Clint Eastwood outside his comfort zone: Hereafter reviewed

Hereafter

Clint Eastwood challenged himself to move outside his directoral comfort zones in Hereafter, but it’s the fluid and riveting tapestry is undone by supernatural overtones, says Stuart Wilson

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Between a rock and a hard place - 127 Hours: review

Danny Boyles 127 Hours

It’s not often that you start filming when the director says ‘cut’, but then you don’t often get stories like Aaron Ralston’s, which Danny Boyle directed in 127 Hours. Stuart McColl watched the outstanding James Franco in the role Aaron Ralston

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The 10 best films of 2010: a year in review

Scott Pilgrim v the World

Stuart McColl trawls through his memory banks for the 10 best films of 2010 to come up with a combination of action, emotion and great performances

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10 films to look forward to in 2011

Red State

Look forward to the movies of 2011. Stuart McColl takes out his crystal ball to see the top 10 up and coming movies of the year

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Knowing the outcome doesn't detract from the experience - Catfish: review

Catfish

As far as the world of misleading taglines, trailers and marketing goes, Catfish might just sit at the top of a pile of movies that were intended for one audience but sold to a completely different one.

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An ornately detailed walk through the world of dreams - Inception: review

Inception

Our Cornwall film reviewer Stuart McColl Christopher Nolan snuckers down to rent a room in the ‘architecture of the mind’ this is Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Can the film that was 10 years in the making really save the summer of 2010?

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Reawakening the Predator franchise and erasing memories of alien crossovers - Predators: review

Predators

Predetors has all the resemblence of the Predetor franchise family, but is an individual in its own right. Cornwall film critic Stuart McColl takes a look the jungle-bound prequel

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Four girls, three days, two cities and one case of plot device over plot - 4.3.2.1, review

4.3.2.1. movie

Contemporary Cornwall critic Stuart McColl takes a look at Noel Clarke’s 4.3.2.1 a story which sees diamonds from one of the world’s biggest ever diamond heists ending up in the hands of four mid-20s girls in London

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A nightmarish look at movie reboots done wrong - A Nightmare On Elm Street: review

A Nightmare On Elm Street 2010

Cornwall critic Stuart McColl faced up to Freddy Kreuger in the latest of the Nightmare on Elm Street. Slasher or snoozer. Check out his review on D+CFilm

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