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Markie Robson-Scott

Articles By Markie Robson-Scott

Bring Them Down review - ramming it home in the west of Ireland

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By the Stream review - enigmatic Korean drama

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It's Raining Men review - frothy French comedy avoids dating-app reality

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Merchant Ivory review - fascinating documentary about the director and producer's long partnership

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Woman of the Hour, Netflix review - gripping drama follows a true-life Seventies serial killer

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Portraits of Dangerous Women review - quirky indie comedy

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The Substance review - Demi Moore as an ageing Hollywood celeb with body issues

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Reawakening review - a prodigal daughter returns, or does she?

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Sky Peals review - a parable of alienation in a motorway service station

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DVD/Blu-Ray: Back to Black

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Freud's Last Session review - Freud and CS Lewis search for meaning in 1939

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DVD/Blu-ray: Cabrini

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Two Tickets to Greece review - the highs and lows of a holiday from hell

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That They May Face The Rising Sun review - lyrical adaptation of John McGahern's novel

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If Only I Could Hibernate review - kids in grinding poverty in Ulaanbaatar

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The Trouble with Jessica review - the London housing market wreaks havoc on a group of friends

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