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Adore (2013) Review – Tides of Desire
In one sentence: Adore follows two lifelong friends who find their bond tested when each begins a secret affair with the other’s son, setting in motion a tangled web of love, loyalty and taboo desire. Cinema frequently explores forbidden love, but rarely with the ambiguous morality and emotional nuance found in Adore. The film challenges…
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Sinners (2025) Review – Monsters, Men and Moral Reckoning
In one sentence: Sinners follows twin brothers who return to 1930s Mississippi to open a blues bar, only to find themselves trapped overnight when a group of vampires seek entry, turning a place of refuge into a desperate fight for survival. It is not often that a horror film performs strongly at the Oscars, let…
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Wuthering Heights (2026) Review – Style, Shock and Stormy Passion
In one sentence: In Emerald Fennell’s bold reimagining of Wuthering Heights, the fierce bond between Cathy and the brooding Heathcliff is tested by ambition, betrayal and the pull of social status on the Yorkshire moors. Emerald Fennell offers her own provocative take on Emily Brontë’s gothic classic, delivering a version that is visually bold, narratively…
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Kangaroo (2026) Review – Finding Purpose in the Australian Outback
In one sentence: Kangaroo follows a disgraced TV weatherman and a grieving young girl whose shared care for an orphaned joey leads them both toward healing, purpose and an unexpected community. Kangaroos are synonymous with Australia, but how much do we really know about these springy animals and the place they hold in Australian culture?…
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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (2025) Review – Less Myth, More Man
In one sentence: Set during the recording of Nebraska, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere follows a young Bruce Springsteen as personal trauma and rising fame collide, forcing him to confront his growing depression. Suicide is the leading cause of death amongst men under 50, with figures continuing to rise, which is why conversations around depression…
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Balloon (2018) Review – A Remarkable True Escape
In one sentence: Balloon tells the astonishing true story of two families who attempt to escape across the Iron Curtain in a homemade hot air balloon. Mark Twain once said “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn’t”and no quote could ring truer for German…
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Savages (2025) Review – When Animation Takes on Deforestation
In one sentence: Savages is a stop-motion animated film that turns deforestation and overconsumption into an expressive and striking narrative. We hear a great deal about how overconsumption drives deforestation and climate change, but the makers of My Life as a Courgette bring this urgent issue to the screen in an unexpected and striking way;…
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The Call of the Wild (2020) Review – A Journey Back to Instinct
In one sentence: The Call of the Wild follows Buck the dog as he adapts to the harsh Yukon wilderness and discovers his primal instincts. Jack London’s The Call of the Wild is a story that has endured for over a century and Disney’s adaptation proves why it continues to resonate. Using modern technology alongside…
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Delivery by Christmas (2022) Review – A Polish Christmas with Heart and Humour
In one sentence: Delivery by Christmas centres on delivery driver, Maria, whose parcels are tampered with before Christmas, setting off a chain of events that leads to both comedic moments and unexpected romance. We are inundated with cookie-cutter Christmas TV movies and, I will admit, sometimes they have their place. They are easy, undemanding viewing.…
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Wicked (2024) Review – A Spellbinding Spectacle Worth the Hype
In one sentence: Wicked is a film adaptation of the celebrated stage musical that reimagines the early lives of the witches of Oz. In anticipation of the release of Wicked: For Good, I revisited part one. The film arrived with enormous hype from long-time fans of the stage musical and newly converted admirers of the…
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