Author: David G. Hughes

David G. Hughes is the Northern-born, London-based Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Electric Ghost Magazine. He graduated in Film Studies (BA) from King's College London and Film Aesthetics (Mst) from The University of Oxford. He has written for Film International, Little White Lies, and more.

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LA LA LAND

La La Land (Damien Chazelle, 2016), Lionsgate, USA, 35 mm / D-Cinema, 128 minutes, Mia (Emma Stone), Sebastian (Ryan Gosling)
La La Land (Damien Chazelle, 2016), Lionsgate, USA, 35 mm / D-Cinema, 128 minutes, Mia (Emma Stone), Sebastian (Ryan Gosling)

A sweeping musical ode to dreamers and romantics

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PATERSON

Paterson (Jim Jarmsuch, 2016), Soda Pictures, France / Germany / USA, colour, sound, 118 minutes
Paterson (Jim Jarmsuch, 2016), Soda Pictures, France / Germany / USA, colour, sound, 118 minutes

Jim Jarmusch channels Ozu in his poetic meditation on quotidian life

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DOG EAT DOG

Dog Eat Dog (Paul Schrader, 2016), Signature Entertainment, USA, DCP, 91 minutes, Troy (Nicolas Cage), Mad Dog (Willem Dafoe)
Dog Eat Dog (Paul Schrader, 2016), Signature Entertainment, USA, DCP, 91 minutes, Troy (Nicolas Cage), Mad Dog (Willem Dafoe)

Cage and Dafoe are let loose in Paul Schrader’s degenerate, post-moral crime caper

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BLOOD FATHER

Blood Father (Jean-François Richet, 2016), Warner Bros., France, DCP, 88 minutes, Link (Mel Gibson)
Blood Father (Jean-François Richet, 2016), Warner Bros., France, DCP, 88 minutes, Link (Mel Gibson)

Mel Gibson resurrects himself in engaging pulp thriller

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THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

The Legend of Tarzan (Dir. David Yates, 2016), Warner Bros., DCP, colour, sound, 110 minutes, Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård)

Lessons in colonialism and primal sex appeal brings Tarzan back into the pop-culture fray