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 ReleasesIn the Loop
Armando Iannucci’s political satire In the Loop is brilliant. Why? Well, for a start it’s hilarious (what do you expect from one of the UK’... Read more »| 15 Apr 2009 -
New ReleasesTony Manero
Like Germany, Russia and many former eastern bloc countries, Chile has in the last few years been utilising cinema to explore the turmoil of its twentieth ce... Read more »| 10 Apr 2009 -
New Releases50 Dead Men Walking
Canadian Kari Skogland’s adaptation of real-life informer Martin McGartland’s 50 Dead Men Walking returns to 1980’s Belfast, where McGartla... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
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Good
Flattery will get you everywhere; it even got the Nazis into power, or at least that’s how it appears in Good. It takes only a few words of praise to... Read more »| 03 Apr 2009 -
New ReleasesReligulous
Religion is the opium of society according to Karl Marx, and Bill Maher feels no differently. Venturing into the religious heartlands of America and beyond, ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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La Vie Moderne
La Vie Moderne is a simple, empathetic and illuminating documentary about members of a rural community in the Haut-Garonne region of France. Depardon’... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009
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The Boat That Rocked
The Boat That Rocked is a labour of love; a story of friendship and fraternity set against the backdrop of the swinging sixties, with one of the greatest sou... Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
New ReleasesGenova
Michael Winterbottom’s latest film begins with a heartbreaking tragedy. Afterwards, university lecturer Joe (Firth) decides to take his two daughters, ... Read more »| 10 Mar 2009 -
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Two Lovers
Oy vey! Is Joaquin Phoenix really giving up acting for rapping? Let’s hope not because Two Lovers is his best performance since 2005’s Walk the L... Read more »| 06 Mar 2009 -
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The Age of Stupid
Pete Postlethwaite plays 'the archivist', alone in 2055 after humankind's decimation by global warming. The cinema screen becomes his VDU, as he drags and dr... Read more »| 05 Mar 2009 -
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Marley and Me
The premise of the adaptation of John Grogan’s Marley & Me will be familiar not only to its readers but to anyone who has ever seen a family pet mo... Read more »| 04 Mar 2009 -
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Il Divo
One strategy of artistically representing an elusive and enigmatic subject is to mimic that subject, to adopt its elliptical nature as the structure for the ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
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Bronson
A prison warden looks straight at Charlie Bronson, and calmly informs him “you’re ridiculous”. In truth, Bronson ought to be just another c... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
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Let the Right One In
If I’d known Let the Right One In was a vampire film, I wouldn’t have bothered seeing it, which would have been very much my loss. In fact, it de... Read more »| 18 Feb 2009 -
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Burn the Bridges
Burn the Bridges’ opening gambit arrives amongst a flurry of discarded papers, scuffles, and overdramatic glares that wouldn’t look out of place... Read more »| 14 Feb 2009