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Sinister review

Like many struggling writers, true-crime novelist Ellison (Ethan Hawke) spends far too much time in his room watching films. What’s harder to swallow is that none of them are Insidious , with which Scott Derrickson’s slick horror shares much of its DNA (not to mention its producers). Both movies feature …

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Is Movie Geography All Over The Place?

At the beginning of Trainspotting , Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner are both seen barrelling down Princes Street in Edinburgh, a pair of security goons hot on their heels. Seconds later, McGregor’s Renton takes some steps down to Calton Road, a good half a mile away from where he was …

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Ginger & Rosa review

Spearheaded by a strikingly self-assured turn from Elle Fanning, this ’60s-set coming-of-ager follows two teenage girls whose bond starts to crumble under the emotional and political pressures of adulthood. Director Sally Potter shrewdly weaves the domestic drama – centred on the shifting dynamics between Ginger (Fanning), her parents (Christina Hendricks …

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