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Film Fight 2012: August

August’s Film Fight sees another 5 films up for review. First up, Ted is exactly what every Family Guy fan probably expected: a film whose comedy is bizarre, gross, culturally-aware, nostalgic, and...

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Film Fight 2012: September

Just two films in September: First up, Lawless is a movie that follows a family of bootleggers in prohibition-era America. It captures the violent nature of the enterprise with style, and a little wit....

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Film Fight 2012: October

Three films in this month’s round-up: First up is Looper, a brilliantly structured narrative about inevitability, love and sacrifice, seen through the eyes of a killer tasked with the murder of his...

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Film Fight 2012: November

As with last month, there are three films in this month’s round-up. First up, Skyfall is everything that I thought I wanted in a Bond film, but proves that it’s actually not what I wanted at all. It...

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Film Fight 2012: December

Three films to finish off the year… First up, Sightseers is, like its characters, an oddity. It’s a dark comedy about finding love, breaking free of the things that hold you back, and murder. From the...

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Film Fight 2012: Finale

Another year done, so it’s time to find out what my movie of the year was. As always, my caveat from earlier years still applies: Film Fight is done in a knock-out style and, as such, only picks my...

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Film Fight 2013: January

Welcome to Film Fight 2013. I know I’m a little late in starting the main posts, but the Twitter reviews have been up in a timely fashion. First up, The Impossible is the kind of overwrought,...

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Feed URL Change

Just a quick note to say that if you subscribe to my site via RSS/Atom, you’ll want to change to the new feed: http://solitude.vkps.co.uk/feed/ I’d been using Feedburner to serve out my RSS feed for a...

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Film Fight 2013: February

Yes, I know, I’m continuing a bad trend for late posts this year. February has only 3 films, after the big hitters coming out in January leaving slim pickings this month. First up, Flight is a film...

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Film Fight 2013: March

A slightly better showing this month than last, with 5 new films… First up, Cloud Atlas is a sprawling, epic story by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer. It’s made up of six stories, each set in a different...

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Film Fight 2013: April

There are six films in the Film Fight for April, making it quite a busy month… First up, Compliance is a worrying look at control, and how someone that seems like an authority figure can cause serious...

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Film Fight 2013: May

The first batch of big summer blockbusters have arrived, alongside some more thoughtful films, making for five films in today’s Film Fight for May. First up, Iron Man 3 is the prototypical big-budget,...

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Film Fight 2013: June

Yes, yes, it’s late, I know. For June, we have 5 films in the Film Fight. First up, The Purge has an interesting enough premise: for one night, the rule of law is suspended in order to allow people to...

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Film Fight 2013: July

Four films in the Film Fight for July. First up, The East is something of a missed opportunity. Having thoroughly enjoyed Brit Marling’s performance in the mesmerising Another Earth, I had high hopes...

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Film Fight 2013: August

For August, we have 5 films in the Film Fight… First up, Monsters University is the entirely unnecessary prequel to what is possibly Pixar’s greatest film, Monsters Inc. It obviously has a heavy burden...

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Film Fight 2013: September

A fairly quiet month in September, with only two films… First up, The Way, Way Back is a coming-of-age indie film, about a dorky boy who, with the help of Sam Rockwell’s character finds the...

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Film Fight 2013: October

Five films in the Film Fight for October… First up, Filth is a film in the Irvine Welsh tradition: an anti-hero swept into a maddening situation of his own making, presented in a surreal technicolour,...

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Film Fight 2013: November

For the November Film Fight, we have 4 films. First up, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa is an attempt to take the over-the-top pranks of Jackass and try to cram them into a story, with mixed success. It...

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Film Fight 2013: December

A very quiet December, with only two films viewed. First up, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is that rare sequel that manages to be confidently better than the original in almost every regard. The...

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Film Fight 2013: Finale

Twelve film fights later and we’ve got another finale. As always, my caveat from earlier years still applies: Film Fight is done in a knock-out style and, as such, only picks my favourite film of the...

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