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Review - The Godmother

movies
21 Jul 2021

French hit The Godmother sees a middle-aged police interpreter, played by Isabelle Huppert (Elle) make a career move when she unexpectedly finds a large consignment of hashish.
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Review - Gunpowder Milkshake

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21 Jul 2021

Gunpowder Milkshake sees Karen Gillan (Dr Who) and Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) as daughter and mother assassins under attack from The Firm.
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Review - How I Became a Superhero

movies
14 Jul 2021

How I Became a Superhero is a French Netflix film about a world where people with superpowers co-exist with ordinary people in an alternative Paris.
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Review - Black Widow

movies
14 Jul 2021

Black Widow sees Scarlett Johansson finally carry a superhero movie on her own, as the popular member of The Avengers. Also starring Florence Pugh (Little Women) and Rachel Weisz (The Constant…
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Review - Dating Amber

movies
7 Jul 2021

Two gay school friends - Eddie and Amber - pretend they're going out together in the quirky Irish comedy Dating Amber.
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Review - Antoinette in the Cevennes

movies
7 Jul 2021

The French romantic comedy Antoinette in the Cevennes might be a good one if you're missing Europe or have a thing for donkeys, says Simon Morris.
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Review - Spirit Untamed and Cranston Academy Monster Zone

movies
7 Jul 2021

Spirit Untamed is a formulaic family movie with phoned-in performances from two big stars. Cranston Academy: Monster Zone makes it look like Spirited Away.
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Movie review - Herself

At the Movies
27 Jun 2021

A single mother in contemporary Dublin tries to protect her family by building a house. Reviewed by Dan Slevin.
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Review - Luca

movies
23 Jun 2021

The latest animated feature from the Pixar studio, screening on the Disney+ service. Reviewed by Dan Slevin.
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Movie review - F9 (Fast & Furious 9)

movies
23 Jun 2021

Dan Slevin reviews the latest episode in the 20-year-old Fast & Furious franchise.
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Movie review - Herself

movies
23 Jun 2021

A single mother in contemporary Dublin tries to protect her family by building a house. Reviewed by Dan Slevin.
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Review - The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

movies
16 Jun 2021

The sequel to the popular Hitman's Bodyguard is called The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard - starring once again... Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L Jackson and Salma Hayek.
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Review - In The Heights

movies
16 Jun 2021

In The Heights is the Broadway musical that launched the career of writer/composer/star Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton). It's been adapted into a movie by director Jon M Chu.
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Review - Percy vs Goliath

movies
16 Jun 2021

Percy vs Goliath tells the real-life story of farmer Percy Schmeiser and his battle with the mighty Monsanto Corporation. Stars Christopher Walken (The deer hunter) and Christina Ricci (The Addams…
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Review - Cruella

movies
2 Jun 2021

The villainous fashion designer from the Disney favourite 101 Dalmatians gets her own film - Cruella, starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson. Directed by Craig Gillespie (I Tonya).
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Review - Minamata

movies
2 Jun 2021

Minamata is the true story of a campaign by a Life Magazine photographer against a Japanese toxic-waste scandal in the Seventies. Starring Johnny Depp, Bill Nighy and opera singer Katherine Jenkins.
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Review - Poppy

movies
2 Jun 2021

Poppy is a New Zealand feel-good film about a young car mechanic with Down syndrome who's determined not to let her disability slow her down. Directed by Linda Niccol (Second hand wedding) and…
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Review - A Quiet Place Part II

movies
26 May 2021

A Quiet Place Part II returns to the alien invasion hit, featuring blind monsters with very sharp hearing. Written and directed by John Kasinski and starring Emily Blunt, with Cillian Murphy.
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Review - No Man's Land

movies
26 May 2021

No Man's Land is yet another attempt to bring back the Western, as trouble on the Texas border leads to a ride to redemption.Featuring Andie McDowell and Frank Grillo, written by star Jake Allyn, and…
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Those Who Wish Me Dead

arts
19 May 2021

Those Who Wish Me Dead sees Angelina Jolie return to the action genre as a fire-fighter trying to protect a child who witnessed a murder. Featuring Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones), Nicholas Hoult…
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Litigante

arts
19 May 2021

Litigante is a sharp character study by Colombian director Franco Lolli. A mother and daughter - played by Lolli's real life cousin and mother Carolina Sanin and Leticia Gomez - argue over work…
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Review - Locked Down

movies
12 May 2021

Locked Down - the first post-Covid romcom. Paxton and Linda (Chiwetel Ejiafor and Anne Hathaway) are locked in a flat together, despite being technically separated. Can a disastrous Zoom call, a…
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Review - Son of the South

movies
12 May 2021

Son of the South is the true story of Bob Zellner, born into a Ku Klux Klan family and who became one of the first white volunteers for the civil rights movement in Sixties Alabama. Produced by Spike…
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Review - James and Isey

movies
12 May 2021

James and Isey is another example of New Zealand film-maker Florian Habicht's (Kaikohe Demolition) unique view of a documentary. Here he talks to a mother and son about Mum's upcoming 100th birthday.
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