Tag: Rooney Mara
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REVIEW: Women Talking
(spoiler free) Based on Miriam Towers’ novel of the same name, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking tells the story of a group of women in an isolated Mennonite colony. The group meet to discuss what action they should take in response to the violence they have been, and are continually, subjected to by the men who…
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Mary Magdalene
(spoiler free) Reuniting after last years critically acclaimed drama, ‘Lion’, director Garth Davis & actresses Rooney Mara join forces once more to tell us the story of Mary of Magdala in new biblical drama ‘Mary Magdalene’. The film follows Mary as she leaves her home and family to join the disciples in following Jesus, telling…
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A Ghost Story
(spoiler free) Whilst the title ‘A Ghost Story’ may suggest that this film is another installment into the horror genre it’s content says otherwise. This film is instead a supernatural drama, and probably unlike any that you have seen before. Directed by David Lowery and starring Casey Affleck & Rooney Mara, ‘A Ghost Story’ is…
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The Secret Scripture
(spoiler free) ‘The Secret Scripture’ is the film adaptation of the 2008 novel of the same name written by Sebastian Barry. The story follows the character of Roseanne McNulty. She recalls her life whilst undergoing examination from a doctor in the mental facility which she now resides in. The film takes on the two different…
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Lion
(spoiler free) Originally an autobiography entitled ‘A Long Way Home’, ‘Lion’ has been adapted for the big screen by writer Luke Davies & first time director Garth Davis. This film tells the story of Saroo Brierley, who became separated from his family at a young age, and his struggle to reunite himself with them. A…
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Kubo and the Two Strings
(spoiler free) Whether it was a martial arts panda, a bunny trying to become a police officer, a talking sausage or puppets having sex 2016 has had its fair share of animations. Varying in quality and success there’s been more of them than disappointing blockbusters this year. ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ is the tenth…
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Carol (Cinema Screening)
(spoiler free) With Oscar season fast approaching a lot of the favourties are being released. Just recently we got to see Steve Jobs and now another film that has a lot of buzz surrounding it has been released to cinemas, Carol. Naturally with the attention it was receiving I wanted to check it out plus…
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Movie Chat Top 10s: David Fincher
The guys from JumpCut UK – Nick and Jakob, and myself would like to introduce to you our new feature – Movie Chat: Top 10s. On the first Wednesday of each month, we are going to bring you a different Top 10 list from the world of film. To kick us off, we opted to…
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Trash (Cinema Sreening)
(spoiler free) Trash was the final film for me this January. The standard has been pretty impressive so far and I was hopeful that Trash could continue this great run for films in 2015 so far. I’m a massive fan of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and I was getting similar vibes from this film, whilst…
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Side Effects
(spoilers) I had heard great things about Side Effects and was disappointed that I didn’t make it to the cinema to see it. However after watching it on DVD the one word that describes it very well is underwhelming. There are no really likeable characters in this story which immediately makes it hard to engage…
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