This is billed as a comedy, but there are few if any laughs here. Dealing with mental health issues, it is often uncomfortable viewing. Sally Hawkins performance is full on with facial contortions and awkward body movements.
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Surely one of the top documentaries of the year. This is a beautifully crafted film about a very special boy and his supportive loving family. Stating very clearly that, “Sasha is a girl …a little girl in a boys’ body,” Sasha’s mother explains how he has always wanted to be a girl.
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23 Walks is a lovely little British film. It is almost like a film from the old days. This is a gentle love story about two people in their late 60s.
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Tenet is a big film and comes across even larger in the IMAX version. The huge action sequences blow the mind. There are amazing, fantastic set pieces. It is not a movie that you need to dissect. Yes, the plot is often confusing, but you can’t take your eyes off it.
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By the end of this film you will have a good idea of what it takes to really appreciate the smell of perfumes. The importance of a good nose is personified by Anne Walberg (Emmanuelle Devos).
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The first documentary film, made in 2011 showed how Donald Trump trampled on the wishes and needs of residents in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland when he bought up land to build a luxury golf course over the dunes.
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FOR ONE DAY ON: 13 AUGUST – this is the one night only that you can see the re-mastered Elvis-That’s the Way it is. The film celebrates 50 years since this documentary and concert footage of the acknowledged ‘King of Rock ‘n Roll’ was released in 1970.
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Come for Patrick Stewart, remain for the glorious music and lovely photography. Then stay longer to appreciate the charm of Katie Holmes and the expertise of the rest of the cast. The film does not have an unusual theme: young female journalist interviewing older musician who is troubled and suffering from stage anxiety which affects his concert appearances.
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A little like the 1967 film Belle De Jour, Alice is another film about the ‘high’ end of prostitution. Alice (Emilie Piponnier) has a happy and easy life with her husband, Francois (Martin Swabey) in their pleasant apartment in Paris. That is until suddenly her credit cards are declined, and Francois disappears.
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Here’s another kind of hybrid. Theatrical in that it is a performance by actors but a film in that it’s a filmed play – or series of playlets! The National Youth Theatre’s Tiny Dancers is worth looking at whatever you wish to call it as it’s a group of young actors in training, some of whom may well go on to become our stars of the future.
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