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Raindance Film Festival · 2010

Raindance Film Festival 2010

Best Of British

Programme

9 films · 4 reviews

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Five Daughters

Dramatisation of the true story of five prostitutes who were murdered in Ipswich in 2008.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Philippa Lowthorpe; Stars: Adam Kotz, Juliet Aubrey, Natalie Press, Ian Hart, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Lancashire, Ruth Negga, Lisa Millett, Alison Reid, Andy Gathergood, Joseph Mawle, Christopher Fairbank, Vicky McClure, Lauren Socha, Kierston Wareing)

Gabe

When they kidnap his daughter a man takes on a gang of human traffickers.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Stuart St Paul; Writer: Stuart St Paul)

Huge

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This should have been an insider’s guide to laughter. It isn’t.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
The long, low road to failure on the stand-up comedy circuit.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Ben Miller; Writer: Ben Miller, Simon Godley, based on the play by Ben Miller, Simon Godley and Jez Butterworth; Stars: Noel Clarke, Johnny Harris, Oliver Chris, Michelle Ryan, Tamsin Egerton, Thandie Newton)

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Jackboots On Whitehall

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Jackboots On Whitehall isn't afraid of stomping on a few tender sensibilities and its smut level is set to 'stun'.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
Animated re-imaginging of a German invasion during the Second World War

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry; Writer: Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry; Stars: Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E Grant, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Alan Cumming, Dominic West, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Richard Griffiths, Richard O'Brien, Pam Ferris, Neil Newbon, Tobias Menzies, Stephen Merchant, Hugh Fraser)

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Legacy: Black Ops

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The real star here is creator Eromose.

Paul Griffiths · 3.5 out of 5
A former special agent holed up in a hotel room in the aftermath of a failed Eastern European mission grows suspicious of his brother's political success.

(Country: Nigeria, UK; Year: 2010; Director: Eromose; Writer: Eromose; Stars: Idris Elba, Eamonn Walker, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Richard Brake) , Official site

Full review See: Legacy interview with Idris Elba, Thomas Ikimi, Eammonn Walker , Tribeca diary and capsule reviews: Legacy, My Brothers, Zonad, Brilliantlove

Lummox

Documentary about the life and work of artist Milree Hughes.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 2009; Director: Peter Boyd Maclean; Writer: Peter Boyd Maclean)

Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World

Review preview for Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World

That it comes so close to being fair, to being true, is to its credit.

Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
A man with a passion for astrophysics experiences a schizophrenic break after suffering a bereavement.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: Viv Fongenie; Writer: Viv Fongenie; Stars: Edward Hogg, Andrew Knott, Jodie Whittaker, Cathy Tyson, Simon Paris)

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Rebels Without a Clue

Two teens get more than they bargained for after stealing drugs and a Cadillac from a vicious killer.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Ian Vernon; Writer: Ian Vernon; Stars: Rik Barnett, Asher Baynard, Clive Bonelle, Lucy Brennan, Scott Coker, Hylton Collins, Richard Dobson, Cat Dowling, Lauren Fletcher, Stefan Gumbs, Jeni Howarth Williams, Simon Kenny, Jonathan Kilcourse, John Leeson, Katherine Ann McGregor) , Official site

Swansea Love Story

Documentary about young heroin addicts on the streets of Swansea.

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