New Releases
Here you will find an in-depth guide to new films. The Skinny offers synopsis and reviews of the latest film releases.
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New ReleasesAttack the Block
Attack the Block opens on a scene as prosaic as any social realist film, with a gang of hoodies (the kind of kids that give Daily Mail readers palpitations) ... Read more »| 05 May 2011 -
New ReleasesInsidious
Inadvertently inventing torture-porn can’t be the proudest moment in the careers of James Wan and Leigh Whannell, respectively the director and writer ... Read more »| 03 May 2011 -
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Hanna
Atonement director Joe Wright makes a side-step into the assassin sub-genre with Hanna. It stars Saoirse Ronan as the titular cute-but-deadly teenager who's ... Read more »| 02 May 2011 -
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Marwencol / Village of the Dolls
Eleven years ago, Mark Hogancamp was beaten into a coma, wiping his memories. Unable to pay for professional therapy, Mark built the tiny titular town of Mar... Read more »| 01 May 2011 -
New ReleasesThe Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec
A whimsical, exposition-spouting narrator is something English speaking audiences have come to think of as de rigueur in French cinema, possibly in the same ... Read more »| 22 Apr 2011 -
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Pina
A long-held passion project of director Wim Wenders, who had planned a collaboration with renowned choreographer Pina Bausch before her untimely death in 200... Read more »| 18 Apr 2011
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Red Riding Hood
The critical reception from the US may be scary enough to keep filmgoers out of the big, dark multiplex this month as Red Riding Hood hits our screens. This ... Read more »| 15 Apr 2011 -
New ReleasesYour Highness
It’s a shame that boys will be boys, because it’s the relentless stream of smutty schoolboy jokes that threaten to spoil what’s actually a ... Read more »| 12 Apr 2011 -
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Little White Lies
Guillaume Canet’s follow-up to Tell No One is a change of pace, from intense thriller to ensemble comedy-drama, but it's no less compelling. Starring F... Read more »| 11 Apr 2011 -
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The Roommate
Hands in the air if you’ve heard this somewhere before: Sara (Minka Kelly), a small town gal at college in the big city of LA, is overjoyed when she&rs... Read more »| 08 Apr 2011 -
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Meek's Cutoff
In the stark, arid landscape of the Oregon Trail, a small group of people wander aimlessly towards an uncertain destination. Kelly Reichardt's remarkable Mee... Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
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Cold Fish
For a film in which giggling killers mock the size of a severed penis, Cold Fish is surprisingly restrained – at first. Passive family-man Shamoto (Mit... Read more »| 07 Apr 2011 -
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Killing Bono
For many there’ll be no more tantalising film title this year than this one based on Neil McCormick’s autobiographical tale of his rivalry with h... Read more »| 31 Mar 2011 -
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Essential Killing
After being detained as an enemy combatant, Taliban fighter Mohammed (Vincent Gallo) is fortuitously freed mid-rendition, forcing the escapee to endure the i... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
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Faster
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has decided to ditch his recent demeaning, family friendly roles in favour of this retro revenge flick with a gritty 70... Read more »| 24 Mar 2011