Contributor Adam Woodward

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Review

Peterloo

by Adam Woodward

Veteran filmmaker Mike Leigh delivers a history lesson about the oft-forgotten 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Video

Watch a clip from the making of Wes Anderson’s Rushmore

by Adam Woodward

See a young Wes, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray in Eric Chase Anderson’s ‘Making of Rushmore’.
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Incoming

Guillermo del Toro is making an animated Pinocchio feature for Netflix

by Adam Woodward

The Mexican filmmaker is set to write and direct a stop-motion musical based on the classic children’s fable.
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Review

Dogman

by Adam Woodward

A diminutive dog groomer comes a cropper in this dour crime fable from Italian director Matteo Garrone.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Film Music

Listen to Jonah Hill’s specially curated playlist for Mid90s

by Adam Woodward

The actor-turned-director has teamed up with Spotify to release an ‘Official Motion Picture Playlist’
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Review

Fahrenheit 11/9

by Adam Woodward

Michael Moore takes aim at both sides of the political establishment in this scattershot survey of Trump’s America.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man with glasses, long hair, and a beard standing next to a film camera in a dark setting.
Incoming

David Fincher’s World War Z sequel will begin production next year

by Adam Woodward

Brad Pitt is set to reprise his role in the long-awaited follow-up to 2013’s apocalyptic zombie horror.
A group of NASA astronauts, wearing blue flight suits with NASA logo, look serious and focused.
Review

First Man

by Adam Woodward

Damien Chazelle’s dramatisation of the Apollo 11 mission only scratches the surface of its human subject.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Fearsome alien creature with sharp teeth, dark skin, and a gaping maw.
Review

Venom

by Adam Woodward

Tom Hardy sneers and sweats his way through this sanitised origin story of Marvel’s Spidey-bothering baddie.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A man and woman performing on stage, playing guitar and singing into microphones, with a drum set visible in the background.
Review

A Star is Born

by Adam Woodward

Bradley Cooper scores his first major hit as a director with this tender romance about the price of fame and addiction.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect

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