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Review: From Paris With Love

Posted by Rob at 22:07 on 03 Mar 2010
From Paris With Love
Let me point out the elephant in the room here. I don't care for the title. It's neither imaginative nor catchy, and it's been nicked from Bond. The first poster was rubbish too. A gun with the Eiffel Tower as the barrel? It's crap, and probably made many people write the film off before they even caught a glimpse of Travolta's renegade CIA, Yul Brynner-resembling douche.

Review: The Crazies

Posted by Rob at 20:58 on 25 Feb 2010
The Crazies
Welcome to small town Iowa, where everyone owns a farm, the police wear jeans, there are cornfields aplenty, and baseball games are rudely interrupted by maniacal hillbillies wielding shotguns. Oh, and it's probably best to take your own water, too.

Review: All About Steve

Posted by Rob at 21:39 on 18 Jan 2010
All About Steve
Sandra Bullock. Hollywood A-list. Attractive, likeable and never takes herself too seriously. The question is, how has 2009's most successful female US box-office star managed to maintain her Hollywood status, when she's been coasting for so long in various whimsical non-coms? You know, non-coms like The Proposal, and like this unflattering piece of guff.

Review: A Christmas Carol

Posted by Rob at 23:12 on 16 Nov 2009
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is one of the most well-known and much-loved stories of all time – a story that's been adapted so many times that it's hard to get particularly excited about a fresh take. So, when it was announced that Robert Zemeckis was going to make yet another version, using the same motion-capture technology he used with The Polar Express and Beowulf, it registered with a tremendous meh. A Christmas Carol without the Muppets just doesn't seem right.

Review: The Men Who Stare At Goats

Posted by Rob at 00:21 on 11 Nov 2009
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Ewan McGregor, you may remember, is actually an actor, and a pretty good one at that. When he's not gallivanting around the world with Charley Boorman on a bike, getting a sore arse, he does occasionally find time to make a film or two.

Review: Surrogates

Posted by Rob at 23:30 on 29 Sep 2009
Surrogates
Movies based on computer games are usually complete balls - it's a well known cinematic fact. But it seems that finally, some powerful people have realised this. The solution: Films inspired by the gaming world but not based upon anything in particular.

Review: The Final Destination

Posted by Rob at 22:36 on 31 Aug 2009
The Final Destination
There's a simple formula to stick to when making a Final Destination movie. One: find yourself some young, unknown American TV actors. Two: one of them must have a gruesome vision of their own death, dragging their mates down with them. Three: they cheat death. Four: the ol' Grim Reaper starts picking them off one by one in various weird and wonderful ways. And if you fancy it, throw in some boobs. Roll credits.

Fatality! Every Final Destination kill

Posted by Rob at 12:38 on 29 Aug 2009
Fatality! Every Final Destination kill
To celebrate the release of the The Final Destination, we've spent hours trawling the darkest corners of YouTube to compile a delightful list of every single Final Destination death, for all you death porn aficionados out there.

Review: Land Of The Lost

Posted by Rob at 21:05 on 06 Aug 2009
Land Of The Lost
Hollywood is fascinated with making movies from old TV shows. There’s nothing wrong with that – we all enjoyed the Star Trek, Jackass and South Park movies, right? But when rubbish TV shows are rewarded with their own rubbish movies, there's something not quite right. Get Smart? Dukes of Hazzard? Lost In Sodding Space, starring ...

Review: Brüno

Posted by Rob at 20:57 on 12 Jul 2009
Brüno
Let's get this out of the way early – I didn’t care too much for Bruno when he appeared on Da Ali G Show. He was nothing more than just a bit of filler between the funnier skits of Ali G and Borat. It may have been his hair, his general demeanour or just my total lack of interest in the industry he’s mocking, but Sacha Baron Coh...