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22 July

On the 22 July 2011 in Norway, horrifying terrorist attacks were carried out solely by right-wing extremist Anders Breivik that would claim the lives of 77 people. The first attack being a bomb detonated in Oslo, the second an open-fire gun attack at a summer camp of Workers’ Youth League on the island of Utøya. Most […]

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Cult Column Film

Cult Column: The Big Lebowski (1998)

The Big Lebowski is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary year with a re-release in cinemas. For this dark comedy cult classic, one of the narrator’s first statements remains just as pertinent in summarising its plot as it did in 1998: “There was a lot about the Dude that didn’t make sense to me”. The Coen […]

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Mile 22

Anybody who is familiar with Mark Wahlberg’s work (or indeed his personal image) will be expecting a fair amount of posturing in any film in which he runs around injuring a lot of people. His latest collaboration with director Peter Berg is no exception, and in fact takes this unashamed bolshiness to a new level. […]