Our reviewer in…Maysa Moncao on why Italian cinema is her ‘grande passione’

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Our reviewer in…Maysa Moncao looks at the programme ahead for the forthcoming Toronto Film Festival in September.

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I have a deep emotional connection with Italian cinema.

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New movies out in the UK…on Friday 14 August 2015

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A list of the new film’s being released in cinemas across the UK from Friday 14 August 2015, including links to official websites. 

For where to see the films use the Find Any Film website.

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Just one thing to say to film marketing teams, when you put a Facebook page up for your movie, please add the plot into the ‘description’ field. Also – don’t link to official websites that don’t work!

Right, critic rant over – this Brit comedy stars Simon Pegg and Kate Beckinsale and is a comedy about a group of eccentric aliens who confer on a human being (Pegg) the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment.

Showing all over the place, the official trailer gives you a taster.

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Film & TV programmes on radio & TV this week (w/c 10 Aug 2015)

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A list of the main movie discussions, docs and gossip programmes on the radio and TV in the UK this week.

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Our reviewer on…the Toronto International Film Festival (2015) line-up

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Our reviewer in…Maysa Moncao looks at the programme ahead for the forthcoming Toronto Film Festival in September.

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Fantastic Four (2015)

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Film review of the adaptation of the Marvel comic characters, starring Miles Teller, Jamie Bell, Kate Mara and Miles B. Jordan and directed by Josh Trank.

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Director: Josh Trank. 20th Century Fox/Marvel et al. (12a).

Action/Adventure/Fantasy

3stars-Good-worth-watching1

 

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New movies out in the UK…on Friday 7 August 2015

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A list of the new film’s being released in cinemas across the UK from Friday 7 August 2015, including links to official websites. For where to see the film’s use the Find Any Film website.

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Winner of the Best Director award at the Sundance Film festival and the Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, this ‘transdrama’ concerns the ‘sacred Tuesdays’ reserved for a woman who is undergoing gender reassignment to become a man and her teenager daughter.

The official Peccadillo Pictures webpage has more info, including which key cities you can catch the film.

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Diplomacy (2014)

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Film review of the German drama starring Niels Arestrup and Andre Dussollier about a Nazi plan to destroy key locations in Paris before their retreat from the city, during the last days of WWII.

Director: Volker Schlondorff. Gaumont/Film Oblige et al (12a).

Drama

4stars-Very good lots to enjoy 1

 

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Film programmes on TV and radio this week

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A list of the main movie discussions, docs and gossip programmes on the radio and TV in the UK this week.

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Our reviewer on…Love and Mercy (2014)

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Our reviewer in…Maysa Moncao has just seen the Beach Boys film Love and Mercy starring John Cusack. Her review is below.

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Love and Mercy. River Road/Battle Mountain. (12a)

Director: Bill Pohlad.

DRAMA

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Cop Car (2015)

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Our reviewer in…Maysa Moncao has just seen the police thriller Cop Car starring Kevin Bacon and looks at what makes a ‘cop’ film.

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After a screening at Sundance Festival at the beginning of this year, Cop Car has now been launched in the USA. When I received the invitation for the preview in New York, I took a glance at the trailer in order to have some idea why Kevin Bacon would be involved in a project where he plays a cop.

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