Apr 2011
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Film Review: Source Code [dir: Duncan Jones; 2011]
I can’t make up my mind about the basic premise of Source Code: it may be clever, or it may be deeply flawed. An American soldier (amiably played by Jake Gyllenhaal) finds himself on a train, sitting opposite a woman he doesn’t recognise. Within moments, he realises he isn’t the person everyone else seems to… Continue reading
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Film Review: Submarine [dir: Richard Ayoade; 2010]
Teenage boys struggling with relationships and awkward family situations aren’t exactly under-represented on the silver screen, but Richard Ayoade manages to find a novel way of presenting this familiar subject in Submarine, a film which will surely walk away with this year’s Best Comedic Use Of Laconic Welsh Accents award. In the form of Oliver… Continue reading
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