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Urban is the somewhat odd name of one of the main characters, played in the film by Fraser Kelly. He is an 11 year old boy living with his mentally disturbed, alcoholic single mother. Greta (Anna Friel).
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The film opens with a quote from Margaret Attwood. “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them”
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The film focuses on how Prime Minister Golda Meir dealt with the Yom Kippur war in Israel in 1973.
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It is a pity this documentary is not getting a theatrical release as it is lavishly illustrated with clips from Hudson’s films which still look great on the big screen.
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In Killers of the Flower Moon director Martin Scorsese delves into another shameful aspect of the history of America.
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This is a disturbing depiction of life in the war zone that was Baghdad in 2006, which from Iranian writer/director Maysoon Pachachi’s film bears comparison with life in Belfast in the second half of the 20th century.
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Gareth Edwards’ spectacular movie hits the hot topic of Artificial Intelligence. Some 40 years in the future after a malfunctioning programme has dropped a nuclear bomb on Los Angeles, America has banned all AI.
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Kenneth Branagh does himself and Agatha Christie proud as he both directs and stars in A Haunting in Venice. Together with Michael Green, who wrote the screenplay, he manages to portray the period of the story and the gloomy weather and setting of a rainy Venice.
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This is a rather strange and somewhat difficult to follow film. However, there are some good performances, particularly from Timothy Spall as Jimmy, a man who we first meet as a child.
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This first feature from tv director Alice Troughton and debut screenwriter Alex MacKeith is an intriguing mystery involving a complex web of tragedy, deceit, plagiarism and revenge.
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