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Film round-up: September 11 2015
Reviews of The Visit, Legend, La Famille Belier, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials and Irrational Man
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
The Visit (15), directed by M Night Shyamalan
1/5
SIXTEEN years after The Blair Witch Project made found footage all the rage, M Night Shyamalan has finally jumped on the bandwagon.
But it is too little, too late. Shyamalan fails to employ any groundbreaking effects in this supposedly terrifying story about a brother and sister who are sent to stay for a week with their estranged grandparents at their remote Pennsylvania farm.
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LEO BOIX, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review Dreamers, It Was Just An Accident, Folktales, and Eternity
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