Paul Fisher

Paul Fisher

Local news reporter.

Favorite films

  • Good Will Hunting
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • Love Actually
  • Forrest Gump

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  • The Social Network

    ★★★★½

  • Black Mirror: The Entire History of You

    ★★★★

  • Black Mirror: Fifteen Million Merits

    ★★★★★

  • Black Mirror: The National Anthem

    ★★★★½

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  • Need for Speed

    Need for Speed

    ★★★★

    BREAKING BAD star Aaron Paul swaps meth labs for street races as he takes on the mantle of down on his luck car expert Tobey Marshall.
    The plot follows Marshall and his team of mechanics as they try to topple Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper) from the top of the pile of expert racers as the battle it down in the race of the year where the winner takes all.
    The final race is just like a final lap as Marshall…

  • 300: Rise of an Empire

    300: Rise of an Empire

    ★★

    NOAM MURRO’S 300: Rise of an Empire is a film that is desperately lacking. A solid cast which trancends into a decent looking picture is let down by lack of apparent happenings as you go back into the wild world of Ancient Greece.
    The ambitious sequel/prequel to the 2006 Zack Snyder epic 300, starring Gerard Butler, follows the story of Themistokles (Sullivan Stapleton) and his battle to unite Greece in order to overcome to Persian Navy led by the fearless…

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  • 12 Years a Slave

    12 Years a Slave

    ★★★½

    The story of Solomon Northup is one of tragic beauty, compelling storytelling and the harsh reality that was faced by slaves in 19th Century America.
    Steve McQueen’s adaptation of the memoirs of a free-man who was abducted and sold into slavery is very well-made and told in such a poignant way that your breath is taken away for the length of the feature.
    We are introduced to Northup (Chiwetel Ejifor) when he is working on a slave plantation before going…

  • The Railway Man

    The Railway Man

    ★★★★

    The Railway man tells the story of Eric Lomax, a middle-aged railway enthusiast who was involved in the building of ‘The Death Railway’ in Burma and his battles in life after World War II.

    Lomax is portrayed in fine fashion by both Colin Firth and Jeremy Irvine. Firth plays the middle-aged Lomax who is battling his demons following his time as a Japanese prisoner of war and Irvine takes on the mantle of the young Lomax who is at the…