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Movie reviews – Sept 21 to Oct 11

THE CAMPAIGN Fulgor: Sept 21 - Oct 3   Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis star as two Southerners comically vying for a seat in Congress. ‘The election-year release is timely, but an all-star comedy cast can't save director Jay Roach's political satire.' (The Hollywood Reporter) ‘

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Movie Reviews – September 14 to 27

THE BOURNE LEGACY   Not a traditional sequel, this fourth instalment of the Bourne franchise introduces a new character and a new storyline different from Robert Ludlum's, although the Matt Damon original hovers in the background. Generally considered not a meaningful addition, but the absence of Matt Damon is

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Movie Reviews – June 15 to July 5,

ALL GOOD THINGS, June 15     A true crime drama inspired by the real-life case of Robert Durst, who was suspected of murdering his wife, Kathie, after she vanished without a trace in 1982, one of New York's most sensational unsolved crimes. Warned by his father that

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Movie Reviews – June 7 to June 21,

  Odeon Piazza Strozzi, 2 tel. 055/295051 www.cinehall.it, www.odeon.intoscana.it   June 15 AUF WIEDERSEHEN Author and activist Linda G. Mills is propelled by her family’s life-threatening experience of September 11, ...

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Movie Reviews – May 24 to June 7,

OdeonPiazza Strozzi, 2tel. 055/295051www.cinehall.it, www.odeon.intoscana.itFor showtimes, see the events listing.   May 24DARK SHADOWSAn imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection. Tim Burton's version of the 1960s

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Movie reviews – May 10 to 24,

  Odeon Piazza Strozzi, 2 tel. 055/295051 www.cinehall.it, www.odeon.intoscana.it For showtimes, see the events listing.     May 10 THE AVENGERS Nick Fury and the international agency S.H.I.E.L.D. bring together ...

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Movie reviews – April 20 to May 10,

For showtimes, see the events listing. Odeon Piazza Strozzi, 2 tel. 055/295051 www.cinehall.it, www.odeon.intoscana.it       A ROOM WITH A VIEW May 1   E.M. Forster's novel is classically filmed in the meticulous heritage style of Merchant and Ivory. The story

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Movie reviews – April 17 to 26,

For showtimes, see the events listing. Odeon Piazza Strozzi, 2 tel. 055/295051 www.cinehall.it, www.odeon.intoscana.it   THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL April 17, 18, 19   Seven British pensioners decide to retire to India-because it's cheaper to live there-and take up residence

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Movie reviews – April 1 to 10,

For showtimes, see the events listing. Odeon Piazza Strozzi, 2 tel. 055/295051 www.cinehall.it, www.odeon.intoscana.it   THE RAVEN April 1, 2   The only one who can stop a serial killer is the man who inspired him: Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) teams up with

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Movie reviews – March 15 to 28,

For showtimes, see the events listing. Odeon Piazza Strozzi, 2 tel. 055/295051 www.cinehall.it, www.odeon.intoscana.it For movie listings from March 23 to 29, see the Odeon website at www.odeon.intoscana.it.   YOUNG ADULT March 15, 16, 17   Soon after her divorce, a

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Movie reviews – March 1 to 14,

For showtimes, see the events listing. Odeon Piazza Strozzi, 2 tel. 055/295051 www.cinehall.it   HUGO March 1   This adaptation of Brian Selznick's bestselling novel about a boy living secretly in a Paris station is an homage to early movies as well as an enchanting fable. &

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Movie reviews – Feb 16 to 29,

  For showtimes, see the events listing. Odeon Piazza Strozzi, 2 tel. +39 055 295051 www.cinehall.it   THE MUPPETS February 16   Only one Oscar nomination (for music), but nothing ...

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Movie reviews – Feb 2 to 16,

  For showtimes, see the events listing. Odeon Piazza Strozzi, 2 tel. +39 055 295051 www.cinehall.it   MISSION IMPOSSIBLE-GHOST PROTOCOL February 2,6   In MI4 the IMF is shut down ...

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Movie reviews – Jan 20 to Feb 2,

 For showtimes, see the events listing. Odeon, Piazza Strozzi, 2 tel. +39 055 295051 www.cinehall.it     SHAME January 20, 21, 22, 25   ‘This is a great act of ...

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Movie reviews – Nov 10 to 23,

Editor's Note: The Odeon Original Sound programme continues at the Astra 2 in piazza Beccaria during the 50 Days of International Cinema Festival, which is being held at the Odeon (see TF 151 for details). For showtimes at the Astra 2, see the events listing.   Astra 2 Piazza

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Movie Reviews – Oct 27-Nov 10,

  Astra 2 Piazza Beccaria tel. 055/2343666 www.cinehall.it   November 3 THIS MUST BE THE PLACE   Paolo Sorrentino’s first English-language film features Sean Penn as Cheyenne, a prissy retired ...

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Florence’s mega-film fest

  Fifty days of cinema, 150 screenings, nine separate film festivals and seven special events: the fifth 50 Days of International Cinema in Florence, running from October 20 to December ...

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Movie reviews – Oct 13 to Oct 26,

Odeon Original Sound  Piazza Strozzi 2 tel. 055/214068 www.odeon.intoscana.it *for screentimes see the events listing   October 13, 14, 17, 18, 19 A DANGEROUS METHOD David Cronenberg's drama looks at the fraught relationship between Sigmund Freud, his protégé Carl Jung, and

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Movie reviews – Sept 29 to Oct 12,

Odeon Original Sound  Piazza Strozzi 2 tel. 055/214068 www.odeon.intoscana.it  *for screentimes see the events listing   September 29 CARNAGE Roman Polanski's adaptation of the celebrated play by Yasmina Reza made a splash at the Venice Film Festival but surprisingly failed to garner any

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Movie reviews – Sept 16 to 29,

CARNAGE Roman Polanski's adaptation of the celebrated play by Yasmina Reza premiered at the Venice Film Festival last week and at the time of writing is still hotly in competition for the various prizes. Kate Winslet's by now famous projectile vomiting aside, this very theatrical piece featuring a

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Movie reviews – July 14 to 31

Thurs, July 14 and continuing through July 31 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART II   It all ends. With a bang. In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizard world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been

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Movie Reviews – June 30 to July 13,

  Thurs, June 30 Clevland vs Wall Street DISTRIBUTION CYCLE   Italian director Nanni Moretti will introduce Clevland vs Wall Street, a documentary shown at Cannes on the devastation caused ...

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Movie reviews June 15 to 30,

Odeon Original Sound Piazza Strozzi 2 tel. 055/214068 http://www.odeon.intoscana.it *For showtimes see events listing   June 17, 18, 19, 21 BRONSON   An almost unrecognisable Tom Hardy plays Britain's most notorious criminal, Michael Petersen (aka Charles Bronson) in Danish-American director Nicolas Winding Refn'

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