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Short Term 12

Following his 2009 short of the same name, Destin Cretton’s feature Short Term 12 is based on his…

By Aoife O'Driscoll
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Seduced & Abandoned

If the title of the movie inevitably leads you to think of yet another cheesy love story, think…

By Rita Vicinanza
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Philomena

Welcomed with a ten-minute ovation and even some tears at the Venice Film Festival last September, the story…

By Filippo L'Astorina
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How to Survive a Plague

Documenting the early days of the 1980's AIDS epidemic, there's no question as to why David France's polarizing…

By Jack Whitfield
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Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón surprised everyone with Children of Men back in 2006. Presented in Venice, the movie became a…

By Filippo L'Astorina
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The Engineer

Israel Tiscas, the only criminologist working in El Salvador, is the film’s Engineer. The small Central American country…

By Andrew Drummond
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Child’s Pose

Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlinale awards this year, Child’s Pose is a reminder of the…

By Timothy Bano
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Last Vegas

Last Vegas is quite a pessimistic name for a rather optimistic comedy about a group of four childhood…

By Angela Chan
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Thor: The Dark World

Thor: The Dark World is the eighth instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe - one that is sprawling…

By Timothy Bano
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

The phenomenally successful Jackass franchise returns with this feature-length outing for Johnny Knoxville’s Bad Grandpa, but unlike previous…

By Timothy Bano