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Silence

A journey of discovery begins when sound recordist, Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhride, returns to his native Ireland on…

By Anne Higgins
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

It’s been three years since the release of the first film, but Percy Jackson is back and bigger…

By Aoife O'Driscoll
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My Father and the Man in Black

“Before there was Johnny and June, there was Johnny and Saul.” Saul Holiff (1925-2005) was the long suffering…

By Aoife O'Driscoll
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In the Name Of

In a working-class, god-forsaken small village in Poland, a priest runs a centre for delinquent boys as an…

By Eleanor MacFarlane
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What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew is this year’s absolute must-see film. It is an emotionally tugging depiction of a young…

By Eden Williams
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Looking for Hortense

After nominations at both the César Awards and Venice Film Festival, French film Looking for Hortense is becoming…

By Aoife O'Driscoll
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Only God Forgives

Two years ago, Nicolas Winding Refn won the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Director award for Drive, also starring…

By Liloie Cazorla
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Like Father, Like Son

What makes a family: blood or love? This is the question asked by Japanese film-maker Hirokazu Koreeda in…

By Aoife O'Driscoll
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The Lone Ranger

Ignore the anti-hype of this 1950s remake because quite frankly there is nothing more enjoyable than watching Johnny…

By Jennifer Atkinson
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The Crash Reel

Those who are fans of extreme sports will know that a “crash reel” is just as horrific as…

By Samuel Mensah