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  • J. Edgar

    Movie Review | Ali | 17th January 2012

    One of the cardinal sins of film journalism is that you must never call a film 'boring' – professionalism dictates that there must be a more accurate way of singling out the movie's flaws; a more apt way of summing up why it disappoints. A dull script, perhaps, or flat performances. But no. There is no better way to summarise the ways in which Clint Eastwood's Hoover biopic fails: J. Edgar is just fucking boring. It just is. It looks boring, it sounds boring, it feels boring, it IS boring.

  • An observation on J. Edgar

    Movie News | Ali | 26th November 2011

    I'm lucky enough to have awards screeners sent to my doorstep - or, more accurately, my letterbox - and sometimes the films haven't even been released in the UK yet. Look Mum, I've finally made it! Here are my first, unofficial opinions on Clint Eastwood's Hoover biopic, J. Edgar.

  • Snow White vs Mirror Mirror: it's ON like Hans Christian AndersON

    Movie Feature | Ali | 17th November 2011

    Armageddon and Deep Impact! Antz and A Bug's Life! No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits! Feature writers, prepare to roll out your old 'similar movies' articles, because there are two similar movies coming out! It's time for the Snow Whites to fight to the death, within the confines of a HTML table!

  • Trailer: J. Edgar is total Clint

    Movie Trailer | Ali | 20th September 2011

    Sound the Oscar klaxon! Here's the first trailer for Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar, the Leonardo DiCaprio J. Edgar Hoover biopic that annoying people are already calling 'Jedgar'.

  • The Social Network

    Movie Review | Ali | 16th October 2010

    The Social Network is not a movie that sounds good on paper. The origin story of Facebook, the most ubiquitous website on the web? David Fincher ditching his serial killer chic to focus on an internet start-up? Starring Justin Timberlake? Dammit, where's the 'dislike' button on this thing...