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Review: The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly tells the tragic story of former Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who becomes paralyzed after a car accident. He suffers ‘locked-in syndrome’, and can only communicate by blinking his left eye. Despite this tragedy, he manages to dictate his memoirs and the film concentrates on this process. What unfolds is [...]
Film Review: Eastern Promises
David Cronenberg’s latest film stars Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts in a gritty gangster thriller set in North London. It concerns the death of a young teenager, the diary that she leaves behind and the implications of a Russian gang behind her death. Mortensen, who plays the driver of the gang, puts in a performance [...]