{"id":2090,"date":"2011-12-14T11:39:07","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T10:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2011-12-14T11:43:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T10:43:43","slug":"the-ides-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2011\/12\/14\/the-ides-of-march\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ides of March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our review of the year&#8217;s best films, Wyn Ross picks George Clooney&#8217;s <em>The Ides of March<\/em>, which was released in the UK on 28 October by Entertainment One and is still playing in some UK cinemas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2117\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IDES-OF-MARCH_comic_small.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2090]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IDES-OF-MARCH_comic_small.jpg?resize=474%2C1409\" alt=\"\" title=\"Comic Strip Review by Wyn Ross\" width=\"474\" height=\"1409\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IDES-OF-MARCH_comic_small.jpg?resize=594%2C1766 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IDES-OF-MARCH_comic_small.jpg?resize=168%2C500 168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IDES-OF-MARCH_comic_small.jpg?w=700 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comic Strip Review by Wyn Ross<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"info\">For more information on Wyn Ross, go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/olyjns.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Olyjns website<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our review of the year&#8217;s best films, our December artist picks George Clooney&#8217;s <I>The Ides of March<\/I>.<br \/>\n<I><B>Comic review by Wyn Ross<\/I><\/B><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,1,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-cinema-releases","category-comic-strip-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/purUP-xI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":876,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/02\/01\/comic-strip-review-asian-horror-the-essential-collection\/","url_meta":{"origin":2090,"position":0},"title":"Comic Strip Review: Asian Horror: The Essential Collection","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"February 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Asian Horror - The Essential Collection brings together three acclaimed Asian horror films, featuring Audition, The Eye and Dark Water. 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