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Hunger

Posted on December 26, 2008 by John Murdoch

Hunger Steve McQueen | UK/Ireland | 2008 96 min Hunger is about a man that starved himself to death for his principles. His name was Bobby Sands, and he was an IRA member whom the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher … Continue reading →

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5 Best Films of the Dubai Film Festival 2008

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Faizan Rashid

With a whopping 181 films to choose from, diversity was never a problem in this hallowed quest by the girded WearetheMovies.com team. Listed are the 5 of the very best movies we saw at the 2008 Dubai Film Festival. Continue reading →

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3 Monkeys (Uc Maymun)

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Faizan Rashid

3 Monkeys (Uc Maymun) Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey | 2008 109 min 3 Monkeys (Uc Maymun) is the sort of film, where while watching you realize, everything could be resolved much more quicker (and sooner) if the main characters … Continue reading →

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Momma’s Man

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Faizan Rashid

Momma’s Man Azazel Jacobs | US | 2008 94 min What starts off as an almost perfunctory visit to the parents quickly manifests into a distress call for help in Momma’s Man, a film so called perhaps because Mikey, the … Continue reading →

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