Steven Spielberg's War Horse makes for beautiful, sweeping melodrama

War Horse movie

Steven Spielberg’s War Horse had big hooves to fill, which it does, helped, of course, by the breathtaking shots of Dartmoor

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Reel Retrospective: It's a Wonderful Life (1946): The Richest Man in Town

George: It's a Wonderful Life

The sweetly saccharine existential nightmare that became a Christmas classic, Sean Wilson takes another look at It’s a Wonderful Life

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We Need to Talk About Kevin is a masterpiece that's well worth talking about

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Lynne Ramsay expertly unwinds the tale about Kevin. Sean Wilson reviews the movie, which stars a wonderful Tilda Swinton

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The Manhattan Short Film Festival at The Blue Walnut Cafe and Cinema, Torquay

Manhattan Short Film Festival

Sick and tired of the headbanging blockbusters this cinema? Want to have the chance to vote for some of the most exciting short films around? Then be sure to attend The Manhattan Short Film Festival – running at Torquay’s Blue Walnut Cafe and Cinema from September 23 to October 2.

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5 of the best of 'scary' Gary Oldman

Gary Oldman in Sid and Nancy

With Gary Oldman’s Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy performance already tipped for an Oscar, Sean Wilson takes a look at Gary’s 5 top scary roles

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Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In is meaty, Euro-art house fare

The Skin I Live In

It’s always thrilling to see a confident piece of work from a self-assured, unique director and The Skin I Live In from Pedro Almodovar is exactly that – eccentric, singular, beautifully filmed and utterly mad

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Seminal Scores: The Ghost and the Darkness (Jerry Goldsmith, 1996)

the ghost and the darkness

The atmospheric setting of action flick The Ghost and the Darkness owes a lot to Jerry Goldsmith’s excellent score

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An interview with Elizabeth-Jane Baldry from Chagford Filmmaking Group (audio)

Chagford Filmmaking Group

Elizabeth-Jane Baldry is headgirl of the Chagford Filmmaking Group, which now has a heap of films under its belt, revitalising traditional tales

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The remake culture in Hollywood: have we seen it all before?

The Magnificent Seven

The idea of remakes is a controversial one at best – but then The Magnificent Seven was one itself. The real problem is more fundamental – it’s the amount of remakes every year that causes us to sign and groan, and as the quantity goes up, the quality goes down. Sean Wilson investigates.

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