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Made in Dagenham
Made in Dagenham

The pride with which it was made is clear to see, for British cinema and for a hundred and eighty seven of Dagenham’s finest.
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27 March 2011
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Heartbreaker
Heartbreaker

Excellent pacing, fine set pieces, a few good jokes and a couple of beguiling performances left me, eventually, shamefully, seduced.
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20 November 2010
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Marmaduke
Marmaduke

If someone ever writes a book on talking dog movies, a footnote on Marmaduke would be generous.
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11 September 2010
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Kick-Ass
Kick-Ass

Realism is turned way down, the violence dial is stuck on 11, and all is adorned with a vibrant technicolour.
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28 August 2010
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Dear John
Dear John

Dear John’s signature style of over-simplifying and repeating everything leaves no room for subtlety or duality of meaning but sometimes that’s exactly what is called for.
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21 August 2010
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Perrier’s Bounty
Perrier’s Bounty

The best stories, characters, images and ideas persist in the mind when the credits roll, but Perrier’s Bounty meekly expires as the screen fades to black.
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14 August 2010
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Lion’s Den
Lion’s Den

With his fifth feature Argentinian director/writer Pablo Trapero offers an intelligent and unorthodox take on a well worn subject.
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6 June 2010
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In The Land Of The Free
In The Land Of The Free

Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox and Robert King were strangers when jailed in the 1970s. A conviction for the murder of a prison guard and decades in solitary confinement now unite them as The Angola Three.
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20 March 2010
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