Aaron Yoo

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  • Friday The 13th

    Movie Review | Ali | 14th February 2009

    "Remakes? Pah!" Before you spit with indignation, remember it's kind of hard to besmirch the legacy of a slasher series that boasts ten awful sequels thus far. In fact, a Friday The 13th remake is one of the safest bets imaginable, and paired with a release date nobody's likely to forget - the day before Valentine's, no less - t...

  • Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist

    Movie Review | Ali | 1st February 2009

    The danger with 'gig movies' - films in which fresh-faced dudes convene to rock out to their favourite band - is that they do tend to have a suspicious odour of 'hipster douche' about them. Take Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist, for example. It has a terribly wanky title, a young cast who wouldn't know real rock and roll if th...

  • Disturbia

    Movie Review | Ali | 12th September 2007

    Only the foolhardy dare mess with the works of Alfred Hitchcock - just ask Gus Vant Sant. His pointless, shot-for-shot remake of Psycho in 1998 not only reinforced the argument that Hollywood was running low on ideas, but it showed you can't hope to emulate a true master of the genre. Just like you wouldn't ask a monkey to paint...