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'The Birth of a Nation' – Review

Spanning almost a decade in the making, Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation hit screens in 2016 and tells the story of Nat Turner, a literate black slave who causes an uprising in the antebellum American South. Nate Parker is well at work here: directing, writing and starring in his audacious passion project.

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'Moonlight' – Review

Barry Jenkins’ sure-to-be Oscar darling Moonlight shows a child’s lifetime through the struggles of a Miami drug war, the internal struggle of sexuality and the forever long journey for our self defiance.

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'Dead Ringers' – Throwback Classic Film Review

Throughout their life an equilibrium had been maintained between Beverly and Elliot Mantle (Jeremy Irons), identical twins who work as gynaecologists. Specialising in female fertility, the charming and more charismatic of the duo — Elliot — seduces members of their clientele, sleeps with them and then passes them on to his shy, sensitive other half — Beverly, without any of the women realising the change.

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'Collateral Beauty' – Review (Minor spoilers)

Collateral Beauty sees Howard (Will Smith), the owner of a successful ad agency, grieving the death of his young daughter. In an attempt to free him of his grief, and save the ad agency from bankruptcy, his friends throw together a ‘well-meaning’ scheme where actors appear to him and present themselves as the physical embodiments of Love, Death, and Time.

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'Allied' – Review

Somewhere among the sweltering streets of Casablanca, a Canadian Wing Commander meets a French Resistance agent for a mission in Allied.

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'Little Men' – Review

The Ira Sachs-directed Little Men is a family-drama film that features excellent performances but lacks any real tension to have much of an effect.

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'Paterson' – Review

Adam Driver stars as Paterson in Jim Jarmusch’s drama of the same name that tells the story of a quiet, introverted bus driver who writes poetry in his “secret book”.