Cornerhouse Pick of the Week: Rough Cut
“I wanted the Xenomorph, what I got was this giant condom monster” So went the words of one of the disenchanted prop masters on this often charming and sometimes baffling film-within-a-film. Intended...
View ArticlePreview: The Fault in our Stars
Steel yourselves: this one’s going to be a weepie. Ever since the colossal Harry Potter series demonstrated the box office drawing power of Young Adult novel adaptations, film studios have been trying...
View ArticleReview: The Monuments Men
With a cast including George Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett and Bill Murray to name but a few, I can’t have been the only one expecting Oceans’ 1945 from this film. George Clooney (looking about...
View ArticleReview: The Book Thief
The Book Thief is undeniably Oscar bait but arguably fails by trying too hard to land its prize. Adapted from Markus Kusaks’ book of the same name, the story follows the titular book thief through her...
View ArticleCornerhouse Pick of the Week: Rough Cut
Matthew Thomas reviews Jamie Shovlin's latest project, commissioned by Manchester's Cornerhouse The post Cornerhouse Pick of the Week: Rough Cut appeared first on The Mancunion.
View ArticleReview: The Monuments Men
Whilst enjoyable, Matthew found that even gorgeous George had trouble balancing the disparate tones of The Monuments Men The post Review: The Monuments Men appeared first on The Mancunion.
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