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A profile of Ian Curtis (Riley), the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23. Read more

Starring	Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson
Director	Anton Corbijn
Genres	Drama

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- 02 Oct 2007
Debbie (Samantha Morton) is introduced to Ian Curtis (Sam Riley) by her boyfriend Tony. He's a tall, angular Bowie clone; the eyeliner and make up aren't particularly radical in 1977, but he's more exotic than most of her Macclesfield school friends. He writes poetry and songs, and he's good at it too. She and Tony come to Ian's bedroom to kiss and cuddle. Ian doesn't seem very interested. He smokes and listens to his records. Later, with Tony's permission, he takes Debbie to see Bowie. It's... Read more
El Cantante
- 02 Sep 2008
Jennifer Lopez first came to stardom in the US playing the tragic tejano singer Selena in a biopic of the same name. The movie was a hit – and Lopez earned raves for her performance – though it went straight to video in the UK, presumably because no one knew who Selena was. I suspect there is only a small minority of the UK audience who could tell you much about Hector Lavoe – the “King of Salsa”. Which may be why El Cantante has taken a year to get across the... Read more
DVD hits and misses of the year
- 10 Dec 2007
Reviewers at the Guardian have been busy this weekend summing up what they believe to be this year's movie hits and misses. According to the newspaper's Andrew Pulver, Knocked Up and Superbad both got full marks during 2007, with both comedies entertaining the masses. However, he was not so fond of Death Proof, which formed half of the Grindhouse double-bill from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. Two of the critics loved Control, the biopic of deceased Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. It Read more
Damon flick a Bourne winner at Empire awards
- 10 Mar 2008
Spy thriller The Bourne Ultimatum, which stars Matt Damon, Julia Styles and Albert Finney, scooped the top prize at last night's Sony Ericsson Empire Awards 2008, the movie magazine has confirmed. Top awards, which are voted for by the magazine's readers, also went to Atonement's Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, who took home the gongs for Best Actress and Best Actor. David Yates won Best Director for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, while Sam Riley collected the Best Newcomer award... Read more
Brits love flicks
- 11 Feb 2008
British movie-lovers bucked Europe-wide trends in 2007 as cinema attendance rose by 3.7 per cent to 162.4 million over the year. According to new figures from boffins at the European Audiovisual Observatory to coincide with the 58th Berlin Film Festival, around 910 million tickets were sold in Europe during 2007, down 2.2 per cent from 2006 but up from the low of 2005. There were sizeable slumps in Hungary (13.8 per cent), Austria (down 9.2 per cent) and Germany (down 8.2 per cent), while... Read more

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