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Sunday, 26 February 2017

Hidden Figures (2016)


The moving moments in this crowdpleaser about three women who performed important work for NASA in the 50s and 60s are when someone offers a piece of chalk to a 'computer' or grants permission for a gifted student to study further - moments that should be unremarkable but sadly aren't; the lunacy of segregation is nicely countered with scenes of joyous family- and love lives.

★★★★☆

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Thursday, 26 January 2017

Moonlight (2017)


This heart-rending drama traces the formative years of Chiron, a boy in so much pain you yearn for life to show him a little kindness as it moulds him into a man not strictly of his own choosing.

★★★★☆

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