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Gangster Squad

Movie Review | Matt | 10th January 2013

It turns out that I have a small issue with a lot of gangster films, which I didn't realise until watching Gangster Squad. For all their sharp-suited, Tommy gun-wielding adventures, most feel the need to bring home the heavy-hitting drama underlying it all. Of course, there's no problem with this, but it seems to me that Hollywood has spent so long trying to tell us the real story behind some of history's most infamous outlaws, that it seems to have forgotten how to tell us the fake, fun, irresponsible version. This is where Gangster Squad chimes in; a film so gloriously cartoony at times that it feels ripped from the frames and pages of a graphic novel. Even though it is actually um... based on true events.

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Netflix House of Cards less tainted by spurious, probably misremembered racism than original

TV News | Ed Williamson | 4th January 2013

A friend of mine once bumped into Ian Richardson, star of the BBC series House of Cards. He apparently said something disconcertingly racist.

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If the Jack Reacher TV spot used the right review

Movie Feature | Ed Williamson | 4th January 2013

Look, I hate to get all Sharks and Jets about this, but why didn't that US TV spot for Jack Reacher use my review instead of Matt's? See how good it could've been? Whatever, I don't even care.

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All you need to know about Jack Reacher at 0.06 and 0.08 of this ad

Movie Feature | Matt | 2nd January 2013

Unless you agree with Ed's review instead of my one. Still, this should prove once and for all who's right. After all, they wouldn't quote an incorrect opinion, would they?

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Jack Reacher (#2)

Movie Review | Ed Williamson | 20th December 2012

Sure, we already gave you one review of Jack Reacher, but here's a second. Can you ever have too many? Yes, obviously: three would be too many. Point is, what divides this film's audience, and was always going to, is whether or not they'd read Lee Child's books beforehand. Your original reviewer Matt hadn't, largely because he reads the sort of rubbish that has emotions and realistic female characters in it. I, on the other hand, have, because the Reacher books are for MEN and have GUNS and 'SPLOSIONS and stuff in them. Other than that, I mainly just read Auto Trader and porn.

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Jack Reacher

Movie Review | Matt | 11th December 2012

Let me get this out of the way upfront: I have never read the Jack Reacher novels. I have no feelings towards the character whatsoever and have no preconceptions as to how tall, short, fat, thin or fully abled he should be. Stick Danny DeVito in the role for all I care. Sod it, let War Horse play the character – just give me guns and fights and car chases. So, while I can’t speak for any fans of Lee Child’s novels, I’m pleased to say that, when judged on its own terms at least, this movie is quite a lot of fun.

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Missing space blamed for District3 X-Factor exit

TV News | Ed Williamson | 12th November 2012

The utter lunacy of District3 being called District3 and not District 3 has been widely cited as the cause of the group's departure from The X-Factor on Sunday.

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Room 237

Movie Review | Ali | 27th September 2012

Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Shining.

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The Jack Reacher trailer next to a picture of The Rock for no reason

Movie Trailer | Ali | 4th July 2012

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Today I learned: Oren Peli chooses his collaborators poorly

Movie News | Luke | 30th June 2012

Here's an odd piece of trivia about recently released post-meltdown horror Chernobyl Diaries which, once you know it, feels more like a dirty secret. I'll try to explain. Not in this bit though, there's nowhere near enough room.

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