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Television Revision: Boardwalk Empire – Season 3

By Andrew Williams October 16, 2013  Television Revision is a weekly feature in which our tuned in TV critic trawls through the best the box has to offer, giving you a primer on some of history’s finest shows (and warning you away from the specific episodes – or even seasons! – that might have ruined […]

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Television Revision: Boardwalk Empire – Season 1

Television Revision: Boardwalk Empire – Season 1. Starring Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, and Michael Pitt. Rated R. By Andrew Williams. Television Revision is a weekly feature in which our tuned in TV critic trawls through the best the box has to offer, giving you a primer on some of history’s finest shows (and warning you […]

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Beautiful, if not so bold – Brave review

Brave – Featuring the voices of Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, and Billy Connolly. Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Rated PG. Originally published June 12, 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Disney Pixar’s Brave is the powerhouse studio’s first non-sequel since 2009, and a marked improvement over Cars 2 (their first legitimately bad endeavour). Though it features some of the most exquisite animation ever put to film, it falls […]

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Beautiful, if not so bold – Brave review (Sydney Film Festival)

Brave – Featuring the voices of Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, and Billy Connolly. Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Brave played the Sydney Film Festival. It opens in Australia June 21, 2012. Disney Pixar’s Brave is the powerhouse studio’s first non-sequel since 2009, and a marked improvement over Cars […]

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Poster and Trailer Debut: Pixar’s Brave

An extended feature trailer for Pixar’s Brave has arrived online, along with a gorgeous new poster. The teaser is basically an excerpted sequence in which Scottish Princess Merida (Kelly Macdonald) defies her royal parents and demolishes wannabe suitors in an archery competition. Check it out and share your thoughts below! Formerly titled The Bear and the Bow (you […]

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Trailer Debut: Pixar’s Brave

The feature trailer for Pixar’s upcoming adventure Brave has arrived online, in all its luscious, red-headed glory. Looking like a cross between How To Train Your Dragon and The Secret of Kells, Brave takes place in the Scottish Highlands and tells the story of rebellious archer Princess Merida (Kelly Macdonald). Though this trailer is not quite as […]

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Joe Wright and Keira Knightley reunite for Anna Karenina

Director Joe Wright is set to reteam with his Atonement and Pride and Prejudice star Keira Knightley for an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s legendary novel Anna Karenina. According to Deadline, Knightley – who scored an Oscar nomination for P&P under Wright’s direction – will play the title character; a young married woman who has an […]

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