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 ReleasesA Hijacking
The understated manner in which the taking of a cargo ship occurs in A Hijacking is indicative of Tobias Lindholm's approach to the subject. He avoids the sc... Read more »| 06 May 2013 -
New ReleasesThe Lords of Salem
Rob Zombie’s love of 70s grindhouse has been apparent throughout his often crass, brutal filmmaking career. With The Lords of Salem, however, the headb... Read more »| 29 Apr 2013 -
New ReleasesI'm So Excited!
After making an unsettling and memorable foray into thriller territory with The Skin I Live In, Pedro Almodóvar’s new film feels like a consciou... Read more »| 29 Apr 2013 -
New ReleasesGimme the Loot
In Adam Leon’s debut feature, two teenaged graffiti artists, Malcolm (Hickson) and Sofia (Washington), attempt to leave their mark on an iconic monumen... Read more »| 29 Apr 2013 -
New ReleasesIron Man 3
Iron Man 3 features a Christmas setting, a struggling protagonist caught in strange team-ups, two heroes sneaking into a dock for an action set piece, b... Read more »| 24 Apr 2013 -
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Rebellion
The seventh feature from director Mathieu Kassovitz, Rebellion sees the maker of La Haine return to more pointedly political ground following English languag... Read more »| 18 Apr 2013
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Olympus Has Fallen
Over five flicks of decreasing quality, Die Hard’s John McClane has found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time with great regularity, lucklessl... Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
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Evil Dead
Few 80s horrors have escaped the unflinching gaze of the ruthless Hollywood remake machine. But some thought The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi’s scrappy, much-l... Read more »| 15 Apr 2013 -
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Flying Blind
In a tense world of racial profiling and questionable military ethics lands erotic political thriller Flying Blind, starring Helen McCrory as leading aerospa... Read more »| 12 Apr 2013 -
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Simon Killer
Simon, played with considerable nuance by Brady Corbet, is an American neuroscience graduate visiting Paris after being dumped by his girlfriend. His ex... Read more »| 10 Apr 2013 -
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The Place Beyond the Pines
While the brutal intimacy of Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine owed a great deal to Cassavetes, this epic follow-up of family, fate and corruption... Read more »| 08 Apr 2013 -
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All Things To All Men
With a twisty plot involving dodgy diamonds, drug deals and double crosses galore, All Things to All Men strains hard to deliver on a suspenseful s... Read more »| 05 Apr 2013 -
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First Position
Adopting a similar format to 2002's spelling bee doc Spellbound, First Position is a gripping documentary that follows seven children between the ages o... Read more »| 05 Apr 2013 -
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Promised Land
Fracking is a hot-button issue, but you wouldn't know it from Promised Land, which barely stirs any passions as it trundles through a mundane plot. Matt Damo... Read more »| 05 Apr 2013 -
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Thursday Till Sunday
Thursday Till Sunday is the story of a family road trip, and we experience much of it from the perspective of 10-year-old Lucía (the excellent Santi A... Read more »| 04 Apr 2013