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Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013 by Gerard Barbalich

Those movies nominated for the illustrious Oscars are a typical bunch of tales (many think there are only seven tales) that take us on similar journeys, all similar but slightly different, and return us safely at the end. And for No, which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, it Read more...

Jack the Giant Slayer

Posted 4:40pm Sunday 7th April 2013 by Rosie Howells

Don’t we bloody love our expensive fairytale re-boots? Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Mirror Mirror, Snow White and the Huntsman – all released within 18 months. And I think it’s fair to say they’ve hardly been instant classics, despite the obnoxious lineup of stars that sign on (I would assume Read more...

Broken City

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013 by Tim Lindsay

Having recently seen Russell Crowe’s sensitive side in Les Miserables, my inner Crowe-Bro yearned for the gladiatorial, UFO-spotting, phone-throwing Russell that we have all come to love over the last 10 years. Crowe teams up with Mark Wahlberg in a gritty political thriller that disappointingly Read more...

Liberal Arts

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013 by Jonny Mahon-Heap

Hollywood doesn’t tend to capture the “university experience” (for lack of a less cringeworthy term) with much accuracy or success. Mostly consisting of American Pie-esque comedies or 90s trash like The Skulls, the genre doesn’t quite work. Liberal Arts (the stateside term for a BA) succeeds where Read more...

Wuthering Heights

Posted 6:30pm Sunday 24th March 2013 by Ailis Oliver-Kerby

To physically represent the angst at the heart of the story, the opening of Wuthering Heights shows Heathcliff banging his head against a brick wall. This is precisely what I felt like doing for the first half of the movie. The characters are unlikable, the shaky camera technique made me nauseous, Read more...

Eraserhead

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013 by Callum Fredric

The Worst Film Ever Made I physically attacked my flatmate after he made me watch this film. Eraserhead is a cult film. But not cult in the good sense like Pulp Fiction or The Big Lebowski. Cult in the bad sense, like Destiny Church. As with Bishop Brian Tamaki, director David Lynch has Read more...

Great Expectations

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013 by Christine Edwards

A classic romance has graced the big screen this autumn. I would take caution when watching this film – it is sobby and may cause severe sweet tooth, but you will become emotionally invested in the character Pip. Just a heads up boys, if you take your girlfriend to this she may expect more romantic Read more...

The Master

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013 by Lyle Skipsey

I don’t know what possessed Joaquin Phoenix to take his weird break from acting/artistic endeavour but it’s great to have him back. His tortured performance as Freddie Quell, a sex-obsessed, alcoholic army vet returning to the real world in Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master is the best of an Read more...

Silver Linings Playbook

Posted 5:43pm Sunday 17th March 2013 by Rosie Howells

Silver Linings Playbook is a dark romantic comedy/drama that follows the blossoming relationship between two damaged individuals. Pat (Bradley Cooper) is a bipolar man recently released from a psychiatric hospital who bargains with his neighbour – the depressed and promiscuous widow Tiffany Read more...

The Guilt Trip

Posted 4:23pm Sunday 10th March 2013 by Josie Cochrane

Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand are the producers and stars of this heart-warming, yet not-so-funny, comedy. The Guilt Trip follows a mother, Joyce (Streisand) and her son, Andy (Rogen) as they embark on a cross-country road trip, attempting to sell Andy’s cleaning product creation to major buyers. Read more...