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The Ward (dir. John Carpenter)

From the great heights of ‘Halloween’ all the way down to the dirge of ‘Ghosts of Mars’, it’s about time John Carpenter made his come back. But perhaps that’s too much to ask from a man who remade ‘Village of the Damned’…

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Black Swan (dir. Darren Aronofsky)

Rosa Downing looks at whether Darren Aronosky’s latest foray into mainstream cinema is something to make a song and dance about.

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The Cinema-Trip and Film as an Experience

With a trip to the cinema costing upwards of a fiver these days, is the experience of sitting in a dark room with noisy, chatty, mobile-phone-using strangers still worth it? Sean Greenhorn investigates.

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French Cinema: Parlez-Vous Anglais?

Emma Ainley-Walker takes her pick of French cinema’s rich, and often unsual, history.

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Russian Cinema: From Eisenstein to Sokurov

Mateusz Zatonski takes us through the history of Russian Cinema, from Eisentein’s hugely influential Battleship Potemkin, through Tarkovsky, up to Bekmambetov, Sokurov and the Russian New Wave.

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Spanish Cinema: A Brief History

Max Horberry explores contemporary Spanish Cinema, and interviews leading Spanish film-buff Lluís Bonet on his opinion of the film industry in Spain.

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On the Road

Fresh from setting the box office alight with 2009’s The Hangover and before next year’s inevitable sequel, writer/director Todd Philips once again teams up with funnyman Zach Galifianakis to bring us this odd-couple-on-the-road tale of fatherhood, patriarchal loss and masturbating canines.

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Win The Crazies merchandise

To celebrate the release of The Crazies, the remake of George A. Romero’s 1973 cult classic horror film, we’ve got some great merchandise to give away, courtesy of Momentum pictures. To win, just email your answer to the following question to editors@glasgowguardian.co.uk with “The Crazies competition” in the subject line. Q: What does the unknown [...]

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Valentine’s Day (Dir: Garry Marshall)

Luke James Valentine’s Day, directed by Garry Marshall, stars almost every romcom American actor you can think of. From Ashton Kutcher to Julia Roberts, the list is almost endless. The story is about what multiple couples are doing on Valentine’s Day. From the get go, it would seem that Valentine’s Day is attempting to be [...]

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Some Like it Hot

Louise Pollock “The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up” were the famous words uttered by iconic starlet, Marilyn Monroe, as she took Hollywood by storm, transforming from small-time actress to an epic household commodity and big brand name. Perhaps the most famous woman of the 20th Century, Monroe represented the embodiment [...]

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