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Möbius

Within the narrative, no one can be trusted; within the surrounding film, all hopes rest on the charisma of the…

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Need for Speed

With the cars the real stars, the cast attempts to hold their own, albeit through limited opportunities.

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The Day of the Broken

Underscoring its narrative bleakness, the feature lingers in alleys, streets, bars and cars - sans catharsis or resolution.

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Jack and Diane

There is an interesting tale to tell in the central romantic pairing, though not one the feature always recognises.

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Populaire

The fantasy of Populaire outweighs any attempts at feminist statements, though its comic sensibilities remain apparent.

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The Finishers

Lifting the feature beyond its status as an exercise in empathy are the performances which inform the father-son struggle.

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War Horse

National Theatre Live's production of War Horse requires the audience to suspend disbelief in more ways than one.

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Violette

Martin Provost's sumptuous biopic about Violette Leduc spans the end of the Second World War to the thick of her…

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300: Rise of an Empire

The film proves little more than an assemblage of drawn-out frays, laced with the slightest smatterings of non-combat moments.

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Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertaining

Blockbusters may be the way of the future for the entertainment industry, but the jury's still out on how to…

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