Set in Belfast in 1971, and heavily within the complex troubles of the time, the film ’71’ film debut for french director Yann Demange and also screenplay writer Gregory Burke. The film follows British army private Gary Hook (played by Jack O’Connell) initially in training, and then into his first deployment, into Belfast, Northern Ireland. After his unit loses control
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This morning, David Bowie passed away following an 18 month battle with cancer. He was 69 years old and sources say surrounded by family at the time. Whilst my blog is heavily weighted to films, and although Bowie certainly had his moments in cinema, it is his music that I have always had the strongest relationship with. He was a
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Right. So here is what I do not mean. I really didnt think much of Avengers : Age of Ultron. But however disappointing that film was for me, it didn’t change how I view the first Avengers film. The sequel didn’t try and change the premise of the original film, not do something so dramatic as to invalidate the original
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Foxcatcher is a 2014 film that recounts the true story of wrestling brothers Dave and Mark Schultz and their involvement with John DuPont (of the wealthy American family DuPont). Having both taken a gold medal from the 1984 Los Angeles olympics in different weight categories within the field of Wrestling, both brothers went on to join du Pont’s ‘Foxcatcher’ wrestling
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Hitman : Agent 47 is the second film born from the computer game franchise, and is also the directorial debut of Aleksander Bach (previously having worked in music videos). Many years ago, Doctor Litvenko worked on a programme creating humans without fear or remorse that would become perfect killing machines. Once the programme began to be successful, Litvenko vanished and
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