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The Damned United (2009) PDF Print E-mail
(11 votes)
Written by Daniel Cann   
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
The Damned United (2009)
Based on David Peace’s controversial book of the same title this film focuses on the 44 day tenure of Brian Clough as Manager of Leeds Utd in 1974. At that time Leeds were the top football side in the country and their beloved Manager of 13 years Don Revie, had left to become England Manager. Enter Brian Clough as Revie’s replacement a young, outspoken and bombastic former Manager of archrivals Derby who has been extremely vocal in his criticism of Leeds. Firstly you do not have to be a fan...
 
Rendition (2007) PDF Print E-mail
(8 votes)
Written by Daniel Cann   
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Rendition (2007)
An Egyptian, Anwar El Ibrahimi, living in the US, married to an American woman with a son, is returning home on a flight from Cape Town, South Africa to Washington DC. He is apprehended and taken to a secret detention centre in an unknown North Afr...
 
The Wrestler (2008) PDF Print E-mail
(5 votes)
Written by Daniel Cann   
Thursday, 22 January 2009
The Wrestler (2008)
If you were a child growing up in the 80’s you will be familiar with stars like ‘Hulk’ Hogan, ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage and the ‘Ultimate Warrior’. This is a film about a fictional wrestling star Randy ‘The Ram’ Robinson (Mickey Rourke). From director...
 
Defiance (2008) PDF Print E-mail
(6 votes)
Written by Daniel Cann   
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Defiance (2008)
This tells the true story of three Jewish brothers escaping capture by the Nazis in 1941 and setting up a community of displaced Jews in the Belarussian forest. Here they encounter Russian Resistance fighters and are constantly on the move trying t...
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Once (2007) PDF Print E-mail
(4 votes)
Written by Daniel Cann   
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Once (2007)
This is a rare thing, a refreshing and original film. There are no explosions, countdowns, heroes, heroines, aliens or car chases. Instead the viewer is treated to a subtle slice of real life on the streets of Dublin. In this film we meet The Guy...
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Atonement (2007) PDF Print E-mail
(6 votes)
Written by Daniel Cann   
Saturday, 08 November 2008
Atonement (2007)
In 1935 during a hot summers day on a country estate owned by her family, 13 year old Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) is preparing her first play. She gets distracted and looks out of her bedroom window and sees her elder sister Cecilia (Keira Knight...
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The Last King of Scotland (2006) PDF Print E-mail
(3 votes)
Written by Daniel Cann   
Thursday, 09 October 2008
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Newly graduated Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) is desperate for adventure and travel, he decides to randomly select a country from his bedroom globe and his finger lands on Uganda. This being the early 1970s he finds himself in a co...
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In The Cut (2003) PDF Print E-mail
(3 votes)
Written by Daniel Cann   
Monday, 11 August 2008
In The Cut (2003)
The almost unrecognisable Meg Ryan plays a bespectacled and decidedly plain teacher and a writer as Frannie Avery. Frannie enjoys studying crime, particularly serial killers. As an early graphic scene reveals she is also voyeuristic. For fans of the ...
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