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David Brent: Life on the Road (2016) - Film Review

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An Entertainer Third. Picking up ten years after where The Office (UK)  left off, a documentary crew return to film David Brent's latest escapade - going on tour with a disgruntled band and aspiring young rapper. He may have grown a decade older, but Brent is just as crazy, clueless and inappropriate as ever and this time, the cameras are solely on him. For fans of The Office , this feels like the perfect epilogue we never knew we needed to tie up David's story. However, for those new to the character, I can see why this film may not appeal. David is still working as a salesman, this time for a washing products company as a rep. The environment somehow seems even more hostile towards David than Wernham Hogg, as here he is just another worker and possesses few friends, aside from Nigel who is practically his soul-mate. Gradually, we learn that others care about David, including Karen and particularly Pauline, who in fact has a crush on the aloof ex-boss. More on that la...

Solo: A Star Wars Story - Film Review

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A long time ago in a galaxy far far away... ...in an lost era known to us as 1977, audiences were introduced for the first time to an outlaw by the name of Han Solo - a rugged, smooth-talking smuggler who swaggered his way into fan's hearts across the world. Now 41 years, 3 film appearances and 1 new actor later, he finally has his own big-screen epic, and it certainly doesn't disappoint. From the start,  Solo: A Star Wars Story  is overflowing with references and call-backs to Han's backstory as fleshed out by Harrison Ford four decades before. From the formation of the galaxies greatest friendship in Han and Chewie, to the depiction of the infamous Kessel Run, director Ron Howard pulls out all the stops as he tells the incredible story of our favourite smuggler. The plot is great, if a bit straight-forward. Han's journey from a pick-pocket on the streets of Correllia, to a foot soldier in the rampant army of the Empire, to his eventual rise to talented pilot-smug...