Richard
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Never Say Never
The way I see it, there are two types of people in the world: Justin Bieber fans, and, er, everybody else.
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Chatroom
Chatroom might have been a little more provocative if it wasn’t based around a social phenomenon that died a death in the last decade.
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Nowhere Boy
A John Lennon biopic that brilliantly focuses not on the Lennon of The Beatles, but the young fifteen year old liverpudlian school boy and the relationships that he forged.
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Glorious 39
Poliakoff has made his most recent step up to feature film one of the most dramatic, harrowing tales of the year. It is a shame then that what makes this film most enjoyable is also what dampens its brilliance.
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A Serious Man
This marks the Coen Brothers’ return, after the so-so star spangled affair that was Burn After Reading, to a more Fargo-esque approach to film making, and one that gets back in touch with their own youth.
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Rider Strong
“I’m in the low budget horror world…it’s got a little unfulfilling lately”
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The Firm
It is probably not the best time to be bringing out a remake of The Firm, Alan Clarke’s 1988 football hooliganism classic that set the bench mark for the numerous imitations of the last few years.
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District 9
The film is truly worth the buzz it has created, oozing with fresh, originality jelly and hitting the all important social commentary button without being obvious or simple.
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Slumdog Millionaire
With his latest film Boyle has made something bold and beautiful. It is the story of Jamal (Dev Patel, from Skins) an impoverished, orphaned child from Mumbai.
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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
The story, based on Toby Young’s memoirs of the same name, sees a struggling English journalist presented with a job offer from one of New York’s celeb magazines
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ABOUT Richard Parkin
Pure Movies writer Richard Parkin has contributed to various newspapers and magazines. He graduated from the University of Sussex in 2009.