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 ReleasesThe 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 -
New ReleasesTwo 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 -
New ReleasesThe 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 -
New ReleasesLet 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 -
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Roman Holiday
Swooping orchestral music and white titles on black and white scenery signal the fact you’re in for a Sunday afternoon classic. Audrey Hepburn is Ann,... Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
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The Class
Laurent Cantet’s docudrama set in a tough Parisian Junior High, pits co-writer Francois Bégaudeau as Mr. Marin, a young teacher desperate to mak... Read more »| 12 Feb 2009 -
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Che: Parts One and Two
In the four decades since his death, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara has remained an icon of popular culture while our knowledge of the man has become as t... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Woody Allen’s latest, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, is ostensibly the tale of two young American women spending a summer in Barcelona. Vicky, played by Reb... Read more »| 04 Feb 2009 -
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Bolt
Facing inevitable comparisons, Disney’s latest offering has aspired to Pixar’s style, and with a shared creative umbrella, Bolt’s 3D visual... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
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Doubt
"The dragon is hungry." Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) thus describes Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep), principal of St Nicholas School in the Bronx. Fo... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009