have been the last film from the veteran British director then his new one  “Sorry We Missed You” is a welcome addition to his resume. Typical for this very socialist-committed man who always wears his heart on his sleeve, … Continue reading



Southpaw

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Billy ‘The Great’ Hope seems to have everything. He has retained his title of World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion, albeit after a particularly bloody match.  He lives a life of sheer luxury in an enormous New York Mansion with his wife Maureen who adores him, and their cute precious daughter Leila who he totally dotes … Continue reading



Spotlight

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It takes the arrival of Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) the new Editor from New York to kickstart The Boston Globe into re-visiting the newspaper’s coverage to date of the rumors that have been circulating for years about local priests sexually abusing young children. In this fiercely traditional Catholic city, the Church’s power and influence is … Continue reading



Starred Up

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Violent prison dramas with raw angry men desperately displaying their machismo just to survive the regime of brutality that pervades in jails always have an underlying tone of homo-eroticism in them. ‘Starred Up’ with a brilliant career-making performance from 23 year old Jack O’Connell is one such movie especially as it has the near-obligatory shower scene that ends … Continue reading



Still Alice

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Life is seemingly idyllic for 50-year-old Alice Howland a renowned Professor of Linguistics at Columbia University who is happily married with three grown up children.  Then suddenly out of the blue she forgets a word or two midway in a tutorial, and then cannot remember the occasional appointment although this hardly registers with her at all.  That is until one … Continue reading



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