Accidental Love Review: A Nasty Split

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter FINAL. NAIL. COFFIN.  It’s difficult to know where to begin with Accidental Love, so let’s start at the beginning; the bizarre, distasteful, goofball beginning. Jessica Biel stars as Alice Eckle, a small-town waitress who after being accidentally shot in the head with a nail gun (in the kookiest, Farrelly Brothers-esque manner […]

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Stray Dogs Review: Wordless Chorus

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter A deeply unsettling atmosphere radiates from the visuals of Tsai Ming Ling’s critically lauded 2013 Taiwanese-French drama, Stray Dogs. It is as though a set of gnarled fingers are slowly reaching out from the screen, inching ever closer and forming a deathly grasp around your neck. The picture’s opening scene depicts a […]

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The Long Good Friday Review: English Heritage

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter ERIC’S BEEN BLOWN UP Britain has a rich and long history of producing some of cinema’s most memorable and characterful crime films. From Mike Hodges’ Get Carter to Guy Ritchie’s Snatch, those quintessentially British quirks and traits – whether it is a regional accent or a blackly comic sense of […]

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UKGFF 2015: Good Things Await Review

Over the next few weeks, FILM IN WORDS will be taking a special look at the 2015 UK Green film festival, showcasing and reviewing this year’s stellar lineup of thematically potent, visually arresting and environmentally focused films. We hope you can come along for the ride…

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UKGFF 2015: Divide In Concord Review

Over the next few weeks, FILM IN WORDS will be taking a special look at the 2015 UK Green film festival, showcasing and reviewing this year’s stellar lineup of thematically potent, visually arresting and environmentally focused films. We hope you can come along for the ride…

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