Monthly Archives: December 2011

End of Days (Review)

It is 28th December 1999. New York City. 3 days before the New Year. Three days before the New Millennium. 3 days before Y2K… Well 3 days before the New Millennium at least. A newborn child is taken immediately after … Continue reading

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Tower Heist (Review)

  As a director Brett Ratner has proven that he is perfectly capable of adequacy, but nothing more. His greatest claim to fame has been the Rush Hour films where he at least managed to realise that Jackie Chan knew … Continue reading

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Devil’s Playground (Review)

Stop me if you’ve heard this before. A superdrug is tested inadvertently causes the patients to turn into mindless, rage filled… ummm… aaaaahhhh… zombies I guess. Coming into contact with fluids or being bitten by the infected allows the virus/condition/disease … Continue reading

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Bridesmaids – A Protest Review

I feel like an overly PC white person who desperately wants to criticise a co-worker – who is non-white – but feels the need to preface the diss with ‘Look, I have nothing against Asian people, some of my best … Continue reading

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Mars Attacks (Review)

Mars Attacks sounds terrific on paper. A tongue in cheek alien attack film featuring a mega-cast of the past, present and futurely famous. Unfortunately most of them far better actors than this material deserves… When the aliens – *AHEM* Martian-Americans … Continue reading

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House Party (Review)

Because we can’t be serious all the time. House Party was an unexpected low budget hit upon release in 1990, something about the bright colours and an ‘urban movie’ without a single drive by tapped directly into the consciousness of … Continue reading

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Review)

I talk a lot about films, and in recent weeks I have spoken most about only two topics: how much I hated Real Steel and how bizarre this film is. Jean Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Wishaw) was born into an 18th … Continue reading

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A very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (Review)

If you don’t even know about the 2D Harold and Kumar you can read here and here. If clicking ain’t your thing here is the abridged version. Harold and Kumar are two young Americans who swear, fornicate and like pot. … Continue reading

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Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Review)

Harold and Kumar gained a tiny amount of publicity because the two titular leads are of non-Caucasian descent, not because of their pilgrimage to a burger chain restaurant. They got a sequel because the first film was funny and not … Continue reading

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Red Riding Hood (Review)

Red Riding Hood is boring. It perhaps shouldn’t be, but it is. It wants to be part love story, part action flick, part whodunit. But it isn’t much of anything but a bland teen-targeting borefest trying to elbow into Twilight’s … Continue reading

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