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Shrinks on the verge of a nervous breakdown: how horror movies came for therapists
From Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You to Jodie Foster in A Private Life, an onscreen parade of psychoanalysts are unravelling before us, tapping into our worst fearsThere is an old adage that “every therapist needs a therapist”. Even while the treatment was still in its infancy, Sigmund Freud said all…
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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie review – two goofballs in search of a gig roll back the years
Channelling Bill and Ted, slacker buddies accidentally travel back to 2008, but open up a psychic wound which threatens their band’s existenceWith its sheer goofball silliness, and unexpectedly great visual effects work, this ridiculous hellzapoppin’ spectacular from Canadian comic and director Matt Johnson will win you over. But if, like me, you’re coming to this…
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‘Get away from there – run!’ The stunning film about love blossoming amid the carnage of Aleppo
Birds of War is an award-winning docudrama in which its own directors fall in love while reporting the horrors in Syria. They explain why they needed a psychotherapist to complete itThe air is thick with smoke and dust, the ground littered with the twisted remains of burning vehicles. Children scream and sirens blare as activist…
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Citizen Vigilante review – Armie Hammer returns to obliterate the imaginary woke piñata of Europe-stan
Low-budget film-maker Uwe Boll sets Hammer up for a further fall from grace by cannibalising all manner of tired tropes in this incoherent schlockerOh, Armie Hammer! Has it come to this? It doesn’t seem that long since you were in the Oscar-winning film Call Me By Your Name giving a sensitive liberal performance opposite Timothée…
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Minions & Monsters review – a smart premise descends into more of the same
The hugely successful, gibberish-heavy franchise travels back to old Hollywood for an adventure that swaps out nifty ideas for repetitive chaosThe yellow, cylindrical, overall-clad creatures known as the Minions first appeared as loyal henchmen to Steve Carell’s villainous Gru in Illumination’s Despicable Me, which chronicled Gru’s attempt to steal the moon with the help of…
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End of an era for Sheffield cinema
Emotional farewell as Sheffield’s Curzon Cinema shuts
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Watch Charli XCX Let Loose in Video for New Song “Wink Wink”
It’s the pop star’s third preview of Music, Fashion, Film
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Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders open, but don’t expect a physical copy
The blockbuster launch is expected to dwarf the box office takings of the year’s biggest movies with one industry analyst predicting it could make $1bn within an hourIt is, quite simply, the most anticipated piece of entertainment since the Star Wars prequels and now, at last, you can reserve a copy. At midnight last night,…
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AMERICA. A SHORT FILM ON TOUR BY TOM PALLANT.
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KICK OUT THE JAMS. A SHORT FILM ON TOUR #yungblud #shorts