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Rehna November 5, 2019 Netflix, The King, Timothee Chalamet

Venice/LFF film: The King

If they had called it Henry V it would have invited inevitable comparisons to the films starring Laurence Olivier or

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Rehna October 21, 2019October 21, 2019 INXS. Rock music, Michael Hutchence, Richard Lowenstein

LFF 2019: Mystify -Michael Hutchence

How will Michael Hutchence be remembered in the Pantheon of rock gods? Richard Lowenstein, the director of a new documentary,

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Rehna October 3, 2019June 27, 2020 biopic, Judy Garland, Somewhere over the rainbow, Wizard of Oz

Friday Film – Judy : film review by Rehna

Judy starts so well. We see a close-up of the young Judy Garland’s face, wide eyed and full of self-doubt.

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Rehna September 28, 2019June 27, 2020 Downton Abbey

Friday Film – Downton Abbey

A couple of years ago I went to a talk on ‘Diversity in the media’. A small group of Afro-Caribbean

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Rehna September 6, 2019 Joaquin Phoenix, Joker, Robert De Niro, Todd Phillips, Venice film festival

Friday Film: Joker (Venice Film Festival) by Rehna

Joaquin Phoenix delivers a devastating, psychologically dense joker. Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) works as a clown in Gotham City. Along

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Rehna August 27, 2019May 16, 2020 Davide Bollati, Davines, Tomorrow and the butterfly

Friday Film : Tomorrow and the Butterfly

Tomorrow and the Butterfly Feature length Documentary : Directed by Allesandro Soetje Butterflies don’t fly straight but they always

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Rehna August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Chris Cornell, Goldfinger, Guns and Roses, James Bond, Shirley Bassey

Monday Mood: The name is Bond. James Bond, by Eliza

Happy Bank Holiday Monday to you all! Well, I hope you have some popcorn left over from last week’s movie

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Rehna August 19, 2019 Midnight Cowboy, Simon and Garfunkle, The Graduate, The Italian Job

Monday Mood 19.8.19: Music and Movies by Eliza

Happy Monday everyone! @eLizadoo This week’s motivational ‘Monday Mood’ music theme is film related. Yes, we’re off to the movies,

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Rehna August 4, 2019May 16, 2020 coercive control, Dance with a Stranger, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett

Friday Film: Dance with a Stranger

Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain, in 1955. Her trial lasted all of 37 minutes.

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Rehna July 26, 2019 12 Angry Men, Body Heat, Falling Down, heatwave

Friday Film: Heatwave!

Having spent a week in a courtroom doubling as a sauna in the UK heatwave I thought it might be,

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Rehna July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 Adam Driver, Bill Murray, Chloe Sevigny, Selena Gomez, The dead don’t die

Friday Film: The Dead don’t Die

I saw this at the Cannes film festival where it premiered on the opening night. Was it a deadly opener

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Rehna June 28, 2019June 28, 2019 Danny Boyle, Ed Sheeran, Himesh Patel, Lily James, Richard Curtiss, Yesterday

Yesterday: film review

I loathed Four weddings and a funeral. And the clips I’ve seen of Love actually don’t inspire me to sit

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Rehna June 9, 2019May 16, 2020 Aishwarya Rai, Cannes 2019, Food, Isabelle Adjani, parties

Friday Film : Cannes 2019: part 2

Cannes is a place for parties. Duh! Beautiful locations, beautiful people, beautiful promotion opportunities. We went to several (for research

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Rehna May 25, 2019May 16, 2020

Friday Film : Cannes 2019 diary. Part 1

So, another Cannes film festival is coming to an end. Here’s a little visual diary to remember the trip by.

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Rehna May 24, 2019May 16, 2020

Friday Film : Cannes 2019: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – review

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Audacious storytelling. A punk take on known and well documented modern history. Supremely confident

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Rehna May 21, 2019May 16, 2020

Friday Film : Cannes 2019: Rocketman review

My name is Elton Hercules John and I’m an alcoholic. And a cocaine addict. And a sex addict. And

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Rehna February 12, 2019May 16, 2020 Baftas BAFTA, Joanna Lumley, Olivia Colman, Prince William and Kate Middleton, Rachel Weisz, Roma

Friday Film : 6 things I learnt at Baftas 2019

6 things I learnt at the Baftas 2019 1. Joanna Lumley needs a new joke writer, pronto! The woman herself

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Rehna January 12, 2019May 16, 2020 John C Reilly, Laurel and Hardy, Stan and Ollie, Steve Coogan

Friday Film : Stan and Ollie review

I’m not sure it’s even possible to be friends with anyone who doesn’t love Laurel and Hardy. Their innocent

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Rehna January 6, 2019May 16, 2020 A star is born, Bradley Cooper, Golden Globes, Lady Gaga, movieawards, Rachel Weisz

Friday Film : Golden Globes 2019: thoughts and predictions

Golden Globes: thoughts and predictions In recent years the Oscars have often been out Oscared by the Golden Globes. While

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Rehna October 20, 2018May 16, 2020 A private war, Jamie Dornan, Rosamund Pike

Friday Film : LFF 2018: A Private War

‘ I see it so you don’t have to!’ Rosamund Pike, as war correspondent Marie Colvin, spits out at her

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Rehna September 3, 2018May 16, 2020

Friday Film : Venice film festival 2018: At Eternity’s Gate

‘Everyone thinks they know all there is about him so I didn’t feel it was necessary to tell his story

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Rehna August 25, 2018May 16, 2020 Adam Driver, Blackklansman, John David Washington, spike Lee

Friday Film : BlackkKlansman : film review

Blackkklansman is the most enjoyable film Spike Lee has made in years if not decades. It would have been even

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Rehna August 23, 2018May 16, 2020 Emma Thompson, Fionn Whitehead, Stanley Tucci, The children act

FRIDAY FILM : The Children Act film review

Whenever my legal and media worlds cross paths the results tend to be interesting. Like the time I went from

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Rehna August 22, 2018May 16, 2020 Cristian Solimeno, Gary Grant, I made this for you

Friday Film : I Made This For You : film review

Director/writer: Cristian Solimeno Cast: Gary Grant, Cristian Solimeno, Kalim Aftab, Alison Newman Screening at the Regent Street cinema on 23rd

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Rehna August 12, 2018May 16, 2020 '68 special, Elvis Presley

Monday Music : Elvis :the ’68 comeback special

Have you noticed that most Elvis impersonators favour the bloated, burger guzzling, milkshake quaffing, sequin jump suit wearing, Las Vegas