Author Archives: H D Thompson

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LORE [REVIEW]

Posted on September 29, 2012 by H D Thompson

It was always going to be a hard slog for director Cate Shortland to make a film about Nazi guilt, but for me this film couldn’t have been more perfect. The holocaust was a bad thing, a very, very bad thing… but … Continue reading →

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FROM UP ON POPPY HILL [REVIEW]

Posted on September 25, 2012 by H D Thompson

Miyazaki father and son work together to make the latest Studio Ghibli film, with Goro Miyazaki directing Hayao’s screenplay and it’s an interesting partnership considering the troubles the two had on Goro’s first feature, Tales From Earthsea. A teenage schoolgirl, … Continue reading →

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YOUR SISTER’S SISTER [REVIEW]

Posted on September 7, 2012 by H D Thompson

The term romantic comedy sends such shivers through me (akin to gross-out words like secretion, swab or exercise) it’s easy to dismiss a film based almost entirely on this description – current theatrical competition for ‘romantic’ ‘comedy’ is Hope Springs, … Continue reading →

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MOONRISE KINGDOM [REVIEW]

Posted on September 3, 2012 by H D Thompson

Let me make something clear from the start – I love adventure. In whatever form any sense of adventure is a winning ticket to my heart. I feel like Wes Anderson knows this and made this film for me, and … Continue reading →

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BULLY [REVIEW]

Posted on August 29, 2012 by H D Thompson

Kids are fucking assholes. I have always maintained this and now there’s footage to prove it. Obviously that statement is a tad broad – not all kids are assholes – but the barbaric history of bullying is so rarely captured … Continue reading →

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