The story acknowledges that some three decades have gone by. Maverick (Cruise) has stayed with the navy, refusing all offers of promotion which would have tied him to a desk job, preferring to remain as a leading test pilot.
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The title is ironic. This film at first might appear to be about the innocence of childhood, but writer/director Eskil Vogt’s story soon becomes something much darker.
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Terence Davies’s biopic of First World War poet Siegfried Sassoon is flawed but totally fascinating.
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Director Gaspar Noé who brought you the almost unbearably painful 20 minute rape sequence in Irreversible now takes an equally unrelenting look at old age.
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In the seventy odd years they have been together, Barry and Joan Grantham embody a living history of musical and comedy entertainment, as this delightful documentary demonstrates.
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The parallel mothers of the title are two single women who find themselves accidentally pregnant and who meet when they share a room in the maternity hospital.
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Anyone, but particularly an actor, who doesn’t take themselves too seriously, has my respect and liking. In this case it’s Nicholas Cage. The title of the film says it all really.
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Paul Verhoeven’s film is inspired by a report found in the archives of Florence of the trial for blasphemy and lesbianism of Benedetta, a young nun, which took place in the early 17th century.
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This Viking tale is not for the faint hearted. It is loaded with violence, living up to the historic Viking reputation, plus a bit of sex and a lot of mysticism. And it is very impressive.
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If you are an avid reader of Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling’s work and the films made from it, you will really enjoy this third film in the Fantastic Beasts series, which purports to tell us more about the secret past of Albus Dumbledore.
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