Monthly Archives: December 2014

Under Siege & Under Siege 2 (Reviews)

I consider any film ever referred to as ‘Die Hard on a…’ as the AntiChrist. But I cannot ignore them all, and considering the Under Siege films were among the first (and are actually pretty good) I can’t continue to … Continue reading

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Jumper (Review)

A ‘Jumper’ is someone – one of a select few –  who can instantaneously teleport themselves elsewhere simply through the power of thought and will. When teenage David realises this latent skill, he takes a moment to consider his options, … Continue reading

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Hustle and Flow (Review)

D-Jay is a pimp. A sleepy eyed, jeri curled, smack talking, ho-slapping, drug dealing ethical conundrum of a man. Or as he would go on to pronounce it 137 times in this film “may-en”. But D-Jay has aspirations beyond illicit … Continue reading

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Society (Review)

Society is a film that will elicit countless different reactions. The one that I would least expect would be apathy. The first hour or so is a typically dated 80s film with pretty mulletted boys and pretty big haired girls. … Continue reading

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Lucy (Review)

Lucy is a dishevelled young nobody looking for quick money, sold out by an opportunistic friend who capitalised on her desperation. Only neither of them realised what they were getting into… Instead of an easy buck Lucy finds herself in … Continue reading

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Love & other Drugs (Review)

Like leap years and the Olympics, decent romantic comedies come about every four years. A couple years ago I watched Crazy, Stupid Love and while it wasn’t the egregious time waster I dreaded, it also wasn’t the film to convert … Continue reading

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Poseidon (Review)

One of the only sensible reasons given to justify remaking a film from the 70s or 80s is the amazing advances made with computer generated imagery. Put simply it is now a hell of a lot easier to make large … Continue reading

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Downtown (Review)

Downtown is a largely unremembered film released around the start of the 90s. I have no idea about whether it was even in cinemas, but I first caught it on video, and now some 20 years later found myself smiling … Continue reading

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