Michael
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The World’s End
The Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy is less a means of codifying some sort of creative masterplan and more an excuse for its creators to tread water.
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Salute
On the podium at the 1968 Mexico City Games, African-American 200m medallists Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a controversial ‘Black Salute’ protest, marking one of the most powerful and iconic images of the 20th Century.
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The Imposter
Truth is stranger than fiction, as Lord Byron once wrote. But fiction was invented because, most of the time, truth is either too boring or painful.
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She Monkeys
As a study of the seemingly insignificant and often ongoing battles people play out in their every interaction with others in life, Swedish director Lisa Aschan’s debut feature is an interesting spotlight.
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The Cabin in the Woods
The fun is in sitting in stunned silence, totally blind to what might happen next, which is a giddy and thrilling ride that’s all-too-rare in cinema.
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Piggy
The incessant instrumentation only serves to amplify the unnecessary melodrama that is central to Piggy‘s problems.
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Contraband
They – them Hollywood lot – they’re just throwing you scraps, yet they know that in the right mood everyone wants to see proper movies with proper guys doing proper stunts.
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In Darkness
Brutal, dank, disturbing, devastating, sickening and also pretty scary – In Darkness is a film about the Holocaust, yes, but not quite as expected.
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This Means War
Memorable comedies boast likeable characters, interesting ideas, wit and timing. Passable comedies have at least one of these components. This Means War has none.
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TRON: Legacy
Perhaps inevitably, something has been lost in modernising Tron’s retro look in the age of 3D, but there is plenty to gaze at.
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ABOUT Michael Holder
Michael Holder was previously a reporter and blogger for NME.com. He has reported for the Cape Argus newspaper in Cape Town, and is now indulging his interest in film for Pure Movies.