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Spencer Pryde (Sam Gittins) is a low-level criminal, acting as a runner of A-levels drugs more out of boredom than for the extra money it brings in to his cash-strapped adolescence. Near-misses and a few fatalities amongst his friends don’t deter him as he has few other choices. The...
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Bruised and battered by the surprise outcome of the national 2016 election, senior campaign consultant Gary Zimmer (Steve Carell) despairs that he can make any Democrat electable and even subsequent shifts in the political landscape do little to make him want to re-enter the fray. But when one of...
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In 1989 a science-fiction movie landed in cinemas, bucking the trend for major special-effects and ‘adventure romps’ – instead, it had a unique voice, and something very serious to say about the times. Alien Nation was a milestone at the time, and a police procedural like no other. The...
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If, just a few weeks ago, you’d asked an industry insider if major Hollywood studios might release their tentpole blockbusters to the VOD (video-on-demand) platforms instead of multiplexes you’d have been met with scorn. Each year the film industry and the cinema chains bring in billions as people gather...
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The galaxy is hearing strange whispers that the long-felled Emperor Palpatine is alive – perhaps risen from his supposed grave by the dark forces of the Sith. Kylo Ren might seek to hold control of what’s left of the Empire, but he has no truck with any plan Palpatine...
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Ten years after Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenbrg), Witchita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) somehow survived the zombie apocalypse, they’ve continued to make their way through America, cutting down any of the undead that get in their way – sticking to their rules and routines for...
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Henry Brogan (Will Smith) is one of the government’s top assassins, regularly bringing down bad guys when deniability is needed. He’s a principled guy, but has served his government faithfully. When he announces his retirement after a particularly tricky kill that nearly had collateral damage, all he wants to...
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The Avengers managed to restore those snuffed out of existence by Thanos during the Infinity War, but there’s now a sizeable slice of humanity that have re-entered the world that’s gone on for four years without them. Peter Parker and several of his key friends all suffered that fate,...
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It’s the 1990s and Charles Xavier’s dream of mutants being judged as regular people, even considered ‘superheroes’ who can help in a crisis, seems to have been fulfilled. Though it’s not perfect, there’s a tolerance and co-existence that he’s sought all his life. When the Endeavor space-shuttle runs into...
Spencer Pryde (Sam Gittins) is a low-level criminal, acting as a runner of A-levels drugs more out of boredom than for the extra money it brings in to his cash-strapped adolescence. Near-misses and a few fatalities amongst his friends don’t deter him as he has few other choices. The...
Bruised and battered by the surprise outcome of the national 2016 election, senior campaign consultant Gary Zimmer (Steve Carell) despairs that he can make any Democrat electable and even subsequent shifts in the political landscape do little to make him want to re-enter the fray. But when one of...
In 1989 a science-fiction movie landed in cinemas, bucking the trend for major special-effects and ‘adventure romps’ – instead, it had a unique voice, and something very serious to say about the times. Alien Nation was a milestone at the time, and a police procedural like no other. The...
If, just a few weeks ago, you’d asked an industry insider if major Hollywood studios might release their tentpole blockbusters to the VOD (video-on-demand) platforms instead of multiplexes you’d have been met with scorn. Each year the film industry and the cinema chains bring in billions as people gather...
The galaxy is hearing strange whispers that the long-felled Emperor Palpatine is alive – perhaps risen from his supposed grave by the dark forces of the Sith. Kylo Ren might seek to hold control of what’s left of the Empire, but he has no truck with any plan Palpatine...
Ten years after Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenbrg), Witchita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin) somehow survived the zombie apocalypse, they’ve continued to make their way through America, cutting down any of the undead that get in their way – sticking to their rules and routines for...
Henry Brogan (Will Smith) is one of the government’s top assassins, regularly bringing down bad guys when deniability is needed. He’s a principled guy, but has served his government faithfully. When he announces his retirement after a particularly tricky kill that nearly had collateral damage, all he wants to...
The Avengers managed to restore those snuffed out of existence by Thanos during the Infinity War, but there’s now a sizeable slice of humanity that have re-entered the world that’s gone on for four years without them. Peter Parker and several of his key friends all suffered that fate,...
It’s the 1990s and Charles Xavier’s dream of mutants being judged as regular people, even considered ‘superheroes’ who can help in a crisis, seems to have been fulfilled. Though it’s not perfect, there’s a tolerance and co-existence that he’s sought all his life. When the Endeavor space-shuttle runs into...