Film Reviews Blog

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Thursday 27th February 2020

2018

Minding the Gap

Director : Bing Liu

Synopsis extract :
Coming of age documentary in Rustbelt USA today.
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 27 Feb 2020

Review of "Minding the Gap"

Initially I was unsure what I was watching, or why I should be interested in a bunch of kids on skateboards but a dark understory emerged that made it really interesting. With the director an active participant this is not pure observational documentary but has elements of both film about film and staged or scripted document.



Tuesday 18th February 2020

2019

The Flood

Director : Anthony Woodley

Synopsis extract :
Immigration Officer gets involved in a case whilst having personal difficulties
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 18 Feb 2020

Review of "The Flood"

One case that exemplifies everything that is wrong with the current situation all the way from central africa to the uk. Based on true stories.



Monday 27th January 2020

2019

Us

Director : Jordan Peele

Synopsis extract :
Silly hokum about doppleganners living beneath ground and escaping to terrorise their doubles.
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 27 Jan 2020

Review of "Us"

Not a lot to like here. Mildly entertaining.



Wednesday 22nd January 2020

Synopsis extract :
aka Goddard Mon Amour 1967. ...
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Rated by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 22 Jan 2020




Tuesday 21st January 2020

2019

Diego Maradona

Director : Asif Kapadia

Synopsis extract :
Story of Diego's time at Napoli (with extensive home movie coverage of his career.
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Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 21 Jan 2020

Review of "Diego Maradona"

Despite not really being interested in the subject this was very engrossing and entertaining. The story of Napoli's rise with Maradona on board, the real story of Mexico 92, and much more made for engrossing and entertaining viewing. And even I can see that he was a genius on the pitch.