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In the Blink of an Eye review – Pixar director’s long-delayed sci-fi epic falls flat

silverguide.site – The director of Finding Nemo and Wall-E has made an ambitious yet entirely baffling mess with the help of Rashida Jones and Kate McKinnon…
In the Blink of an Eye review – Pixar director’s long-delayed sci-fi epic falls flat
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Floodland review – a moving portrait of Lismore and its inhabitants

silverguide.site – Filmed in the aftermath of the 2022 Lismore floods, this documentary moves like water, dipping into the lives of various townspeople with fluid ease…
Floodland review – a moving portrait of Lismore and its inhabitants
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‘People feel like they’re in on the joke’: the new wave of pseudo-biopics

silverguide.site – It’s not about John Bishop, Anna Wintour or Bill Clinton, but … Screen stories about pop stars, actors, sporting heroes or politicians bend fact by steering close to the deeds, or misdeeds, of real celebrities. What’s behind their rise?…
‘People feel like they’re in on the joke’: the new wave of pseudo-biopics
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Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson says Bafta told him ‘any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast’

silverguide.site – Davidson said he ‘can’t begin to explain how upset and distraught I have been’ over slurs he shouted during the award ceremony…
Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson says Bafta told him ‘any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast’
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The Martini Shot review – Matthew Modine and a cast to die for can’t save this unholy mess

silverguide.site – Modine plays a dying director shooting his final film – alongside Derek Jacobi, John Cleese and Stuart Townsend – in this baffling existential drama…
The Martini Shot review – Matthew Modine and a cast to die for can’t save this unholy mess
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Palestine Comedy Club review – roving performance collective finds light in darkness

silverguide.site – This portrait of a multi-ethnic comic troupe could do with more unpicking, but its reflections on the grind of war, life on the road and the reactive nature of comedy are insightful…
Palestine Comedy Club review – roving performance collective finds light in darkness
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BBC apologises to staff over N-word inclusion as Bafta announces comprehensive review

silverguide.site – Chief content officer Kate Phillips tells staff she is ‘so sorry’ only one racial slur by Tourette campaigner was not edited from recorded broadcastPeter Bradshaw: why the dust has not yet settled on the Baftas N-word row…
BBC apologises to staff over N-word inclusion as Bafta announces comprehensive review
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Tom Noonan obituary

silverguide.site – American actor and film-maker hailed for his screen roles in Manhunter and Synecdoche, New York…
Tom Noonan obituary
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Fight the power – in your pyjamas: the film about the day Glasgow kicked out immigration enforcers

silverguide.site – A neighbour in nightwear, a local imam, a schoolkid, the activist known as Van Man – they and many more stood firm. The director of a prize-winning film about the battle of Kenmure Street reveals how he’s atoning for his absence…
Fight the power – in your pyjamas: the film about the day Glasgow kicked out immigration enforcers
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Sinners studio say they raised N-word use with Bafta immediately as Google ‘deeply sorry’ for offensive notification

silverguide.site – A source close to Warner Bros has said that executives were assured the slur would be removed before broadcast, while search engine remove AI-generated prompt…
Sinners studio say they raised N-word use with Bafta immediately as Google ‘deeply sorry’ for offensive notification
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Bafta judge quits over ‘utterly unforgivable’ handling of Tourette N-word incident

silverguide.site – Film-maker Jonte Richardson cites ‘harm inflicted on both the black and disabled communities’, while New Black Film Collective and MP Dawn Butler criticise BBC’s failure to edit…
Bafta judge quits over ‘utterly unforgivable’ handling of Tourette N-word incident
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The dust has not yet settled on the Baftas N-word row. This is why | Peter Bradshaw

silverguide.site – When John Davidson involuntarily shouted racial abuse at Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan it set off two sets of alarm bells that should have been heeded much quicker and better…
The dust has not yet settled on the Baftas N-word row. This is why | Peter Bradshaw
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The Bluff review – Priyanka Chopra Jonas fights dirty in grisly pirate action flick

silverguide.site – The Russo brothers produce a swashbuckling and often gory tale of 19th century buccaneers in the Caribbean…
The Bluff review – Priyanka Chopra Jonas fights dirty in grisly pirate action flick
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Molly vs the Machines review – a powerful story of love, loss and the dangers of social media

silverguide.site – Before she took her own life at 14, Molly Russell accessed thousands of harmful posts on Instagram and Pinterest. A new documentary recreates the inquest where her father was told the images were safe…
Molly vs the Machines review – a powerful story of love, loss and the dangers of social media
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God of Frogs review – less Kermit, more giant shapeshifting amphibian nightmare

silverguide.site – Self-aware horror set across four time periods sees a woman impregnated by a human-sized pond-beast resulting in multigenerational havoc …
God of Frogs review – less Kermit, more giant shapeshifting amphibian nightmare
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Crazy Old Lady review – Carmen Maura excels as a homicidal pensioner wielding a red hot poker

silverguide.site – Mistaken identity, dementia, family dysfunction and a murky past entwine in this Spanish horror involving a spritely octogenarian with a penchant for torture…
Crazy Old Lady review – Carmen Maura excels as a homicidal pensioner wielding a red hot poker
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Robert Carradine, Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie McGuire actor, dies aged 71

silverguide.site – The actor killed himself, his family said in a statement that aimed to raise awareness of ‘his nearly two-decade battle with bipolar disorder’…
Robert Carradine, Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie McGuire actor, dies aged 71
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Emily in Paris star Lily Collins to play Audrey Hepburn in film about Breakfast at Tiffany’s

silverguide.site – Collins ‘honoured and ecstatic’ to play Hepburn, in film charting the dramatic making of the 1961 romantic comedy…
Emily in Paris star Lily Collins to play Audrey Hepburn in film about Breakfast at Tiffany’s
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‘No surprise’: Robert Aramayo’s teachers knew Bafta winner was destined for great things

silverguide.site – Awarded best actor and rising star for role as man with Tourette syndrome in I Swear the 33-year-old was ‘mesmerising’ even when learning his craft in Hull…
‘No surprise’: Robert Aramayo’s teachers knew Bafta winner was destined for great things
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Why the Baftas must get rid of their two-hour delay and broadcast live

silverguide.site – Last night made clear that broadcasting a partially redacted version long after the winners have been announced doesn’t work for anyone…
Why the Baftas must get rid of their two-hour delay and broadcast live
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