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 ReleasesNightcrawler
Screenwriter Dan Gilroy makes a ferocious directorial debut with Nightcrawler (which he also wrote), a unique hybrid of ghoulish comedy, L.A. noir, news medi... Read more »| 30 Oct 2014 -
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Bustin' Back Into Cinemas: Ghostbusters' 30th Anniversary
It's been thirty years since they grappled with evil on the streets of Manhattan, but watching Ghostbusters today it's as funny as ever. With a new movie in the works and a restored print in cinemas, it's a perfect time to look back at this 80s classic Read more »| 28 Oct 2014 -
New ReleasesI Clowns
A minor project made in a breather between films that would elevate him to the highest level of the cinematic pantheon, Fellini's I Clowns is often noted as ... Read more »| 27 Oct 2014 -
New ReleasesJimi: All Is by My Side
Jimi: All Is by My Side takes an approach that more musician biopics should, that of honing in on one specific period of Jimi Hendrix's life instead of provi... Read more »| 24 Oct 2014 -
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The Babadook
Mining terrifying themes of maternal instincts, debut writer-director Kent’s cerebral spook story marks her as a talent to watch. Essie Davis is extrao... Read more »| 17 Oct 2014 -
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Northern Soul
Back in the 60s and 70s, a generation of music fans fell in love with an underground dance movement known as northern soul. Flourishing in the north of Engla... Read more »| 13 Oct 2014
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The Maze Runner
The Maze Runner boasts an intriguing, Twilight Zone-style premise. In the opening sequence, a young man (Dylan O'Brien) wakes up in a moving freight lift wit... Read more »| 10 Oct 2014 -
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Annabelle
If the thought of a low-rent prequel to James Wan’s The Conjuring helmed by his director of photography holds little excitement, watching Annabell... Read more »| 09 Oct 2014 -
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Palo Alto
Ever wondered why Renaissance dreamboat James Franco was taking all those Ivy League writing courses? Turns out he was penning short story collection Palo Al... Read more »| 06 Oct 2014 -
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’71
Yann Demange’s debut feature is a blistering, disturbing portrayal of one British soldier’s attempt to get back to his Belfast barracks after bei... Read more »| 06 Oct 2014 -
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Gone Girl
The brilliance of Gone Girl cannot be overstated, nor can it really be elucidated without diluting its many, many pleasures. This is a contradiction, a quand... Read more »| 01 Oct 2014 -
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Tony Benn: Will and Testament
“Life is like a pebble dropped in a pool.” So muses Tony Benn near the start of this heartfelt look back on his life. If this is true, the late M... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
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Life After Beth
Life After Beth is a romantic zombie comedy drama. Or, as anyone fond of cinematic abbreviations might say, a rom-zom-com-dram. Dane DeHaan plays Zach, a gri... Read more »| 29 Sep 2014 -
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Maps to the Stars
Maps to the Stars is not a coherent whole, but rather an assemblage of sadistic caricatures of various Hollywood types – the washed-up and neurotic for... Read more »| 22 Sep 2014 -
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A Most Wanted Man
Philip Seymour Hoffman dominates as German spy-master Gunther Bachmann in Anton Corbijn’s old-school espionage yarn, based on John le Carré&rsqu... Read more »| 08 Sep 2014