Monthly Archives: April 2012

The Rules of the Remake

I think it’s fair to say that Hollywood is so bereft of – or perhaps most tellingly unwilling to take a chance on – new ideas, that any request to cease the endless assembly line of remakes and reboots would … Continue reading

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Margin Call (Review)

The scariest thing about Margin Call is how true to life it all seems, because it is. An all star cast tells the tale of the early days of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Margin Call doesn’t lay the blame … Continue reading

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RockNRolla (Review)

After so many similar films it might be quicker for me to cut and paste the Lock Stock and two Smoking Barrels review here with a note that says ‘replace existing quirky names with new similar, yet different quirky names’. … Continue reading

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You don’t mess with the Zohan (Review)

Don’t mess with the Zohan contains a lot of firsts for Adam Sandler. It contains more CGI than T2 and more wire work than most martial arts films. It also has an element that is a definite ‘first’ for an … Continue reading

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Fear City (Review)

Cinema in the early 1980s didn’t seem to think itself too clever, either that or it didn’t think much of the attention span of its audience. Most films of the era are essentially three scenes; Action films 1/ meet the … Continue reading

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Shoot ‘Em Up (Review)

Shoot ‘Em Up studied at the Crank school of stupid cool. In the Shoot ‘Em Up universe nothing is considered risky, implausible or over the top. Carrots are weapons, ammunition and weapons are plentiful and minions are faceless and expendable. … Continue reading

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