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Review – The Survivalist

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  The Survivalist is the directorial debut film by Stephen Fingleton, who also wrote the screenplay for the film.  His only previous screenplay, beyond shorts, was a 2006 comedy – The Battersea Ripper). It’s set in a post apocalyptic environment and follows a man (played by Martin McCann – X+Y, Killing Bono) who is living in a forest in a

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Review : ’71

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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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