Film
The Skinny magazine film guide. We bring you the latest new releases, UK film festivals, previews, reviews, exclusive interviews with film directors and actors, opinion pieces and film features.
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Film EventsNorthwest Film Event Highlights – April 2013
This month’s movie highlights include the life and death of JC, a trio of horror double-bills and Pedro Almodóvar’s return to his raunchy 80s roots Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
New ReleasesThe Odd Life of Timothy Green
Aimed squarely at Middle America but with no audience in mind, The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a modern Pinocchio story so boring it makes We Bought a Zoo l... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
CineskinnySpring Breakers
This candy-coloured delirium opens with a wet and wild montage of well endowed young women gyrating in slow motion as Neanderthal jocks cascade cheap lager o... Read more »| 01 Apr 2013 -
New ReleasesG.I. Joe: Retaliation
Jon M. Chu (Step Up 2: The Streets) has managed to produce something even more stupid than Stephen Sommers’ trashy first cinematic outing for Hasbro&rs... Read more »| 27 Mar 2013 -
New Releases
Identity Thief
Enjoyment of Identity Thief largely rests on how much goodwill you feel towards its stars’ respective shticks, with both Jason Bateman and Melissa McCa... Read more »| 22 Mar 2013 -
New Releases
Trance
Danny Boyle's best films possess an exhilarating sense of forward momentum, and Trance is a perfect fit for the director's talents as it moves swiftly t... Read more »| 22 Mar 2013
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Cineskinny
In the House
After his limp 70s-set comedy Potiche, the latest offering from François Ozon finds the director back on top form. With its exploration of voyeurism a... Read more »| 22 Mar 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
Ten Years
Middle age bites early in middle America if this Big Chill-esque film is to be believed. A group of friends attend their ten year high school reunion and, ov... Read more »| 21 Mar 2013 -
Dvd ReviewsLiving Apart Together
On tour to promote his breakthrough hit single, Richie is a singer-songwriter on the cusp of fame when he has to return to his home town of Glasgow for an un... Read more »| 21 Mar 2013 -
Cineskinny
Compliance
Compliance opens with the words ‘Inspired by True Events’ in giant lettering and later reveals that incidents similar to those it depicts have oc... Read more »| 20 Mar 2013 -
New Releases
The Croods
Ever wondered what Neanderthal man’s Earth really looked like? Well, according to The Croods, it was remarkably similar to that tropical tie-dye domai... Read more »| 19 Mar 2013 -
New Releases
Jack the Giant Slayer
The latest in a long, mostly unsuccessful line of revisionary fairy tale adaptations, Jack the Giant Slayer is a half-hearted affair, filled with lacklustre ... Read more »| 18 Mar 2013 -
New Releases
Neighbouring Sounds
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s mesmerising and mysterious debut centres on a modern apartment complex in Recife, Brazil, and concerns several residents... Read more »| 18 Mar 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
Boxing Day
Time and technology have moved on since Bernard Rose made Ivansxtc, the first of his loose, contemporary adaptations of Tolstoy stories starri... Read more »| 18 Mar 2013 -
New Releases
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Steve Carell is Burt Wonderstone, a David Copperfield-esque Vegas illusionist whose career and “magical friendship” with partner Anton (Stev... Read more »| 14 Mar 2013