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The top 10 Michael Fassbender performances

The top 10 Michael Fassbender performances. By Simon Miraudo. With Michael Fassbender starring in what seems like eight or nine new releases each week, we thought it might be time to offer an early career retrospective on the 35-year-old Irishman. In the half-decade since he first broke into film, the Fass has emerged as one […]

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All the young dudettes – Fish Tank review

Fish Tank – Starring Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender and Kierston Wareing. Directed by Andrea Arnold. Rated MA. Originally published May 17, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. In the past twelve months, we’ve been treated to plenty of pictures in which men (yes, that group of wonderful, Y chromosome-having dudes that I consider myself a part of) […]

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So you think you can step? Step Up 3-D review

Step Up 3-D. Staring Rick Malambri, Adam Sevani and Sharni Vinson. Directed by Jon Chu. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Step Up 3-D is probably the Citizen Kane of the street-dance movie genre, but if we were to rank it on the full cinematic spectrum, it would likely sit on the wrong side of From […]

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Head to Head – Fish Tank

Welcome to the latest edition of Head to Head, in which our Quickflix critic takes on our readers in a rip-snorting battle to the death! You pick the film, and we pick the fight! This week, blogger extraordinaire Jess Lomas caused a bit of barney rubble (trouble) with her dis against Andrea Arnold‘s gritty drama […]

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All the young dudettes – Fish Tank review

Fish Tank – Starring Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender and Kierston Wareing. Directed by Andrea Arnold. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. In the past twelve months, we’ve been treated to plenty of pictures in which men (yes, that group of wonderful, Y chromosome-having dudes that I consider myself one of) destroy the lives of perfectly pleasant […]

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