Travels With JB

Movie: Brooklyn

There’s much to enjoy in the film Brooklyn thanks to the moving story, great acting and wonderful cinematography.

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Movie: Steve Jobs

I knew little about Apple founder Steve Jobs before seeing the latest movie about him, so I am unsure of the accuracy of the film ‘Steve Jobs’ by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director Danny Boyle.

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Steve Carell plays Mark Baum in The Big Short from Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises

Movie: The Big Short

The collapse of America’s subprime mortgage market in 2008 resulted in financial ruin for many, but some in the market made a fortune. The Big Short is a fascinating, educational and disturbing movie about these men.

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Movie: Suffragette

Suffragette is an exhausting but engrossing and often moving film which explores the battle of English women to gain their right to vote.

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Nina Hoss (Nelly) and Ronald Zehrfeld ( Johnny).

Movie: Phoenix

There’s much to recommend the German movie Phoenix – but you do have to accept one unlikely premise.

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Hamlet on the Screen

Having never seen a theatrical production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet I wasn’t sure what to expect at the National Theatre Live’s broadcast of the latest London production.

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