Joan Allen

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  • The Bourne Legacy

    Movie Review | Ali | 11th August 2012

    Despite its lineage, The Bourne Legacy has received a frosty reception from critics thus far and has had an almost completely anonymous marketing presence – rather than dynamically burst into cinemas next week, rolling up its poster and ramming it down audiences' throats, it shuffles in apologetically to be met with highly suspicious glares. This is entirely unnecessary, because while Legacy couldn't ever hope to match the Paul Greengrass/Matt Damon movies for sheer punch and propulsion, it's as close to replicating them as you could expect, and marks another excellent entry into the Bourneography.

  • Death Race

    Movie Review | Rob | 30th September 2008

    It wouldn't be fair to compare this modernised carmageddon to the 1975 movie that bares the same name. Sure, the film shares the same basic premise and the occasional character name, but they're different animals. While Paul Bartel's '70s exploitation road movie had David Carradine and a young Sly Stallone hauling ass across Ame...

  • The Bourne Ultimatum

    Movie Review | Ali | 2nd August 2007

    "You know, I used to think Matt Damon was kinda like a Streisand, but he's rocking the shit in this one." David, The 40 Year-Old Virgin Matt Damon is fast proving himself one of the most versatile actors around; showing off his chops with Leo and Big Jack in The Departed, bringing the funny in the Ocean's series and...