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Author: Rebecca Gillie

War Horse: Spielberg’s next classic

24th December 201124th December 2011Rebecca Gillie

Jonathan Looms thinks that War Horse might just be Spielberg’s masterpiece.

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Another Earth: Another Melancholia

14th December 201115th December 2011Rebecca Gillie

Ross Jones-Morris forecasts the imminent approach of a metaphorically significant twin planet. Again.

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The Best Films of 2011

24th November 201124th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

OxStu film battles it out arguing the case for their favourite film of the year.

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Why we can’t wait for 2012

24th November 201124th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

The film team look forward to the big releases of next year. It all looks very promising.

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All I want for Christmas is yet another Shrek spin-off

24th November 201124th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

Alexander Lynchehaun takes a look at this Christmas’s cinema offerings.

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Devil’s Advocate: Why Twilight isn’t Marmite

24th November 201124th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

Ian Clemente and why you can both love and hate Twilight at the same time.

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Breaking Dawn – Part 1: Bella’s got a bun in the coven

22nd November 201122nd November 2011Rebecca Gillie

Ross Jones-Morris is a little disappointed with the latest in The Twilight Saga despite his editorially troubling love of the film that came before it.

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Making films the Emmerich-an way

22nd November 201122nd November 2011Rebecca Gillie

Jonathan Looms interviews Roland Emmerich about film school, special effects and his apparent love of dialogue.

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The Awakening: A sleeper hit

22nd November 201122nd November 2011Rebecca Gillie

James Aber on a surprisingly good British chiller.

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Immortals: Fatally flawed

22nd November 201122nd November 2011Rebecca Gillie

Immortals is a bit of a let down says Ross Jones-Morris.

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The Rum Diary: It’s no Fear and Loathing

22nd November 201125th August 2012Gioia Forster

Gioia Forster thinks that The Rum Dairy who’ve pleased the author even if it isn’t as excellent as Johnny’s last outing in the Hunter-verse.

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The Human Centipede 2: Overhyped nonsense

14th November 201114th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

In a week of bad films Ross Jones-Morris thinks he’s found the worst.

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Tower Heist: A crime against comedy

14th November 201114th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

Tower Heist is uber-hack Brett Ratner’s latest in a long line of let downs says Jeremy Nowak.

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Machine Gun Preacher: A decent preacher feature

14th November 201114th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

Ian Clemente enjoys the true story of Sam Childers, even if it is a little uneven.

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In Time: Don’t waste yours

14th November 201114th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

Alexander Lynchehaun implores you not to waste your time on this sub standard fare from renowned writer-director Andrew Niccol

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The Future: It’s here and it’s meh

14th November 201114th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

Vikki Mears leaves this slice of quirk feeling rather nonplussed.

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Devil’s Advocate: The Harry Potter films shouldn’t have been made

14th November 201114th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

The Harry Potter films were made too soon says Sam Poppleton

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Deja View: 2011, the year of the sequel

14th November 201114th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

Gavin Elias looks at how sequels have dominated the box-office in 2011 and just where it all went so wrong.

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The sequel to the sequel nobody wanted

14th November 2011Rebecca Gillie

Vicky Fryer on how Hollywood isn’t just churning out sequels left right and centre but actually commissioning them even faster.

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