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Drinking Buddies

Post-mumblecore romcom full of microbrewery beer, plaid shirts, beards, Jagjaguwar tunes and more beer.


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31st Mar 2014

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Jennifer Lawrence returns to fight The Man in the ongoing pro-revolution blockbuster.


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31st Mar 2014

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The Bling Ring

Promising modern fable, rendered as superficial and one dimensional as its subject.


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30th Mar 2014

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Captain Phillips

Intense modern piracy drama, skilfully handled as Paul Greengrass builds the tension and intensity.


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29th Mar 2014

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Before Midnight

Classy, accomplished threquel to Richard Linklater's meandering walking talk-a-thon.


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29th Mar 2014

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The Inside Man

Tricksy Spike Lee bank heist joint with solid perfs and fun touches.


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29th Mar 2014

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Before Midnight

Celine and Jesse walk and talk nine years on, as teen dreams echo through 40s reality looking for love.


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23rd Mar 2014

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Lone Survivor

Intense but shapeless Special Ops shoot out with very little to say.


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20th Mar 2014

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Wake In Fright

70s Aussie fever dream about an uptight teacher stuck in a booze-drenched Outback town full of menace.


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20th Mar 2014

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Ian MacKaye talks about stuff

Fascinating Library of Congress talk from Ian MacKaye via Jenkem, including his insightful thoughts on skateboarding and how he got into punk. Well worth a watch.

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Movie Commentaries

Great list of movie commentaries on YouTube, courtesy of Cinephilia. The Conversation is always a favourite, plus plenty of Scorsese. Much as I love the idea of these things, the motivation to watch them is never there when you've just watched the actual film ... then I never get back to them.

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This Is The End

Stupid post-modern, post-apocalyptic comedy from the frat pack, with the occasional funny moment.


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14th Mar 2014

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The Wind Rises

Miyazaki's plane engineer swan song is more melodrama than magic, but still a bittersweet meditation.


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13th Mar 2014

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The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes A's gang rack up the cameos, an elegant confection of crime romp, murder, good manners.


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9th Mar 2014

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12 Years A Slave

Intense, harrowing slavery biopic. Steve McQueen leaps forward with a more accomplished hand.


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8th Mar 2014

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Captain Phillips

Tense high seas hijack standoff with Paul Greengrass at the bridge, anchored by Tom Hanks.


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6th Mar 2014

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House Of Cards S2

Solid OTT politicking from a great Kevin Spacey, let down by some shaggy side stories.


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6th Mar 2014

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Sound City

Sentimental doc from Dave Grohl, looking back to better times. Trent Reznor disagrees, but still shows up.


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4th Mar 2014

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The Last Stand

Schwarzenegger Lite returns. Decent enough actioner that regresses into an A-Team episode for act 3.


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28th Feb 2014

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