Drama

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Review – Battle rap drama ‘VS.’ finds heart among the multi-syllables

11/11/201815/11/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Connor Swindells, Drama, Ed Lilly, Emily Taaffe, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Joivan Wade, October 2018, Paige Meade, Rating: Pop, Ruth Sheen, Shotty Horroh, VS.

Newcomer Connor Swindells makes a big impression in British drama VS. as a teen who channels his rage into the world of battle rap.

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Review – ‘First Man’ is a sophisticated masterpiece about a human triumph

26/10/201826/10/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Biopic, Certificate: 12, Claire Foy, Corey Stoll, Damien Chazelle, Drama, First Man, Historical, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Lukas Haas, October 2018, Pablo Schreiber, Rating: Pop, Ryan Gosling

Damien Chazelle directs Ryan Gosling to a terrific take on Neil Armstrong and the journey to the moon in historical biopic First Man.

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Review – Glenn Close shines amid beige surroundings in ‘The Wife’

26/10/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Alix Wilton Regan, Annie Starke, Björn Runge, Certificate: 15, Christian Slater, Drama, Glenn Close, Harry Lloyd, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Rating: Poop, September 2018, The Wife

Glenn Close has crafted a performance worthy of awards in The Wife, but the film around her never raises the audience’s pulse.

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Review – Irish Famine thriller ‘Black 47’ is an intense, if emotionless, adventure

28/09/201828/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Barry Keoghan, Black 47, Certificate: 15, Drama, Freddie Fox, Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Jim Broadbent, Lance Daly, Rating: Pop, September 2018, Stephen Rea, Thriller

Hugo Weaving plays a detective on the hunt for an Irish deserter in the midst of the 19th century famine that gripped the country.

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Review – 70s-set drama ‘Dusty & Me’ overflows with Yorkshire charm

26/09/201826/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Ben Batt, Betsan Morris Evans, Certificate: 12, Comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Dusty & Me, Genevieve Gaunt, Iain Glen, Ian Hart, Lesley Sharp, Luke Newberry, Rating: Pop, September 2018, Tom Prior

British dramedy Dusty & Me follows a young lad and his dog through a charming tale of life in 1970s Yorkshire.

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Review – ‘The Little Stranger’ is an atmospheric tale of gothic dread

26/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 12, Charlotte Rampling, Domhnall Gleeson, Drama, Horror, Lenny Abrahamson, Liv Hill, Mystery, Rating: Pop, Ruth Wilson, September 2018, The Little Stranger, Tipper Seifert-Cleveland, Will Poulter

Lenny Abrahamson swaps the tight confines of Room for a huge, gothic mansion in new movie The Little Stranger.

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VOD Review – Wiseau and Sestero are blandly back together in ‘Best F(r)iends: Volume 1’

23/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Best F(r)iends, Best F(r)iends: Volume 1, Certificate: 15, Drama, Greg Sestero, Justin MacGregor, Kristen StephensonPino, Rating: Poop, September 2018, Tommy Wiseau, VOD

15 years after The Room, Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero are playing slightly twisted best buddies again in this strange drama.

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Review – Frank humour and romantic chemistry abides in ‘Anchor and Hope’

21/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Anchor and Hope, Carlos Marques-Marcet, Certificate: 15, David Verdaguer, Drama, Geraldine Chaplin, Lara Rossi, Natalia Tena, Oona Chaplin, Rating: Pop, September 2018

Game of Thrones alumni Natalia Tena and Oona Chaplin shine as a couple living on a houseboat in this frank, refreshing drama.

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Review – Chloë Grace Moretz finds a prime role in ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’

20/09/201821/09/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Certificate: 15, Chloe Grace Moretz, Desiree Akhavan, Drama, Forrest Goodluck, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher Jr, Marin Ireland, Owen Campbell, Rating: Pop, Sasha Lane, September 2018, The Miseducation of Cameron Post

The insidious methods of gay conversion therapy camps provide the focus for The Miseducation of Cameron Post.

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Review – Kelly Macdonald shines amid the weirdness of ‘Puzzle’

18/09/201821/09/2018 Tom Beasley 0 Comment 2018, Austin Abrams, Bubba Weiler, Certificate: 15, David Denman, Drama, Irrfan Khan, Kelly Macdonald, Liv Hewson, Marc Turtletaub, Puzzle, Rating: Pop, September 2018

A great performance by Kelly Macdonald rescues this oddball character study from its own weird excesses.

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DVD Review – ‘Entebbe’ is important politically, but drab as a movie

13/09/2018 Luke Stevenson 0 Comment 2018, Ben Schnetzer, Certificate: 12, Daniel Brühl, Drama, DVD, Eddie Marsan, Entebbe, José Padilha, Lior Ashkenazi, Nonso Anozie, Rating: Poop, Rosamund Pike, September 2018, Thriller

Political resonance cannot save the historical hostage thriller Entebbe from its own lack of tension and lacklustre cinematic style.

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