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45 Years (2015) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

45 Years (2015) Directed by Andrew Haigh • Written by Andrew Haigh. With Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay and Gerladine James. Based on the short story ‘In Another Country‘ by David Constantine, 45 Years is a British drama about an ageing … Continue reading

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A Most Violent Year (2014) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

A Most Violent Year (2014) Directed by J.C. Chandor. With Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain and Albert Brooks.  After earning wide critical acclaim with Margin Call and All is Lost, writer-director J.C. Chandor returns with A Most Violent Year, the story … Continue reading

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Whiplash (2014) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

Whiplash (2014) Directed by Damien Chazelle. With Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons and Melissa Benoist. ‘Whiplash‘ is the name of a piece of music which is central to writer-director Damien Chazelle’s film of the same name, but it might also be … Continue reading

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The Walk (2015) Film Review by Gareth Rhodes

The Walk (2015) Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Clément Sibony, and Ben Kingsley. Robert Zemeckis co-writes and directs this extraordinary true story of Philippe Petit’s (Gordon-Levitt) high-wire walk of fame between the ‘Twin Towers’ of the … Continue reading

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