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REVIEW: Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky at the QFT

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As the closing film for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, ‘Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky’ received lots of attention and thankfully lives up to the hype. Anna Mouglalis is a familiar face, the muse of Karl Lagerfield and model of Chanel campaigns, and thus suitably plays Chanel. Based on a novel by a school teacher, this steamy affair finds itself placed just after Audrey Tatou’s memorable performance in ‘Coco Before Chanel’ on the biographical timeline. Two huge artistic icons, of fashion and music, they are a fascinating couple. Their likeminded passions make this film feel like more of an exposé of their lives. It’s a wondrous joy for fans of dark romances and of the pair of characters.

BY LAURA SHEARER

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ARTS: Florence and the Machine at Belsonic‏

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Now in its second year, the Belsonic Music Festival proves that Belfast can continue to attract a high calibre of musical talent to rival those featuring in other major music festivals across the UK and Ireland this summer. With a diverse line-up including Stereophonics, Paul Weller, David Guetta, Paolo Nutini and local act General Fiasco, the third night of Belsonic 2010 saw headlining act Florence and the Machine take to the stage in Custom House Square.

BY STEPHEN CONLON

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REVIEW: Salt

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Considering recent world events involving Russian spies caught living on American soil, the timing of Salt’s release couldn’t have been better nor more ironic. Angelina Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, who is accused of being a KGB Sleeper Agent and goes on the run to try to clear her name. Well, sort of. Salt follows similar routes with like-minded plots seen in films such as the action-packed Bourne trilogy and Tom Cruise’s ridiculously over the top, yet highly entertaining, ‘Mission: Impossible’ films.

BY ANDREW MOORE

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REVIEW: Arcade Fire – The suburbs

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In contrast to their stark sophomore project Neon bible, Arcade Fire have started painting in bright colours again to bring us The suburbs; a mammoth album from humble origins, written from Win and William Butler’s perspective of growing up in Houston, Texas.

BY CHRIS JOHNSON

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REVIEW: The secret in their eyes

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Before even sitting down to watch Juan Campanella’s ‘The secret in their eyes’, it already had a lot to live up to. With its somewhat surprising success at this year’s Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Feature category the movie, some might say, controversially pipped two phenomenal films, ‘A prophet’ and ‘The white ribbon’ to the coveted prize. But let’s not give it an automatic 5/5 rating, based on past achievements, shall we? After all, ‘Forest Gump’ beat ‘The Shawshank redemption’ to the Best Picture prize in 1995 and in my humble opinion that doesn’t make Gump the superior film.

BY ANDREW MOORE

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REVIEW: The A-Team

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This summer saw a full length feature version of the cult classic TV series The A-Team come to every screen in tune with Hollywood. With such a following of those who have watched and grown up watching, it was hard to imagine how director Joe Carnahan ( ‘Smokin’ Aces’) could do fans the justice they deserved. Fortunately, due to an amazing cast of leading actors, no-one will feel they’ve been robbed by ticket prices.

BY LAURA SHEARER

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REVIEW: Inception

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Inception comes with a lot of hype. With enigmatic trailers, huge posters and the fact that it is the new film by Christopher Nolan, it’s ensured that everyone will notice it. Now, it’s easy to be prejudiced against the hyped film. Avatar and Paranormal Activity were duds, while the great Kick-Ass went by almost unnoticed. However, Inception is one of those rare films that, while not living up to expectations (whatever they were as the trailers were so devoid of clues), it surprises in other, completely unexpected ways.

BY MATTHEW MCKERNAN

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