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  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Concert, Royal Albert Hall

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Concert, Royal Albert Hall

    Review by Numan Ahmed Steven Spielberg’s seminal science fiction masterpiece Close Encounters of the Third kind came to London’s Royal Albert Hall last night in the latest in the historic venue’s Film in Concert series. When approaching the magnificent hall to attend this concert, one can almost feel like they are themselves about to have…

  • Fences (2016)

    Fences (2016)

    Ron Griffith reviews Denzel Washington’s film adaptation of Fences, out on 17 February 2017 Fences is a cinematic adaptation of the acclaimed 1983 Play by August Wilson, following the far reaching repercussions of a charismatic yet conflicted 1950s Pittsburgh Garbageman Troy Maxson as he makes his way through life. The story itself touches on many…