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Swimming With Men (film review) *contains spoilers*

Film: Swimming With Men Year: 2018 Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Directed By: Oliver Parker Starring: Rob Brydon, Rupert Graves, Thomas Turgoose About:  A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f495YKIfuaw My Review: Noticing this on Netflix and it looking like something I would not usually choose for myself I thought I would go a little outwith my usual style and see Swimming With Men . As much as I did give this a try I thought that this didn't really come through to me the way that it was meant to. This movie I thought was good at showing how people can run away from their problems and how it doesn't actually ever really help them. By doing this I think a lot of people was able to feel the same as the main character within the movie, by having at the end that all of the characters stop running from their problems and ...

V for Vendetta (film review)

Film: V for Vendetta Year: 2005 Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-fi Directed By: James McTeigue Starring: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves About:  In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSA7mAHolAw My Review: Having not seen V for Vendetta for years I could not resist watching this after so long especially after forgetting just how good the movie is and how it is definitely a film in which everyone should see at least once! The film is about a man called V who wants to give England some hope by using what Guy Fawkes was famous for in 1605 in trying to blow up the houses of parliament. For this, he tells the public that  in one years time this will happen which lets the people of England get behind him and show that they are all needing the hope from V! As well as this happening V starts to get revenge on people ...