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Review: 7 things I forgot to write about Battle Los Angeles last week

So I saw Battle Los Angeles (now correctly de-colonised, for all you punctuation pedants) last week but the ringing in my ears only just stopped. Guess I'd better do a blog post on it then.

Review: Rabbit Hole

Last week we ran a pictorial feature on what it would would look like if movie posters had to be honest (maybe you've heard of it, *pout*), so Toy Story 3 became You're Going To Cry, Winter's Bone was Poor People Are Depressing, and so on. My honest review title for Rabbit Hole - which is decidedly cryptic, might I add - would be The Grief Olympics, with Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart in competition to see who can act the saddest.

New Battle: Los Angeles trailer looks Bloody: Brilliant

We gather a few things explode.

ID4 x D9 + Batteries Not Included = World Invasion: Battle LA

Ropey-looking alien invasion Sci-Fi thriller 'Skyline' came out this week, and almost immediately wished it hadn't. Beaming down in March 2011 is World Invasion: Battle LA - a ropey-looking alien invasion Sci-Fi thriller.

You Ain't Seen Me, Right? - Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)

Here's another instalment of our hidden gems feature, You Ain't Seen Me, Right? - the weekly blog post which naturally assumes you have no taste. (*snort*)

Review: The Dark Knight

"Now, take this guy: armed robbery, double homicide. Got a taste for the theatrical, like you. Leaves a calling card." Before the casting rumours, the trailers, the endless posters, the death of Heath Ledger, the internet virals... before all that, way back in 2005, in the final moments of Batman Begins - that's when t...

Review: The Wicker Man

Remakes are such a common occurrence these days that it's almost futile debating their existence; perhaps the wisest thing would be to accept that they're always going to be around, and figure out exactly what it is that makes a good one. Now, I've not seen the original Wicker Man but understand that it's held in the highest re...

Review: Thank You For Smoking

Although I can't stomach cigarettes myself, I'm with Bill Hicks when it comes to the attitude towards the humble cancer stick and those who chew on her: "Non-smokers... I'd probably quit if I didn't think I'd become one of you." It's an ongoing battle between the two warring factions; the non-smokers arguing with the moral high...