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
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Spun from an urban myth, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter begins by following its own original path but ultimately becomes mired in a too-familiar brand of U... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
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The Duke of Burgundy
Peter Strickland follows up his chilly giallo-horror Berberian Sound Studio with something altogether warmer and sweeter – though no less strange. Set ... Read more »| 16 Feb 2015 -
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Fifty Shades of Grey
There are a number of reasons why EL James’ phenomenally successful Fifty Shades of Grey is perfect for a cinematic conversion. Quite aside from the ob... Read more »| 13 Feb 2015 -
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Coherence
The term ‘mind-bending’ is thrown about far too liberally by critics these days, lazy shorthand for anything requiring even a modicum of thought.... Read more »| 09 Feb 2015 -
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Love Is Strange
In the vein of classics Tokyo Story and Make Way for Tomorrow, Ira Sachs’ Love Is Strange focuses on an older couple who are separated by cir... Read more »| 02 Feb 2015 -
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Selma
No Hollywood filmmaker has dared portray the immense legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. until now. It's easy to see why: how do you do justice to a latter-day... Read more »| 02 Feb 2015
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Big Hero 6
Set in gorgeously-designed futuristic city San Fransokyo, the world of Disney superhero animation Big Hero 6 is one big mishmash of Asian and American cultur... Read more »| 29 Jan 2015 -
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Tales of the Grim Sleeper
Documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield is a sort of pop-cultural nomad. In past efforts he’s bumbled after Sarah Palin and Tupac. Alongside Republicans ... Read more »| 28 Jan 2015 -
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
Reuniting the director, chief screenwriter and source material scribe of Kick-Ass (Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman and Mark Millar respectively), Kingsman:... Read more »| 28 Jan 2015 -
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Beyond Clueless
Do you ever wish the likes of EuroTrip and The Craft received the same kind of forensic critical scrutiny reserved for canonised classics? Charlie Lyne certa... Read more »| 23 Jan 2015 -
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A Most Violent Year
Set in New York in 1981 (the city’s most violent year on record), writer-director J.C. Chandor’s third film focuses on aspirational heating ... Read more »| 23 Jan 2015 -
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The Gambler
Mark Wahlberg sheds the pounds and dusts off his best give-me-awards face to play Jim Bennett, a silver-spooned and self-destructive English professor whose ... Read more »| 22 Jan 2015 -
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Ex Machina
In Ex Machina, Caleb (Gleeson) is an impressionable computer programmer sequestered to his mega rich genius boss Nathan’s (Isaac) remote Alaskan palace... Read more »| 21 Jan 2015 -
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Inherent Vice
As we watch Joaquin Phoenix’s shambling, stoned detective saunter aimlessly through a labyrinthine plot in 1970s LA, it’s easy to see why Robert ... Read more »| 19 Jan 2015 -
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American Sniper
Clint Eastwood brings his typically fat-free directorial style to this biopic of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle. In many ways, his simplicity of approach and fo... Read more »| 15 Jan 2015