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 Releases
Last House On The Left
Summer is fast approaching and so is the slew of next generation horrors also known to the studios as reimaginings and known to the rest of us as rehashing. ... Read more »| 04 Jun 2009 -
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Anything For Her
Lisa (Diane Kruger) and Julien (Vincent Lindon) have a loving relationship, a young son, and a happy, if unremarkable, life together. Their world is turned u... Read more »| 03 Jun 2009 -
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New Town Killers
During the great depression, cinema proved a fertile avenue for escapism and catharsis, with filmmakers producing some of the golden greats of movie history:... Read more »| 01 Jun 2009 -
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12 Rounds
The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky recently lamented the decline of the action movie muscle man. But with the recent comebacks of Willis, Stallone and Va... Read more »| 29 May 2009 -
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Last Chance Harvey
Divorcee Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) is on the verge of losing his job and due to fly to London to attend his daughter’s wedding. Juggling work and ... Read more »| 29 May 2009 -
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Drag Me To Hell
Contemporary American horror has fallen under a curse: it either sates a juvenile bloodlust for sex and torture, or lazily remakes derivative Asian shockers ... Read more »| 28 May 2009
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Sounds Like Teen Spirit
Prior to seeing Sounds Like Teen Spirit, I was oblivious to the existence of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Two Eurovisions a year? That’s just spoiling... Read more »| 28 May 2009 -
Festivals
Cannes 2009: The Highs, The Lows and The Gore
We came, we saw, and gore and horror conquered. Gail Tolley brings you the most talked about films from this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
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Summer Scars
If you go down to the woods today, be sure to watch out for nasty surprises. Julian Richards’ semi-autobiographical award-winning horror tale has been ... Read more »| 26 May 2009 -
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Tormented
Many of E4’s ‘Skins’ cast are to be found in Jon Wright’s budget Brit flick classroom horror Tormented in which Darren Mullet, a fat ... Read more »| 15 May 2009 -
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Fermat's Room
Spain’s answer to the Saw franchise sees its victims forced to use their brains rather than their bodies to survive the game. In Fermat’s Room, f... Read more »| 14 May 2009 -
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Awaydays
When Paul Carty (Nicky Bell) meets Elvis (Liam Boyle) each sees in the other the chance for escape. For Carty, Elvis is his passport into the violent camarad... Read more »| 12 May 2009 -
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Big-budget prequels can be a precarious thing. On the one hand they can be a much needed shot of adrenaline, reinvigorating an ailing franchise, (see Batman ... Read more »| 05 May 2009 -
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Star Trek
Following an explosive opening sequence, Star Trek sees director Abrams and writers Orci and Kurtzman neatly introduce a prequel plotline that takes us back ... Read more »| 04 May 2009 -
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Cheri
The latest from Stephen Frears certainly isn’t timid in referencing his past work Dangerous Liaisons, from a photograph taken straight from the film to... Read more »| 04 May 2009