The massively successful stage musical Mamma Mia! uses the much-loved songs by 70s mega pop group ABBA to underpin a breezy comedy of manners about
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Film review – Taken (2008)
Liam Neeson plays Bryan, a former US spy who has to single-handedly save his estranged teenage daughter from an international sex-slave cartel after she is
Film review – Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
Mike Leigh’s films, which include Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake, are often miserable affairs, exploring the difficulties of the English working-class. In Happy-Go-Lucky Leigh
Film review – The Orphanage (2007)
The Orphanage is a stylish Spanish horror/drama produced by Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro and directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, first time feature film
Film review – Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)
Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien is often compared to the legendary Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu who also had a minimalist approach to filmmaking, which focused on
Film review – The Counterfeiters (2007)
Salomon “Sally” Sorowitsch is an opportunistic document forger living a decadent lifestyle in pre-war Berlin until he is arrested and sent to a concentration camp.
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