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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Gloss: The Director's Cut
Billed as somewhere in the ballpark of a Russian Federate Ugly Betty - a Slavic cousin, perhaps, of The Devil Wears Prada - Gloss: The Directors' Cut was sup... Read more »| 14 Jul 2008 -
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The Apartment
The remarkable careers of Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon generated many great movies, but arguably none quite as brilliant as The Apartment, which now looks li... Read more »| 11 Jul 2008 -
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Mamma Mia! Film Review
There’s a longstanding tradition in musicals for the songs to be written around the story rather than the other way round: it has to do with small thin... Read more »| 10 Jul 2008 -
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The Mist
Darabont ratchets up the tension before cutting loose with razor-sharp set pieces Read more »| 03 Jul 2008 -
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The Visitor
Eternal supporting player Richard Jenkins revels in a rare starring role in The Visitor as Walter, a middle aged college professor who’s never really g... Read more »| 03 Jul 2008 -
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The Black Balloon
You could be forgiven for thinking that if you’ve seen What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, you’ve seen The Black Balloon. With its tale of a resen... Read more »| 01 Jul 2008
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Very Young Girls
A harrowing look at child prostitution, the documentary Very Young Girls follows Rachel Lloyd and her staff at GEMS in New York, assisting girls who were int... Read more »| 27 Jun 2008 -
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Wanted
Wanted may be the first film where a nobody is turned into an unstoppable assassin as a metaphor for getting off your arse and doing something with your life... Read more »| 23 Jun 2008 -
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Good Dick
Most guys would love to have a girlfriend who watches porn – it means she’s really in-tune with her sexuality and pretty much gasping for it 24/7... Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
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Time Crimes (Los Cronocrímenes)
A Spanish couple, recently moved in to a secluded new home, go about their business until visions of a topless girl in the trees leads husband Hector to go e... Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
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The Appeared (Aparecidos)
The Appeared is exactly the kind of horror rubbish the Japanese and Koreans have been churning out for years – expect an American remake any day now. A... Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
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Donkey Punch
Building a sense of genuine foreboding from the off, Olly Blackburn’s debut film sees three 'up-fer-it' Leeds lasses meet a group of posh boys working ... Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
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Teeth
A film with more bite in the visual and humour departments than any other recent coming-of-age movie Read more »| 20 Jun 2008 -
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The adaptations of the C.S. Lewis saga of Jesus-lions and unfeasibly roomy furniture continue apace with this thoroughly satisfying second chapter in which t... Read more »| 19 Jun 2008 -
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Three Miles North of Molkom
As any world-weary ex-student will tell you, travelling is generally considered to be A Good Thing; you meet new people, discover new places and can even end... Read more »| 19 Jun 2008