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Snow in Paradise **** (2014, Frederick Schmidt, Martin Askew, David Spinx) – Movie Review

Frederick Schmidt is amazing as London East End crook Dave, who gets his best friend Tariq (Aymen Hamdouchi) killed after a drug delivery. Propelled into shame and remorse, Dave discovers Islam by chance, but the gangsters […]

Jan, 14

Locke **** (2013, Tom Hardy) – Movie Review

British screenwriter/director Steven Knight (in his second film after 2013’s Hummingbird, aka Redemption) provides a brilliant tour-de-force role for Tom Hardy as the sole star of a film entirely set inside a car on its journey from […]

Apr, 16

Following **** (1998, Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell) – Classic Movie Review 802

Christopher Nolan’s 1998 neo-noir crime thriller film Following is his promising feature film debut. It is now acclaimed as one of the most notable no-budget films, showing Nolan’s flair, but it is an excellent little […]

Feb, 05

Bean *** (1997, Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, John Mills, Burt Reynolds, Johnny Galecki, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin, Larry Drake, Peter Capaldi) – Classic Movie Review 791

Rowan Atkinson scored a super-sized hit in 1997 with this nutty, big-hearted big-screen version of his popular TV show (1990-95). It cost $22million and grossed $182million worldwide, though only $45million of that was in the US. […]

Feb, 02

Secrets & Lies ***** (1996, Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Marianne Jean-Baptiste) – Classic Movie Review 721

Writer-director Mike Leigh’s much-lauded film was the triumphant winner of the Palme D’Or at Cannes in 1996. Brenda Blethyn hugely impresses in a Bafta, Cannes and Golden Globe-winning performance as Cynthia Rose Purley, a lonely and […]

Jan, 19

28 Days Later **** (2002, Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson) – Classic Movie Review 114

This eerie and gripping Brit zombie chiller is stylishly and excitingly done by director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland, reuniting after The Beach (2000). This is Danny Boyle at his best. Cillian Murphy stars […]

Aug, 01

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