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A documentary film about Philippe Petit - the man who walked on a tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in 1974 more...
A British made sci-fi film starring Sam Rockwell as an astronaut beset with cabin fever as his 3 year stint working on the moon draws to a close more...
A look at the career of Liverpool born actor Stephen Graham from This Is England and The Damned United to Public Enemies and the forthcoming Boardwalk Empire more...
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
A look at the historic and political background of this complex drama about the troubles in Ireland starring Cillian Murphy as Irish freedom fighter Damien O'Donovan more...
Film Review - Looking For Eric - at Cannes 2009
A bitter-sweet comedy about a loser postman who receives words of wisdom from his hero the philosophical football legend Eric Cantona more...
A superb performance as poet John Keats in Jane Campion's film Bright Star has brought media attention to British actor Ben Whishaw at the Cannes Film Festival more...
The Damned United – Film Review
Michael Sheen and Timothy Spall excel in director Tom Hooper's outstanding 1970s set biopic of charismatic football manager Brian Clough. Superb!!! 9/10. more...
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By: Stephen Morgan
Winner of the Prix du Jury at Cannes in 2006 for Red Road, British director Andrea Arnold repeated the trick in 2009 with Fish Tank, a triumph of poetic realism. more...
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
By: Arlene Kelly
Who will live and who will die? Director David Yates leads Potter fans closer to the ultimate clash between good vs evil. more...
Mona Lisa - A Neil Jordan Film
By:
Kevin Sturton
Neil Jordan's romantic thriller about an ex-con drawn into the world of a prostitute and the search for a missing girl. more...
British Movies about Missing Persons
By: John K. Davis
Another common thread in these three movies, along with being British and sharing similar themes, is that they all feature young women whose stories are not believed. more...
By: Martin G. Wood
Dirty Pretty Things is a mystery/thriller by way of an immigrant's tale, born of an urban legend; starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Audrey Tautou. more...
Movie Review: Is Anybody There?
BBC Films/Big Beach/Alliance Film's Is Anybody There? is a spectacularly moving meditation on finding hope amidst the dying of the light. 9/10. more...
Film Review: Disco Pigs (2001)
By: Andrea Beca
A review of Disco Pigs, an independent Irish film based on the play by Enda Walsh starring Irish actor Cillian Murphy. more...
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