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11th December 2018 | By Matt Hartless

Film Advent Calendar: The Guard heightens the crime genre by setting it in apathetic rural Ireland

If you want a crime thriller FBI movie without any of the macho posturing endemic to the genre, and with plenty of hilarity and strangely touching scenes, the Guard is a film you need to watch this Christmas.

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4th December 2018 | By Matt Hartless

Film Advent Calendar: In Bruges blends humanity and dark comedy seamlessly

If you want to watch a Christmas movie with a healthy dose of cynicism and dark comedy, then In Bruges is for you. Martin McDonagh’s...

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27th November 2018 | By Matt Hartless

Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a fantastic reinvention of the Western genre

The Coen brothers have been known for some pretty big hits with their off-the-wall surreal sense of humour. Fargo (1996) and the Big Lebowski (1998)...