Monthly Archives: March 2016

The Woman in Black (Review)

Arthur Kipps (Harry Potter) is an aspiring young lawyer desperate to keep his jobs in hard times. With a small child and a deceased wife, Kipps must above and beyond to ensure the family piggy bank is fed. This leads … Continue reading

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The Wedding Crashers (Review)

John (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy (Vincent Vaughn) are highly paid divorce lawyers who – instead of using their obvious wealth and reasonable looks – attend the weddings of strangers to use the buoyant moods and festive occasion to bed drunk … Continue reading

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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Review)

If this was made a decade later there would probably be a Disney ride made in its honour. Instead it is an effortlessly entertaining and only slightly dated version of the famed Robin of Loxley – better known as Robin … Continue reading

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Creed (Review)

Fake fights are a million times more interesting than real ones, and no one did fake fights better than Sylvester Stallone in the 80s – even though thousands have tried to replicate his cinematic pugilistic deeds. ……………. Adonis Creed (Michael … Continue reading

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Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (Review)

The premise here is an amalgam of thirty three other zombie movies, only here the non-zoms eventually decide to wear Mad Max like kit before dispatching the undead, and they pepper the inane dialogue with ocker strine laced with F-bombs. … Continue reading

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Kung-fu Panda 3 (Review)

Not much changes in the world of Kung-fu Panda. Po (Jack Black) is the unlikely panda turned Dragon Warrior, a sentinel for decency in a land populated by talking creatures. Po is watched over by ageing master Sifu (Dustin Hoffman) … Continue reading

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War of the Worlds (Review)

The recent Godzilla film proved how hard it is to generate tension without a worthy foe to collide with. Such is the issue with this War of the Worlds reboot. It’s hard to summon concern or hope when the primary … Continue reading

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The Return of the Living Dead (Review)

Apparently the Night of the Living Dead was a documentary. So surmises Return of the Living Dead, which suggests that the cover up footage was turned into a film to throw society off the scent. Of course no sooner than … Continue reading

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Rob Zombie: The Early Years – House of a Thousand Corpses / The Devil’s Rejects

House of a Thousand Corpses There is no such thing as a good place to break down, but in the movies it always seems that inopportune stuff happens in the very worst places. House of a Thousand Corpses is director … Continue reading

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Deadpool (Review)

He’s not afraid to look stupid. He doesn’t care about looking cool, even though he remains fully in control despite being a passenger to a vehicle in the process of flipping uncontrollably. He says what we wish we could. All … Continue reading

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