By Daryl Bär Taking a more channeled approach to this classroom documentary Julie Bertuccelli paints an intricately detailed picture of the lives and personal development of several international students getting to grips with a foreign language in a foreign country. This is most certainly no “fluff piece”, as the time we
By Maahin Akhlaque. We finally reach the last instalment of Peter Jackson’s one-book-but-three-movies adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, titled The Battle of the Five Armies, which pretty much sums up the synopsis of this one, but in case anyone needs slightly more detail: after Bilbo and the dwarves get
Narrated by the legend that is Sir Patrick Stewart as well as Tiff Needell and featuring commentary from John Hindhaugh; Journey to Le Mans documents the story of the Jota Sport team as they try to complete the ultimate racing challenge and win Le Mans 2014. Written and directed by Charlotte
By Ben Hooper. Contains violence, strong language, scenes of a sexual nature, and mullets that some viewers may find disturbing. Opening on an aerial shot of a neon New Orleans to an 80s synth-pop soundtrack like a cheap Drive knock-off, The Lookalike swiftly descends into an orgy of coke, strippers, and the
By Ben Hooper. Secrets resurface in this German drama of a family and city still haunted by their past. One Night in Berlin sees a desperate young woman, Anna, reunite with her estranged and homeless father in a bid to escape their tragic history. As they journey through the city in search of