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Wish I Was Here

Movie Review | Ed Williamson | 17th September 2014

I worry that I'm getting more intolerant as I age. I like Zach Braff a lot, I find him very funny, and I have no issue with his using Kickstarter to fund Wish I Was Here, as a lot of people seem to. But as per the standard Hollywood template, his film does promote the idea that you should always follow your dreams. Which is fine, except when the right thing to do is give up your dreams, get a job you hate and stay in it till you're 70 to support your family.

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Oz The Great And Powerful

Movie Review | Matt | 1st March 2013

Big CGI adaptations of classic children's literature will now always bring to mind the Technicolor yawn that was Burton's Alice In Wonderland. As with that film, this prequel’s bright, colourful landscape and cartoonish, pixelated characters always looked to me like they would produce the same uninspiring results. But thankfully, while Oz may still look like it has been twinned with the garish Wonderland here, somewhere under the rainbow, you might find some real, genuine magic.

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Films on TV round-up: vandals and landfills

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 4th September 2011

This week I've decided that picking out a film from the schedules and ripping it to shreds for being awful is an acceptable contribution to a films on TV round-up. If you've ever seen Green Street, you won't blame me for it.

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