Bourgeois and Maurice strike exactly the right balance between light entertainment and cultural critique.
Review – Cassandra Wilson
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Cassandra Wilson has won accolades from all over for her talents as a crossover artist, and no one is in any doubt of her talents as a singer and composer. But she is also a gracious host, a sublime entertainer and a wonderful guide to the worlds of jazz, blues, country, folk and pop.
Review – Sweet Dreams
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Griffiths is not merely a musician capable of making a song his own, but an actor able to embody a character; a performer able possess a stage and seamlessly carry an audience back-and-forth between heartfelt and hilarious.
Review – Clandestine Childhood
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Clandestine Childhood offers a unique perspective on a dark period of Argentine history, but keeps a small focus to prevent those elements from overwhelming the narrative. It’s a good movie, all round, and if it hasn’t made much of a splash since its release its still well worth taking a look at.
Review – Operation E
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The filmmaker achieves much with what would be a very small budget, which only limits a few scenes in their scope. The film provides a wonderful snap shot into many different parts of Columbian life, contrasting the hardships of the jungle with the various forms of city life.
Review – Hold Up!
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In 1955, Juan Peron has been exiled to Panama. To raise the cash to get him into Spain his handler pawns Evita’s prized jewels, which Franco’s wife spots and falls in love with.
Review – Pony Takes a Powder
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Mojo Juju is an all round class act: this is a perfect date night activity, or dress-up event.
Review – The Place Beyond the Pines
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This is art-house thriller territory, a three-act epic by the director of the somber Blue Valentine.
Review – Snitch
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Casual moviegoers may line up at box offices to watch another action movie with The Rock, but this one’s pretty sparse with the explosions and heavy on the plotting and family drama.
Review – Celebrity Theatresports
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Celebrity Theatresports went off with a bang this season, with a colourful array of talented performers from stage and screen competing and collaborating in high paced and ridiculous improvised games.
Review – The Hedgehog Dilemma
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The Hedgehog Dilemma was darkly funny, explicit and bittersweet.
10 Quick Qs – Catherine Alcorn
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Christine McVie is an integral character in the Fleetwood Mac mythos, and in Go Your Own Way rock diva Catherine Alcorn tells the hidden history of one the greatest song-writers of the seventies. Heckler asks Catherine 9 Quick Questions!
10 Quick Qs – Lady Rizo
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Lady Rizo isn’t afraid to call it how she sees it, but what does she have to say about Christina Aguilera? Find out!
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