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Author: Matthew Floyd

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Film review: Eurovision Song Contest embarrasses Europe and your vision

July 1, 2020August 11, 2020 Matthew Floyd David Dobkin, Eurovision Song Contest, Rachel McAdams, Will Ferrell

Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams unite for Netflix’s Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, where everybody loses.

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TV review: Gareth Evans’ Gangs of London raises the bar for action drama

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Matthew Floyd Corin Hardy, Gangs of London, Gareth Evans, Joe Cole, Michelle Fairley, Sope Dirisu

Peaky Blinders’ Joe Cole leads the spectacularly violent new crime epic Gangs of London on Sky, from The Raid director Gareth Evans.

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TV review: After Life series 2 doubles down on the gallows humour

May 5, 2020 Matthew Floyd After Life, Ashley Jensen, Diane Morgan, Netflix, Ricky Gervais, Roisin Conaty

After Life doesn’t change the formula in returning for series 2 of what is effectively Ricky Gervais’ one-man show on Netflix

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Feature: True History of the Kelly Gang’s paradoxical approach to gender

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 Matthew Floyd George MacKay, Justin Kurzel, Russell Crowe, True History of the Kelly Gang

Outlaws in dresses and Oedipal complexes are the order of the day in Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang.

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Film review: Emma is an affectionate Austen update for an Instagram era

March 1, 2020March 2, 2020 Matthew Floyd Anya Taylor-Joy, Autumn de Wilde, Emma, Jane Austen, Johnny Flynn

Music video director Autumn de Wilde delivers a gently contemporary version of Jane Austen’s antiheroine matchmaker Emma.

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Feature: The BAFTAs 2020 were an uninspiring celebration of exclusion

February 3, 2020 Matthew Floyd 1917, BAFTAs, Brad Pitt, Graham Norton, Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Laura Dern, Margot Robbie, Sam Mendes, Scarlett Johansson

Amidst controversy over its hegemony of established white male stars, the BAFTAs 2020 very much stuck to the script.

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Film review: A Hidden Life is a dreary tale of a modern saint

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Matthew Floyd A Hidden Life, August Diehl, Terrence Malick, Valerie Pachner

Terrence Malick applies his unique gaze to a worthy subject, but at almost three hours A Hidden Life is both wearying and frustrating.

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Film review: 1917 strips back the history for a sensory spectacular

January 22, 2020January 27, 2020 Matthew Floyd 1917, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Richard Madden, Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes spins a thrilling men-on-a-mission yarn with 1917, an epic WWI journey that transcends its “one-take” tagline.

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Film review: Never mind the controversy, Jojo Rabbit is just boring

January 8, 2020 Matthew Floyd Jojo Rabbit, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Stephen Merchant, Taika Watiti

Taika Waititi’s new WWII-set comedy-drama Jojo Rabbit about a Nazi boy’s compassionate awakening skews resonance for dullness.

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TV review: Gavin and Stacey return for a spellbinding Christmas Special

December 27, 2019December 27, 2019 Matthew Floyd Gavin and Stacey, James Corden, Joanna Page, Matthew Horne, Ruth Jones

Ten years on, Gavin and Stacey are gloriously back with full hearts and small troubles for a Christmas Special.

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