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31st May 2013

The Snowtown Murders

Stylish, intense, gruesome Australian drama that you won't watch twice.

30th May 2013

Girl Most Likely

Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening & Matt Dillon wasted in an unlikely string of misfired life crisis gags.

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30th May 2013

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Short Attention Span Theatre: Amblin'

Something a little different for SAST today: Steven Spielberg's 35mm short from 1968, a hippy love story/road trip, filled with a groovy soundtrack and zero dialogue. Probably better known as the film he named Amblin' Entertainment after. Here's Spielberg taking a look back at the poster in 2008.

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28th May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

Trailer Park: The Americans

What's this? A US show on ITV1 on Saturday night? Heard good things about this drama following a pair of KGB spies living undercover in Washington in 1981.

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28th May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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\#spotted: Debra Winger as Wonder Woman's little sister Wonder Girl http://t.co/snYZWuw742

27th May 2013

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RT @BBCOne: Relive that Will Smith, Carlton & DJ Jazzy Jeff Fresh Prince reunion here: http://t.co/ooUk4pZRtx \#GrahamNorton \#TheGNShow

26th May 2013

Magic Mike

Fun moments and solid performances save an otherwise drawn out drama-lite.

25th May 2013

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RT @BBCFilms: Who wouldn't want to see Weiner Dog Nationals? Seems The Guardian got out the wrong side of bed today http://t.co/xXV8o4CDSM

25th May 2013

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RT @ian_vine: @chimpomatic perhaps you have deja vu'd it

24th May 2013

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Trailer Park: A Band Called Death

Interesting looking doc on the cult band described as being "punk before punk".

"Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early ’70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of Bobby’s attic nearly 30 years after Death’s heyday — that anyone outside a small group of punk enthusiasts had even heard of them. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family chronicle, the story of Death is one of brotherly love and fierce, divinely inspired expression."

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Total Recall

Blade Runner-esque production design tops the original, but it's all undermined by a sense of deja vu.

23rd May 2013

The Great Gatsby

Cold, empty adaptation with a few good Leo & Carey moments in a wash of flashy mega-trailer set pieces.

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23rd May 2013

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RT @NordlingAICN: More than anything, I want the FAST AND FURIOUS movies to be in the Bandit universe. They're both Universal movies. Couldâ€¦

22nd May 2013

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21st May 2013

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Trailer Park: Blood Ties

Tell No One helmer Guillaume Canet makes his English-language debut with this 70s brothers-on-the-slide NYC thriller starring Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts and James Caan. Remake of French thriller Les Liens Du Sang by Jacques Maillot.

21st May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: A Field In England

Heard promising reports for this tripped-out English Civil War psychedelic thriller from Kill List director Ben Wheatley, which is getting an interesting simulatenous release on cinema screens, Film4, Blu-ray & DVD, Video On Demand, all from 5th July. With Michael Smiley (Kill List), Peter Ferdinando (Tony), Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), Richard Glover (Sightseers) and Ryan Pope (Ideal).

21st May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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RT @nickjfrost: He helped oil the hinges on my squeaky Doors of perception.

RIP Ray Manzarek

21st May 2013

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RIP RT @TheDoors: Ray Manzarek, Founding Member of The Doors, Passes Away at 74 Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and (cont) http://t.co/7vH4UIAWzF

21st May 2013

Bends

An engrossing Hong Kong tale of the class divide, hampered by inexperienced direction and average performances.

19th May 2013

Jimmy P (Psycho therapy of a Plains Indian)

Amateur direction and abysmal acting sink this painfully slow turkey.

18th May 2013

Heli

Boring, drawn out drug cartel anecdote, with occasional ultra-violence.

18th May 2013

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Is that Fonzy at the bottom? RT @byMattAllen: The joys of pie and mash as photographed by @Hannahmff http://t.co/MGGM3RPf7H

16th May 2013