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  • Angela's Ashes (1999)
    Review preview for Angela's Ashes

    It looks like a commercial for the land of the free.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Robert Carlyle and Emily Watson star in Alan Parker's adaptation of of Frank McCourt's best-selling account of his poor Irish upbringing.
  • The Commitments (1991)
    Review preview for The Commitments

    16-year-old Andrew Strong has a voice that blows your socks off

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The trials and tribulations of a budding working-class Dublin soul band.
  • The Life Of David Gale (2003)
    Review preview for The Life Of David Gale

    This race for life never fails to stimulate excitement, but Parker takes it easy, too easy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Kevin Spacey tells his story to Kate Winslet four days before being executed for murder.
  • Midnight Express (1978)
    Review preview for Midnight Express

    A hard-hitting, ruthlessly honest account of a young American's experience of being locked up in a throw-away-the-key situation miles and years from home.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Authentic experiences of a young American incarcerated in a Turkish prison in the Seventies.

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