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Saturday 19th October 2013

Average rating from 2 reviews

France 2012

Running time: 127 mins

Amour

Director : Michael Haneke

Film Summary :
An elderly couple coping with onset of dementia and stroke and loss of one half in the best possible way
Film Category
The 2010s
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 19 Oct 2013

Not Mawkish

Surprisingly good after the hype led one to expect something a bit mawkish.



Sunday 6th October 2013

2012

Rust and Bone

Director : Jacques Audiard

Synopsis extract :
Drifter falls for whale trainer who looses legs in freak accident with whale. ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 06 Oct 2013

Review of "Rust and Bone"

Sort or a bit like a French Ken Loach but not nearly as good. Too many holes in it.


Saturday 28th September 2013

2013

Django Unchained

Director : Quentin Tarantino

Synopsis extract :
Slave becomes bounty hunter in the wild west
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD @ home on 28 Sep 2013

Review of "Django Unchained"

Excellent classic Tarrantino. Very much back on form after the rambling and spurious Kill Bill


Saturday 21st September 2013

1971

Nicholas and Alexandria

Director : Franklin J. Schaffner

Synopsis extract :
Downfall of the last Tsar
Film Category
The 1970s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 21 Sep 2013

Review of "Nicholas and Alexandria"

very much from the tsarist point of view. Tom Baker as Rasputin


Friday 16th August 2013

2013

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Director : Declan Lowney

Synopsis extract :
Norfolk Digital gets taken over by a Media Conglomerate and AP gets his fellow DJ Pat sacked. ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, Watershed Bristol on 16 Aug 2013

Review of "Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa"

Good mixture of wit and slapstick, some of the slapstick a bit weak but on the whole entertaining and funny.


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