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22nd January 2014

Why Microsoft will win the Console War

Alasdair Preston predicts the outcome of the next generation.
18th January 2014

Review: The Wolf of Wall Street

Robbie reviews the controversial real-life tale of Jordan Belfort
3rd December 2013

Preview: Anchorman: The Legend Continues

Will Ron Burgundy prove to be the ultimate comeback kid? Lloyd Hammett anticipates the return of everyone’s favourite news team in ‘Anchorman 2’
3rd December 2013

Contrary Corner: Waxing on The Wackness

Zach Fuller bigs up an underrated and overshadowed gem from 2008, starring Ben Kingsley and Mary Kate Olsen
3rd December 2013

Top 5: One Take Scenes

It’s a risky business, but sometimes one shot is all it takes to make movie magic. James Moules gives us his top 5 one take scenes
3rd December 2013

Animation Comes of Age: How grown ups can laugh with the kids too

Suraj Vara discusses how, when it comes to comedy, animated movies cater for all ages
3rd December 2013

Review: Parkland

Jack Crutcher reviews the political drama ‘Parkland’
3rd December 2013

Cornerhouse Pick of the Week: Jeune et Jolie

Angus reflects on the latest offering from François Ozon and many of the themes we’d expect from modern French cinema
3rd December 2013

Review: Dom Hemingway

Hard living safe cracker Dom Hemingway (Law) is set loose in London after a 12 year prison sentence. Pairing up with best friend Dickie (Grant), Dom seeks out financial reward for his loyalty to underworld boss Mr. Fontaine (Bichir).    ‘’Crazy night, last night. Dickie lost a glove and everything.’’ Jude Law spent a summer […]
3rd December 2013

Review: Saving Mr Banks

Robbie found a spoonful of Emma Thompson helped even the most mainstream biopic go down

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25th November 2013

Review: The Counsellor

I’d like to start this review by saying this: I really wanted to like this film. In fact, I wanted to love it. Unfortunately, The Counselor is just terrible. The film revolves around a lawyer (Michael Fassbender), inexplicably only known as “Counselor”, who involves himself in a drug deal with an extravagant drug dealer/nightclub owner […]
25th November 2013

Contrary Corner: Almost Famous but never quite the hit

The box office bomb of Oliver Hirshbiegel’s royalist-bait Diana biopic to compliment it’s critical mauling shows the rare commercial failure of a genre littered with banal Oscar begging (The King’s Speech) and vapidly toothless portrayals of their muses (Notorious and The Iron Lady, which manage to transform The Notorious B.I.G into Mother Teresa and Margaret Thatcher into […]
25th November 2013

Preview: Noah

Jack Crutcher discusses Darren Aronofsky’s cinematic turn from the balletic to the biblical
25th November 2013

Cornerhouse Pick of the Week: Short Term 12

Short Term 12 follows a 20-something supervising staff member, Grace (Brie Larson), of a foster care facility as she navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend, Mason (John Gallagher Jr.). One thing that struck me was the unenviable task the staff had, treading the fine line between being a […]
25th November 2013

EXCLUSIVE: The Family review and interview with the cast

Robbie attended a press conference with the Robert De Niro and the stars of The Family, and gives us his verdict on the film
25th November 2013

Top 5: Wedding Speeches

Andrianna wraps up her top wedding speeches from film and television
18th November 2013

Review: Thor: The Dark World

Nicole Rankine reviews the latest installment in the Thor franchise
18th November 2013

Contrary Corner: There’s no need for speed

According to Suraj Vara, cars should stay on the road and out of the cinema
18th November 2013

Review: Gravity

Gravity gets a thumbs up from The Mancunion with graphics and acting that are, quite simply, out of this world
18th November 2013

Top 5: Storms on screen

 Our good nation weathered quite a storm a fortnight ago, but it’s not over yet. Get ready to batten down the proverbial hatches once more because this list features some of the worst weather ever seen on the silver screen.   5. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) One of the more believable and well-acted disaster […]