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Review: The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019/20)

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

If there’s an adjective you don’t tend to associate with Armando Iannucci, it’s sincere. Witty and incisive, sure, but not sincere. But that’s the way he and regular co-writer Simon Blackwell play THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, Charles Dickens’ … Continue reading →

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Review: Wild Rose (2018/19)

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

WILD ROSE is the feel-good movie of the year, and that’s not damning it with faint praise. There’s just so much passion evident in this project from start to finish, and plenty of lively crackle along the way, it’ll leave … Continue reading →

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Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

It’s at an end. Peter Jackson has left Middle-Earth behind. For real this time. Probably. THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES gives the lengthiest chapter in Jackson’s career so far an appropriately grand ending, but wisely he doesn’t … Continue reading →

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10 Films That Made My Childhood

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

I was introduced to the world of film at an early age. Something was always on a screen at home in my early years. I was born in 1990, and was first taken to the cinema before I was three years old. My poor parents … Continue reading →

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