Dan Higgins

Dan Higgins is the Editor-in-Chief of Pure Movies and Senior Communications Producer at NUS. He has edited a number of publications and has degree in English Language and Film Studies from the University of Sussex. You can follow his tweets here.

Fast & Furious 6

Fast & Furious 6

20th May 2013

What more is there to say that couldn’t have been said in the preceding five films? Well, the answer is nothing really.

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Ernest & Celestine

Ernest & Celestine

13th October 2012

Gabrielle Vincent’s children’s books have been brought alive with the same painted tones and styles that first accompanied the series. It is a sweet, quaint and charmingly unusual animation.

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Good Vibrations

Good Vibrations

13th October 2012

Hooley was committed to changing people’s lives to music, constantly believing that there were others like him who – despite the troubles surrounding them – loved Belfast, loved Northern Ireland and loved music.

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Brave

Brave

21st August 2012

The fact that a young audience will look at this film away from the often prevailing heteronormative, princess-finds-her-prince angle is the thing that sets Brave apart.

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Zach Braff

Zach Braff

4th February 2012

“I think we did every possible fucking joke that you can do in eight years.”

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Source Code

Source Code

6th August 2011

Jones has delivered a fast-paced, interesting action thriller that is a world ahead of Tony Scott’s Denzel Washington-fronted mediocrity that has passed for action in recent years.

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The Way

The Way

24th May 2011

Estevez clearly has something profound he wants to say to the world and it’s the clunky and repetitive manner that he chooses to deliver his messages that makes this film just so torturously predictable.

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Joe Cornish

Joe Cornish

10th May 2011

Joe Cornish talks exclusively about the future of Adam and Joe, working with Spielberg and Attack the Block.

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The American

The American

2nd April 2011

In Corbijn’s first film since Control, he delivers a thoughtful, engaging and skilfully crafted thriller.

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Let Me In

Let Me In

12th March 2011

Let Me In had many positive aspects, and perhaps you should never judge a film in comparison – but, the truth is, I’ve seen a better version of this film already.

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