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News, reviews and features on the best film and TV from the West Midlands and beyond

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Film review: Tenet dresses lean spycraft up with a messy cerebral flourish

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 William Blanchard Christopher Nolan, Elizabeth Debicki, John David Washington, Kenneth Branagh, Robert Pattinson, Tenet

The latest from Christopher Nolan might be his greatest puzzle box yet, but is there much hidden away beneath the impressive mechanics?

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TV review: Mrs. America – an amazing drama draws dubious conclusions

August 6, 2020August 11, 2020 Rhiannon Davies BBC, Cate Blanchett, iPlayer, Margo Martindale, Mrs. America, Rosa Byrne, Tracey Ullman

Despite a narrow and unconvincing analysis of its anti-hero, Mrs America is a timely and sensationally executed drama.

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Film review: Black Lives Matter in Spike Lee’s incendiary Da 5 Bloods

June 17, 2020August 11, 2020 Nick Griffin Chadwick Boseman, Clarke Peters, Da 5 Bloods, Delroy Lindo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jonathan Majors, Norm Lewis, Spike Lee

Three decades into his career, Spike Lee has returned with a film that questions the legacy of Vietnam. It might be his most relevant yet.

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TV review: Steve Carell’s spoof Netflix show Space Force fails to take off

June 13, 2020August 11, 2020 Nick Griffin John Malkovich, Netflix, Space Force, Steve Carell

Netflix’s latest sitcom, Space Force, is an attempt at political satire that reminds us that in space, no one can hear you laugh.

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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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Lockdown Looking Glass: Are we all living our own Groundhog Day?

June 10, 2020August 11, 2020 Hope Talbot Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray, Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, Lockdown

In our new series, Lockdown Looking Glass, we’ll be looking back on films that hit a little differently in lockdown.

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Lockdown Looking Glass: Revisiting Cast Away while stranded in isolation

June 24, 2020August 11, 2020 Hope Talbot Cast Away, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks

Grab your new-found quarantine object friend, be it a lampshade, or a volleyball named Wilson, as we discuss Cast Away’s renewed relevance.

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Lockdown Looking Glass: Taking a Day Off with Ferris Bueller

July 8, 2020August 11, 2020 Hope Talbot 80s, Ferris Bueller, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, John Hughes, Matthew Broderick

We’re looking at a John Hughes classic in this Lockdown Looking Glass, as we reconsider the ’80s joy of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

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Lockdown Looking Glass: The art of conversation in My Dinner With Andre

July 22, 2020August 11, 2020 Samuel Lambeth Andre Gregory, My Dinner With Andre, Wallace Shawn

As lockdown limits face-to-face contact, we revisit the resonance of landmark movie My Dinner With Andre in an era of cyber exchanges.

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Feature: The morality of screenwriting your trauma in I May Destroy You

August 1, 2020August 11, 2020 Hope Talbot I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel

In I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel asks whether processing the trauma of sexual assault through screenwriting the answer to recovery.

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