Paddy Considine

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Journeyman

Movie Review | Ali Gray | 28th March 2018

Paddy Considine delivered a heart-stopping directorial debut with Tyrannosaur in 2011, the kind of grim, unforgettable movie that left dirt under your nails and needles under your skin. His long-awaited follow-up, boxing movie Journeyman, initially feels like it pulls its punches in comparison to its predecessor's savagery, but don't be fooled; the fancy shorts and bright lights of the ring dress up an equally complex story of recovery and redemption.

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The Death Of Stalin

Movie Review | Ed Williamson | 23rd October 2017

By now the central premise of Armando Iannucci's recent satirical output is clear enough, or has maybe just about been done to death: in politics, everyone's a chancer, making it up on the fly and looking out for number one. In The Death of Stalin there's an extra layer of irony, too: under Communism, there isn't supposed to be a number one to look out for. It's kind of the point.

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The World's End

Movie Review | Matt | 9th July 2013

"Want anything from the shop?" For fans of Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, there is only one answer to that question, such is the cult cultural impact these films have had on the collective film nerd consciousness. And now, here we are with the conclusion of the so-called Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy in the offing and the pressure is on. This is basically as eagerly awaited as the never-going-to-happen third series of Spaced. So would we like anything from the shop? Yes, we'd like a film that's just as sharp, funny and quotable as the previous two instalments, please. Thankfully, Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg have returned with just what we asked for.

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Great news for fans of good things: Paddy Considine's new film is written

Movie News | Ali | 19th March 2013

Paddy Considine, actor extraordinaire and director of our favourite movie of 2011, has announced on Twitter that he's finished writing his new movie: an adaptation of Jon Hotten's true life tale The Years Of The Locust. As long as it doesn't open with a dog being kicked to death, it'll be the most exciting film of next year.

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Dakota Fanning is British, dying

Movie Feature | Ali | 7th March 2012

No sooner has the precocious child star grown up, she's on her bloody deathbed, in this first trailer for Brit weepie Now Is Good. And no, I'm not crying, my eyes are just allergic to sad things.

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Tyrannosaur

Movie Review | Ali | 5th October 2011

One of the major problems people seemed to have with Joe Cornish's Attack The Block was that the protagonists were essentially thugs – armed youths who kicked off the movie by mugging a nurse. It's a tough job to have audiences rally round such a loutish lot and requires one hell of a knack for character to win them over. Well, Tyrannosaur opens with the lead character kicking his own dog to death. Just imagine how hard Peter Mullan and Paddy Considine have to work to make amends for that.

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Submarine

Movie Review | Ali | 14th March 2011

Though I don't agree with the relentless tub-thumping that occurs in the UK press every time a half-decent British film is released - as if it's mandatory that you HAVE to get behind it because it's BRITISH and THE KING'S SPEECH - it's nonetheless a very welcome surprise when a British filmmaker releases a genuine gem.

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The Bourne Ultimatum

Movie Review | Ali | 2nd August 2007

"You know, I used to think Matt Damon was kinda like a Streisand, but he's rocking the shit in this one." David, The 40 Year-Old Virgin Matt Damon is fast proving himself one of the most versatile actors around; showing off his chops with Leo and Big Jack in The Departed, bringing the funny in the Ocean's series and...

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Hot Fuzz

Movie Review | Luke | 19th February 2007

Imagine if you commanded the power to make any film your imagination could conjure up. At the press of a button, teams of minions would go trawling high and low for racks of guns, gallons of blood, and enough nubile young starlets to fill every position. Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright possess this power and deservedly so, as evid...

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