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Projection Room: 2016- what a year it's been for the cinema.
Well, we did it. We’ve made it to the end of a very weird and wonderful year for pop culture in general- but luckily cinemas have welcomed us with op…
Projection Room: Announcing my shortlist for Film of the Year
As I write this, it’s just gone 10am on December 23rd, and I’m about to head down to my local multiplex for the final time this year. That means it’s…
First Take: Boyhood- at least I didn’t wait 12 years to see it
SYPNOSIS: The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college Yes, I’m a few years late to the party, but now felt like the right time to…
First Take: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story- this is NOT Episode VIII
Spoiler free as usual . Because Darth Vader doesn’t forgive and he never forgets. SYPNOSIS: The Rebellion makes a risky move to steal the plans for th…
First Take: Rain Man- I’m an excellent driver.
SYPNOSIS: Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt’s father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. Le…
First Take: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night- officially the first horror film I successfully sat through
SYPNOSIS- In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lone…
First Take: Chinatown- going back in time around 40 years
SYPNOSIS: A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption and murder. Ah, Roman Polanski’s 1974…
First Take: Moana- Disney’s best since Frozen.
SYPNOSIS: In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain’s daughter’s island, she answers the Ocean’s cal…
Projection Room: Why I love independent film more than the blockbusters
As part of the whole new vibe for the blog (and also partly due to a visit to the HOME arts complex in Manchester), it’s time for things to get a lit…