Netflix Film of the Week: The Whistleblower

The FILM IN WORDS Netflix Film of the Week: helping you navigate the filmic minefield of the nation’s favourite video streaming service. Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter DISTURBING THE PEACE Starring Rachel Weisz in a powerful leading role, 2010 thriller The Whistleblower is an incendiary and often harrowing depiction of violent betrayals perpetrated by individuals […]

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Side Effects Review: Pills, Thrills, and Bellyaches

Tentatively billed as the last major motion picture of veteran director Steven Soderbergh, conspiracy thriller Side Effects had an illustrious career’s worth of cinema to live up to in providing the auteur of ensemble with a fitting farewell to the medium he left an unmistakable signature upon. Spanning from deep cult cinema cuts such as […]

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Argo Preview

In Greek mythology ‘Argo’ was the name of the ship upon which Jason and the Argonauts ventured forth on their voyage to retrieve the fabled Golden Fleece. Ben Affleck’s Argo portrays an undertaking of equally insurmountable odds, as a group of CIA operatives strive to rescue six stranded US embassy workers from a late seventies […]

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