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The Old Oak – so-called because it’s the name of the last remaining pub in the area – opens with one of many Syrian families moving into Newcastle-upon-Tyne area, the area run-down and deprived like …
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Sorry We Missed You on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review – Ken Loach
Sorry We Missed You is the latest movie from Ken Loach to shine a much-needed spotlight on the problems that blight today’s society, as did 2016’s I, Daniel Blake. Similarly, he appeared on Question Time …
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You Were Never Really Here on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
You Were Never Really Here brings us Joaquin Phoenix, an actor with so much gravitas, but who rarely appears in films which are widely seen. Here, he’s Joe, a private eye who can’t escape traumatic …
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I, Daniel Blake on Blu-ray – The DVDfever Review
I, Daniel Blake begins with the 59-year-old carpenter titular character, portrayed by comedian Dave Johns, applying for ESA (Employment and Support Allowance), and being asked a succession of – irrelevant, to him – questions when …
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I, Daniel Blake – Ken Loach’s essential parable for our times – The DVDfever Cinema Review
I, Daniel Blake begins with the 59-year-old carpenter titular character, portrayed by comedian Dave Johns, applying for ESA (Employment and Support Allowance), and being asked a succession of – irrelevant, to him – questions when …
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