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Projection Room: 2016- what a year it's been for the cinema.

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Projection Room: Announcing my shortlist for Film of the Year

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First Take: Boyhood- at least I didn’t wait 12 years to see it

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First Take: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story- this is NOT Episode VIII

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First Take: Rain Man- I’m an excellent driver.

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First Take: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night- officially the first horror film I successfully sat through

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First Take: Chinatown- going back in time around 40 years

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First Take: Moana- Disney’s best since Frozen.

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Projection Room: Why I love independent film more than the blockbusters

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First Take: Allied- well, this is awkward

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First Take: Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them- and so a new franchise begins

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First Take: The Dressmaker- a review nearly a year in the making

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First Take: Arrival- damn near perfection. It’s that good.

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First Take: A Street Cat Named Bob- possibly the first film where my opinion changed AFTER the screening

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First Take: The Accountant- maths degree not needed for full enjoyment.

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Projection Room: Testing, testing...

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First Take: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back- another very good action flick from the Cruise

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First Take: Doctor Strange- the Sorcerer Supreme hits the big screen

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First Take: Storks- where do babies come from again?

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First Take: Trolls- this feeling cannot be stopped

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First Take: Inferno- worthy of a rant that Dante would be proud of

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First Take: The Girl on the Train- for the 50th time this year...

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First Take: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children- a typical Burton film that might confuse some audiences

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First Take: The Magnificent Seven- yet another average remake

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First Take: Ben-Hur (2016)- remaking a seminal classic is never always a good idea

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First Take: Bridget Jones’s Baby- pens at the ready, it’s diary time

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First Take: Kubo and the Two Strings- the team at Laika nail it yet again

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First Take: Nine Lives- it’s rant o’clock once again

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First Take: Sausage Party- probably the most surreal experience I've had in 13 years of cinemagoing

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First Take: Swallows and Amazons- brace yourselves, there be a rant cometh

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First Take: David Brent: Life on the Road: an idiot doesn’t travel abroad here.

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First Take: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates- a comedy that has the laughs, but fails in the editing

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First Take: Pete's Dragon- Disney fail to impress for the first time in years

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First Take: Nerve- don't hate the player, hate the game.

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First Take: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Cut- here we go again.

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First Take: Suicide Squad- definitely worth the hype

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First Take: Finding Dory- Pixar officially begin their renaissance years

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First Take: Jason Bourne- we all know his name

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First Take: Star Trek Beyond- beam me up.

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First Take: The BFG- Spielberg delivers yet another masterclass in family film-making

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First Take: Ghostbusters- never trust the internet.

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First Take: The Legend of Tarzan- I’m not angry...

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First Take: Ice Age Collision Course- Scrat's still not got his acorn?

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First Take: Now You See Me 2- how not to make a film about magic

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First Take: Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie- a very rare example of a TV adaptation that works incredibly well on the big screen

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First Take: Central Intelligence- action and comedy work together in harmony

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