Film Reviews Blog

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Sunday 17th August 2014

2013

Running time: 90 mins

A Field In England

Director : Ben Wheatley

Synopsis extract :
Civil war soldiers leaving a battlefield encounter an Alchemist who traps them in a field for ...
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ Home on 17 Aug 2014

Review of "A Field In England"

Decidedly odd. The sort of thing that when young one might have thought terribly profound in a obscure way, when slightly older it may have seemed pretentious, now it just comes across as mildly engaging but ultimately hollow.



Friday 1st August 2014

Synopsis extract :
Concert and other footage of the bands return to icelad and tour in 2006

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 01 Aug 2014

Review of "Sigur Ros - Heima 2006"

Interesting visuals of iceland and people, the music pales a bit after a while



Sunday 20th July 2014

Synopsis extract :
Young girl (11ish) Chandra in S.Africa coping with impact of AIDS on her family
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 20 Jul 2014

Review of "Life, Above All"

Very involving, excellent actress in lead role.



Saturday 12th July 2014

2014

Jimmys Hall

Director : Ken Loach

Rated by Roger, Watershed Bristol on 12 Jul 2014




Sunday 6th July 2014

2010

Confessions

Director : Tetsuya Nakashima

Synopsis extract :
Japan. ...
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 06 Jul 2014

Review of "Confessions"

Very good evocation of school atmosphere and the internal/external dialogue of confession. Ending went on a bit too long and possibly overdramatic