Bob Hoskins

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  • Snow White And The Huntsman

    Movie Review | Ali | 29th May 2012

    What's this, you say? A film about Snow White? A movie in which Kristen Stewart has to choose between two dudes? A movie in which Charlize Theron behaves like a complete lunatic? A movie in which Chris Hemsworth is a swarthy yet heroic warrior? Please, continue! How delightfully original! There hasn't been a movie like this for years! Seriously! Shit you guys! My sarcasm button is stuck! It's making it sooo difficult to write this review with any modicum of professionalism! Ugh!

  • Made In Dagenham

    Movie Review | Oli | 25th October 2010

    Call it 'faction', call it 'docudrama'... call it what you will, but cinema is currently full of dramatic recreations of meaningful moments of history (and it'll only become fuller in the run up to the Oscars). Director Nigel Cole is on home turf in this forum, after finding prominence helming Calendar Girls in 2003; like riding a bike, he shows the skills employed to direct in this genre cannot be forgotten.

  • A Christmas Carol

    Movie Review | Rob | 16th November 2009

    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.

  • Unleashed

    Movie Review | Andy | 21st June 2005

    Jet Li. He's not had the best of luck since he came to Hollywood to make the big dollar. Lethal Weapon 4? Imagine the shame of allowing yourself to get beaten up by Mad Max when you know you could kick his scrawny ex-alcoholic misogynist fundamentalist ass without even trying. The One? Sub Matrix silliness. Here's a clue - wh...