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By RJ Bayley By now you’ve probably seen Marvel Studio’s Iron Man Three (I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, if it says ‘Three’ on the BBFC card and at the end of the movie, then its ‘three’, not ’3′, as the posters insist). Its a very good movie. it’s got twists and turns [...]

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Certificate: 18 Director: Fede Alvarez Writer: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues Stars: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Puucci By Michelle Butterworth   With ‘The Most Terrifying Film You Will Ever Experience‘ scrawled across its blood-red poster, expectations were set quite high for Uruguayan writer-director Fede Alvarez’s remake of Sam Raimi’s 1981 cult classic; and thanks to a [...]

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By Andrew Neary            Last July, the LA Times started a rumour surrounding one of the greatest films ever created. Now, it seems that rumour is true – The Shining is going to be given prequel, because everyone loves prequels. There had been nothing more said about the rumour until last [...]

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By RJ Bayley In the good old Mary Whitehouse days of the early 80′s, if the ruling conservative power didn’t like a movie they could simply ban it. Often these were low budget, extremely graphic (for then) gore fests released straight to video; hence the infamous ‘Video Nasties’ list. There’s often a misconception amongst horror [...]

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Certificate: 18 Director: Chan-Wook Park Writer: Wentworth Miller Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman Stoker is everything you would expect from a film named after the godfather of gothic literature: highly seductive, moderately perverse and slightly over the top.Written by Wentworth Miller and directed by the acclaimed Chan-Wook Park (most famous for his Vengeance [...]

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By RJ Bayley My last release of PMS was aimed at how the Star Wars prequel films negatively affected the original trilogy by weeing all over its legacy. But what if we look at the very core of the Star Wars universe; the 6 live action films? Sadly the prequels still do damage to the [...]

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  The 85th Academy Awards are almost upon us and in the excitement of the ceremony three Culture Bomb contributors have decided to take a look at all the Best Picture nominated films in order to give their opinions. Click the links below to see what we think! Amour – Directed by Michael Haneke   [...]

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Certificate: 12A Director: Benh Zeitlin Starring: Quvenzhane Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly Academy Award Nominations: 4 Including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay By Michelle Butterworth If it’s been too long since you’ve seen any real magic in life, Court 13, a group of young independent filmmakers who, in their own words, ‘tell huge stories [...]

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Certificate: 12A Director: Michael Haneke Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, and Alexandre Tharaud Academy Award Nominations: 5 Including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Foreign Language Film. By Andrew Neary Things will go on, and then one day it will all be over. On talking about Amour, Michael [...]

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Certificate: 15 Director: Ben Affleck Starring: Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, and Bryan Cranston Academy Award Nominations: 7 Including: Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Score, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Mixing By Andrew Neary If I’m going to make a fake movie, it’s going to be a [...]

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Certificate: 12A Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field, James Spader and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Academy Award Nominations: 12 Including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Costume Design. [...]

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Certificate: 15 Director: Kathryn Bigelow Starring: Jessica Chastain, Kyle Chandler, Joel Edgerton, Édgar Ramírez, Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, James Gandolfini Five Academy Award Nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Editing and Best Film Editing By Michael Robb I’m going to smoke everyone involved in this op and then I’m [...]

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Certificate: PG Director: Ang Lee Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Adil Hussein, Gerard Depardieu, Rafe Spall Eleven Academy Award Nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Best Original Score, Best Original Song By Michael Robb I [...]

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  Certification: 15 Director: David O. Russell Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, ChrisTucker Academy Award Nominations: 8 including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, BestSupporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing By Andrew Neary It’s a film about mental illness, American football and dancing. Silver Linings Playbook seems to be [...]

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Certification: 12A Director: Tom Hooper Starring: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Amanda Seyfried Academy Award Nominations: 8 including: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Production Design, Best Original Song, Bes Sound Mixing, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling By Andrew Neary We can hear the people sing, all too [...]

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