drama
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PROMISED LAND
It seems a tad ingenious to say it but this earnest movie that tries to take the moral high ground on the contentious issue of fracking is frankly boring. Never quite too sure to be a poignant lesson on an important environmental issue or just an entertaining story, it ends up taking the middle ground…
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DJANGO UNCHAINED
Quentin Tarantino’s movie making is sporadic to say the least : this is only his 8th feature film since he exploded onto our screens with ‘Reservoir Dogs’ some 21 years ago. But love him or hate him, each movie is totally unforgettable ….. and very bloody, and far too long! This latest one is his…
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YOSSI
Ten years on and Eyton Fox’s brilliant ‘Yossi & Jaeger’ about two Israeli soldiers who fall in love is fondly regarded as a ‘classic gay movie’, and now he follows it with this rather wonderful sequel. Yossi is still mourning the loss of his lover Jagger who died in his arms at the Front and…
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Amour
There should be a warning given to anyone over a certain age (like me) before they see this powerfully uncomfortable and uncompromising movie about an elderly couple that makes you confront the unavoidable consequences of all the suffering that one must deal with before finally shuffling off this mortal coil. And certainly one should definitely…
