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Glasgow Film Festival · 2020

Glasgow Film Festival 2020

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4 films · 4 reviews

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Tank Girl

Review preview for Tank Girl

This all-singing, all-dancing, big gun blazing, kangaroo-fucking anarchist had a style that was all her own.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A young woman with a fondness for tanks takes on a megacorporation which is trying to hoard all the water and power in a post-Apocalyptic wasteland.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 1995; Director: Rachel Talalay; Writer: Tedi Sarafian, based on the comic strip by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett; Stars: Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts,, Malcolm McDowell)

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Total Recall

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At first glance it seems like a rollercoaster action movie but underneath it's full of ambiguities, hidden clues and red herrings.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Unable to afford his dream holiday, Doug decides to have false memories of one implanted instead, leading to a shocking discovery.

(Country: US; Year: 1990; Director: Paul Verhoeven; Writer: Ronald Shusett, based on the short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K Dick.; Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside, Marshall Bell, Mel Johnson Jr., Michael Champion, Roy Brocksmith, Ray Baker, Rosemary Dunsmore, David Knell, Alexia Robinson, Dean Norris, Mark Carlton)

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Train To Busan

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As befits a film set on a rapid commuter train, the pace rarely lets up.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
A train journey is complicated by the presence of the living dead.

(Country: South Korea; Year: 2016; Director: Yeon Sang-ho; Writer: Yeon Sang-ho; Stars: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-Mi, Ma Dong Seok, Kim Su-An, Sohee) , Trailer

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WALL·E (WALLE, WALL E, WALL-E)

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A charming pastiche of the whole SF genre.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
A robot - Wall·E, left alone on Earth begins to explore the cosmos with a companion, the sleek and sultry EVE.

(Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Andrew Stanton; Writer: Andrew Stanton, Jim Capobianco; Stars: Voices of: Sigourney Weaver, Kathy Najimy, John Ratzenberger, Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Paul Eiding, Ben Burtt, Garrett Palmer, Kim Kopf)

Full review See: WALLE press conference with Sigourney Weaver, Andrew Stanton, Ben Burtt, Jim Morris