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by | 06/04/2011 · 6:30 pm

FILM REVIEW – City Island

By Marty Mulrooney

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City Island is an independent American comedy-drama written and directed by Raymond De Felitta. Starring Andy García (Ocean’s 11), Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) and Emily Mortimer (Shutter Island), the film is set on City Island, a quaint fishing community on the outskirts of New York City. Here we meet the Rizzos, a dysfunctional family whose members all have secrets to hide and lies to tell.  Anchor Bay Home Entertainment released City Island on DVD in the UK on the 28th March 2011.

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by | 23/03/2011 · 12:00 pm

FILM REVIEW – In The Land Of The Free…

By Marty Mulrooney

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In the Land of the Free… is a documentary film directed by Vadim Jean (Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather) and narrated by Samuel L Jackson. It tells the shocking true story of Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King, also known as the Angola 3. Between them they have spent almost a century in solitary confinement in Angola, the Louisiana state penitentiary.

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by | 21/03/2011 · 12:00 pm

FILM REVIEW – The Hunter

By Marty Mulrooney

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The Hunter is an Iranian film originally released in 2010, directed by internationally acclaimed director Rafi Pitts. Pitts also stars as main character Ali Avali, a man recently released from prison who is forced to work monotonous night shifts to support his wife and child. Suddenly, tragedy strikes when Ali’s family are involved in a police shootout. Pushed over the edge, Ali grabs his hunting rifle and positions himself above a busy city highway, taking aim at an approaching police car and sealing his fate forever… The Hunter was released on DVD  on the 28th February 2011 in the UK by Artificial Eye.

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by | 09/03/2011 · 4:00 pm

FILM REVIEW – Paul

By Elena Cresci

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Dynamic duo Nick Frost and Simon Pegg finally return to the big screen in 2011 with sci-fi extravaganza Paul. As filming progressed last year, the team behind Paul posted vlogs on YouTube, ensuring that the talk around the film was ongoing months before its Valentine’s Day release. Without their old pal Edgar Wright involved and Greg Mottola (Superbad, Adventureland) helming the film instead, is Paul just as good as Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead?

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