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Fast & Furious 6
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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Good Vibrations
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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Ernest & Celestine
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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Brave
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
“I think we did every possible fucking joke that you can do in eight years.”
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Source Code
Jones has delivered a fast-paced, interesting action thriller that is a world ahead of the Denzel Washington-fronted mediocrity that has passed for action in recent years.
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The Way
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 talks exclusively about the future of Adam and Joe, working with Spielberg and Attack the Block.
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The American
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 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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ABOUT Dan Higgins
Dan Higgins is the Editor-in-Chief of Pure Movies. He is also the creator of MadMeninNotes.com, has edited a number of publications and has a degree in English Language and Film Studies from the University of Sussex. He is a Senior Communications Specialist at the BBC and currently working on his first book.