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First Take: Roma- a Netflix review on TheJackSmit.com?

SYNOPSIS: A year in the life of a middle-class family’s maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s. So as you’ll have heard me mention on last night’s Jou…
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The Journal, Episode 8 | (Re)born, Independent

So what exactly is our Born Independent campaign about? This month’s Journal will give you the details.
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First Take: If Beale Street Could Talk- it isn’t about dancing in the moonlight

SYNOPSIS: A woman in Harlem embraces her pregnancy while she and her family struggle to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime. Usually, we’d make a …
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Projection Room: how can one chain dispute with 2 distributors?

12/02/19: the story has a happy-ish ending So, this story eventually went mainstream thanks to Simon Brew (the founder and former editor of Den of Gee…
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First Take: Glass- I guess the bad guys are working together

Spoiler free as usual . Because I’d be broken in 94 places if I did spoil it. SYNOPSIS: Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to tr…
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First Take: The Lobster- it’s a Favourite alright

SYNOPSIS: In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a ro…
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First Take Classics: Unbreakable- they call him Mr Glass

SYNOPSIS: A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident. For many people, the ending of 2017’s M. Night Shyamalan fi…
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First Take: Vice- insert comparison to present day politics here

SYNOPSIS: The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bu…
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First Take: The Favourite- a very independent start to 2019

SYNOPSIS: In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. W…
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First Take: Gamer- not so happy new year after all

As the festive season reaches its conclusion, here’s a classic rant from the archives to keep you all going until the new reviews return next week- w…
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