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EIFF 2017: Fog In August Review (Nebel Im August)

  Movie Review: Fog in August (2017) UK Release Date: TBC Running Time: 121 minutes Rating: 15 Director: Kai Wessel Writers: Holger Karsten Schmidt (Screenplay), Robert Domes (Novel) Cast: Ivo Pietzcker, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Schubert, Fritzi Haberlandt, Henriette Confurius, Jule Hermann   Between the years 1939 to 1945, an estimated 200’000 patients including 5’000 children – who were deemed…

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EIFF 2017: England Is Mine Review

  Movie Review: England Is Mine (2017) UK Release Date: 4th August 2017 Running Time: 94 minutes Rating: 15 Director: Mark Gill Writers: Mark Gill, William Thacker Cast: Jack Lowden, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jodie Comer, Laurie Kynaston, Peter McDonald   Traversing the landscape of a music biopic can be a tricky feat at the best of times.  On the one hand you have an established fan base locked in…

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EIFF 2017: Romans Review

EIFF 2017: Romans Review

  Movie Review: Romans (2017) UK Release Date: TBC Running Time:91 minutes Rating: 18 Director: Ludwig Shammasian, Paul Shammasian Writers: Geoff Thompson Cast: Orlando Bloom, Anna Reid, Janet Montgomery, Alex Ferns, Charlie Creed-Miles     In 2015 directors Paul and Ludwig Shammasian brought their monochrome masterpiece The Pyramid Texts to the 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival. The…

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EIFF 2017: Sweet Virginia

  Movie Review: Sweet Virginia (2017) UK Release Date: TBC Running Time: 105 minutes Rating: TBC Director: Jamie M. Dagg Writers: Benjamin China, Paul China Cast: Jon Bernthal, Imogen Poots, Christopher Abbott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Odessa Young Lies, deceit, betrayal and murder rock a small Alaskan town to its core in Jamie M. Dagg’s accomplished neo western; Sweet Virginia. Three men lay dead in a…

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EIFF 2017: In Dubious Battle Review

  Movie Review: In Dubious Battle (2017) UK Release Date: TBC Running Time: 110 minutes Rating: 15 Director: James Franco Writers: Matt Rager Cast: James Franco, Nat Wolff, Vincent D’Onofrio, Selena Gomez, Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Robert Duvall, John Savage, Josh Hutcherson, Bryan Cranston, Zach Braff James Franco is a complex figure in the film industry and not one so easily labelled. A healthy…

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EIFF 2017: Kaleidoscope Review

  Movie Review: Kaleidoscope (2017) UK Release Date: TBC Running Time: 100 minutes Rating: TBC Director: Rupert Jones Writers: Rupert Jones Cast: Toby Jones, Anne Reid, Sinead Matthews, Cecilia Noble   Toby Jones navigates the treacherous and terrifying landscape of psychosis in director Rupert Jones’ acute Hickcockian thriller; Kaleidoscope. Carl (Toby Jones) is a gentle soul, kind and…

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EIFF 2017: Daphne Review

  Movie Review: Daphne (2017) UK Release Date: 29 Sep 2017 Running Time: 90 minutes Rating: TBC Director: Peter Mackie Burns Writers: Nico Mensinga Cast: Emily Beecham, Geraldine James, Tom Vaughan Lawlor   Daphne (Emily Beecham) is a 31 year old Londoner.  Despite working as a chef in a vibrant restaurant and living in one of the busiest cities in the world, she lives in isolation.  On the…

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