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Status at the Half: Best Movies of 2013 So Far

We are now officially half way through the year and so I’ve asked our staff to vote for their favourite films released thus far. Hollywood blockbusters may have disappointed us, but thankfully we can always rely on independent filmmakers to create some truly inspiring films. Rounding out the special mentions is Terrence Malick’s To The …

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2013, Best Movies of January: ‘West Of Memphis’ leads the pack

#1: West of Memphis Directed by Amy Berg Written by Billy McMillin and Amy Berg 2012, USA Following from the original Paradise Lost film and its two sequels, West of Memphis follows the events of one of the most media-covered American crime stories of the last two decades: The West Memphis Three, a case in which three teenagers (Jessie …

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‘West of Memphis’ is a captivating portrayal of a judicial system gone bad

West of Memphis Directed by Amy J. Berg Written by Amy J. Berg and Billy McMillin U.S.A., 2012 How many movies surround a character who has been wrongfully accused of any sort of heinous crime? Much like with the revenge thriller, there appears to be a definite interest with this type of plot, perhaps because …

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Staff List: The 40 Best Films of 2012

To say that none of the 40 + films on our staff-voted list is universally beloved is putting it mildly; but then, that’s the nature of polls like these. Every year we’ve run this poll, there’s been a runaway winner; this year, the top film crossed the three-hundred-point threshold, a first here at Sound On …

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Best Documentaries of 2012 (Part Two)

[callout] The Imposter Directed by Bart Layton [/callout] [quote by=”Josh Spiegel”] Your mind play tricks on you all the time. You’re presented with a clear-cut fact, something that is immutably true, and you doubt it. You wake up in the middle of the night, but your mind convinces you that you’ve had a full night’s …

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Best Documentaries of 2012 (Part One)

Once considered by many as either high art, propaganda or educational videos, documentary film has developed into a popular and visible form of entertainment, sometimes breaking into the mainstream, and often having a greater effect on society. Every year it seems more and more docs are produced and thus not even our hard working staff …

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‘West Of Memphis’ Movie Review – is probably the finest non-fiction release of the year

West Of Memphis Directed by Amy Berg With Peter Jackson, Henry Rollins, Eddie Vedder In 1993 the small town of West Memphis in Arkansas was rocked by the horrific triple murder of three eight year old boys. Stripped naked, trussed and bound, one of them had been subjected to a severe sexual assault before being beaten …

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