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Promising Young Woman is an engaging, thought provoking and gripping examination of date rape.
27th Oct 2021
by David Vass
Given the films industry’s focus on  the #MeToo movement, it’s surprising that  a move exploring the issues raised hasn’t come along earlier. It’s also surprising that it should be marketed as a revenge thriller. Director… read more
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First Cow is a triumph of gentle story telling
21st Oct 2021
by David Vass
Based on screenwriter Jonathan Raymond’s novel, director Kelly Reichardt film is not a story that gets told in a hurry. As much a collage of scenes as a narrative, it is shot with simplicity and… read more
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Sound of Metal - a moving and heartfelt film
19th Jul 2021
by David Vass
In Darius Marder’s moving and heartfelt film, Riz Ahmed plays an American drummer whose life, and career, is sent into a tailspin by the sudden offset of deafness. Ironically, there is very little Metal beyond… read more
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The Gentlemen is a Exuberant, Labyrinthine Romp
14th Oct 2020
by David Vass
After dipping his toe into family friendly films, Guy Ritchie returns to what he does best with The Gentlemen. The film is a scabrous, exuberant romp, with a labyrinthine plot that will have your head… read more
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David Copperfield is very funny, breathlessly energetic and endlessly imaginative
8th Oct 2020
by David Vass
Armando Iannucci’s exuberant adaptation of David Copperfield opens with our eponymous hero telling his life story to a rapt audience in Bury St Edmund’s Theatre Royal. What follows is a joyous romp around East Anglia,… read more
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Parasite is meticulously plotted, perfectly cast, and hugely entertaining
4th Oct 2020
by David Vass
Parasite is deservedly the first foreign language film to win an Oscar for best film. It is meticulously plotted, perfectly cast, and hugely entertaining, Bong Joon-ho won two more, for direction and script, along with… read more
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1917 is a thrilling, spell-binding triumph
23rd Sep 2020
by David Vass
Much has been made of the technical brilliance of Sam Mendes’s 1917. This is a film that takes place in real time, with the camera seemingly following soldiers Schofield and Blake in a single unbroken… read more
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Little Women breathes new life into into the Classic Novel
16th Sep 2020
by David Vass
Louisa May Alcott’s book has been adapted many times, and as recently as the mid-nineties, so Greta Gerwig had to bring something very special to the screen in order to justify yet one more retelling… read more
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The Peanut Butter Falcon is a delightful buddy movie that plucks on your heartstrings
5th Mar 2020
by David Vass
Anyone who remembers Huckleberry Finn fondly will find much to love in The Peanut Butter Falcon. Set in the North Carolina Outer Banks, this delightful buddy movie is a film that plucks on your heartstrings… read more
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Downton Abbey film - a lavishly produced treat for the series many fans
3rd Feb 2020
by Corn Hall admin
Fans of Downton Abbey won’t be disappointed by this big screen opportunity to catch up with old friends. Gifted a bigger budget, Julian Fellowes’s drama about upstairs/downstairs has been turned from a show where thoughtful… read more
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