Sam Gray

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    The Light Between Oceans
    ★★★★★

    The Light Between Oceans, Derek Cianfrance’s latest depressathon, is every bit as...

    Sam Gray 27th October 2016
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    Ethel & Ernest
    ★★★★★

    Only those with the stoniest of hearts could fail to be moved by Ethel &...

    Sam Gray 25th October 2016
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    L’Économie du Couple (After Love)
    ★★★★★

    Sometimes it’s okay for a film to have modest ambition. Joachim...

    Sam Gray 25th October 2016
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    Starfish
    ★★★★★

    The opening caption for Starfish is not “Based on a true story”, but “All this...

    Sam Gray 24th October 2016
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    Trolls
    ★★★★★

    Trolls believes that the secret to happiness is singing and dancing. Woe betide you think...

    Sam Gray 20th October 2016
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    Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
    ★★★★★

    It’s a damning indictment of blockbuster standards when a thriller should be...

    Sam Gray 19th October 2016
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    I, Daniel Blake
    ★★★★★

    Ken Loach believes films can change the world. And why shouldn’t he? Back in 1966,...

    Sam Gray 19th October 2016
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    Free Fire
    ★★★★★

    Give a man a gun, and he’ll be dead within the hour. Teach a man...

    Sam Gray 16th October 2016
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    London Town
    ★★★★★

    Britain has a problem with nostalgia, or rather, British films can’t stop...

    Sam Gray 16th October 2016
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    Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
    ★★★★★

    He’s pulled a steamship across Peru; he’s...

    Sam Gray 16th October 2016