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Movie trailer round-up: Odin's beard, Great Gatsby and Batman's TV

Posted by Matt at 21:00 on 27 May 2012
Movie trailer round-up: Odin's beard, Great Gatsby and Batman's TV
This week's trailer round-up is brought to you in conjunction with sunglasses, shorts and flip-flops. And bright-red sunburn on white, pasty skin. :(

Movie poster round-up: sloppy kisses, rising knights and wanky bears

Posted by Luke at 19:35 on 27 May 2012
Movie poster round-up: sloppy kisses, rising knights and wanky bears
Hey, here's this week's movie poster round-up, which I spent all day slaving over in a windowless room. Ali said I had to or he'd make my partner pregnant as well.

Movie news round-up: an apology

Posted by Ali at 14:18 on 27 May 2012
Movie news round-up: an apology
Just go to SlashFilm or Empire or something. x x x

The five most under-developed plotlines in Men In Black 3

Posted by Ali at 11:00 on 26 May 2012
The five most under-developed plotlines in Men In Black 3
So I sort of reviewed Men In Black 3 last week and gave it a passable three stars, but there are still things that bug me about it which I'm going to share. I do, however, like that the picture above makes it look like Will Smith has two tiny white hands. Pew pew! He'll gitcha!

Jesus vamping Christ, these new Twilight posters are boring

Posted by Ali at 07:00 on 25 May 2012
Jesus vamping Christ, these new Twilight posters are boring
Every single poster for the Twilight saga thus far has featured a gloomy background with a mopey bastard on it. Breaking Dawn Part 2 does not break trend. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are literally the poster children for inertia.

Nine reasons G.I. Joe: Retaliation was delayed for nine months

Posted by Ali at 21:30 on 24 May 2012
Nine reasons G.I. Joe: Retaliation was delayed for nine months
Paramount have pushed back G.I. Joe: Retaliation to March 2013 just five weeks before its US release, allegedly so they can post-convert it to 3D. Join me in stroking my itchy chin, after the jump.

Review: Iron Sky

Posted by Matt at 22:08 on 23 May 2012
Iron Sky
Moon Nazis are coming! Actual 'Moon Nazis'. Space Nazis from the moon. When you have a premise that's clearly a slice of pure fried gold, who needs a big blockbuster budget? Or A-list actors? Or really funny jokes? Or a good script. Or a story that makes sense. Or 'entertainment'. Erm...

The 'bystander effect' phenomenon

Posted by Ali at 07:00 on 23 May 2012
The 'bystander effect' phenomenon
There is a new threat to cinema, and it isn't piracy or striking writers or rising production costs – it's movies like What To Expect When You're Expecting. Movie stars, plural, are the problem.

A nice story about Drew Struzan

Posted by Ali at 21:20 on 22 May 2012
A nice story about Drew Struzan
Remember a while back I told you the documentary on famed movie poster artist Drew Struzan had run out of money and asked you to donate? Well, I did. And now I have a lovely story about Drew meeting Harrison Ford straight from the director himself.

DVD weekly: Clooney, auteur action and invisible aliens

Posted by Matt at 13:00 on 21 May 2012
DVD weekly: Clooney, auteur action and invisible aliens
Apologies that this week's DVD weekly is a day late. In my defence, I was...um...REALLY hungover.
Out this week
+Moonrise Kingdom (12A)
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+Men In Black 3D (PG)
Our review | All articles
+What To Expect When You're Expecting (12A)
Our review
+Iron Sky (15)
Our review | All articles
+Free Men (12A)

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