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Review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Posted by Neil at 07:00 on 12 Mar 2013
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
In order to raise this review to an intellectual level beyond all others, I learned the word 'prestidigitation', which means 'sleight of hand': the cunning technique by which magicians fool you into thinking you really do have a neverending supply of loose change behind your ears. That done, all I need to do now is slip it casually into my prose, like, oh, I don't know, a magician employing prestidigitation. That was pretty smooth, right? (*runs away in a puff of smoke*)

Review: People Like Us

Posted by Ed at 07:00 on 09 Nov 2012
People Like Us
It's fair to say Disney's been getting a little edgier in the films it distributes in recent years. But here's a new one on me: People Like Us, a likeable enough cookie-cutter 'douchey guy learns to be less douchey' flick, is at its core a film about incest. You heard.

Five actresses who went naked on film (but totally didn't)

Posted by Ali at 13:00 on 16 Sep 2011
Five actresses who went naked on film (but totally didn't)
The Change-Up is out now, and on the surface, looks like a fairly amiable body-swap comedy. However, within lies a secret that could change the way men masturbate over naked breasts in movies... forever.

Review: The Change-Up

Posted by Rob at 19:30 on 11 Sep 2011
The Change-Up
Ah, the ol' body switcharoo routine – the calling card of a writer short on ideas. Having featured in (*glances quickly at Wikipedia*) 38 different movies (!), it's safe to say the body swap schtick has been well and truly done to death.

Review: Cowboys & Aliens

Posted by Ali at 22:29 on 12 Aug 2011
Cowboys & Aliens
In his role as executive producer, Cowboys & Aliens represents Steven Spielberg's fourth alien movie this year, after Super 8, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon and his cameo in Paul (and that's not mentioning his TV series, Falling Skies). Throw in the rest of the year's extra-terrestrial activity (get bent, Battle LA) and it's no surprise the genre is starting to look a little fatigued. More Western than sci-fi, Cowboys & Aliens at least has a hook, but when push comes to shove comes to "we have to destroy the invaders' conveniently accessible power source", it's Just Another Alien Movie like all the rest.

Review: The Next Three Days

Posted by Ali at 22:51 on 23 Dec 2010
The Next Three Days
The Next Three Days is kind of a throwback to the classic action movies Hollywood put out in the mid-nineties - the 'one man versus the world' era of thrillers, in which lantern-jawed heroes like Harrison Ford or Mel Gibson fight to save their family against improbable odds and injustice. At one point, the lead character - a stoic, possibly stubbled everyman forced into action against his will - is likely to growl "Give me back my wife" or something, before killing eight thousand terrorists in the name of love. Brilliant.

Review: Tron: Legacy

Posted by Matt at 16:52 on 05 Dec 2010
Tron: Legacy
I love Tron. So much so that, when I was growing up, 'lightcycle' featured regularly on my Christmas list (just below 'lightsaber' and just above 'Glaive'). But no amount of blind childhood adoration can escape the fact that the concept of the film doesn't hold up well to closer inspection. In that respect, this sequel is the perfect follow-up because it makes just as much sense i.e. it's utter bobbins.

New Tron poster is a bit sexy

Posted by Ali at 21:34 on 19 Oct 2010
New Tron poster is a bit sexy
Look at it. Go on. With your eyes and everything.

Tron Legacy trailer #2 confirms animators still can't do mouths

Posted by Ali at 20:42 on 23 Jul 2010
Tron Legacy trailer #2 confirms animators still can't do mouths
Check out the second teaser trailer for Tron Legacy, which confirms that no matter how advanced CG technology gets, animated characters should just keep their goddamn mouths shut.

Olivia Wilde joins Cowboys And Aliens

Posted by Ali at 22:23 on 02 Feb 2010
Olivia Wilde joins Cowboys And Aliens
The nerdiest movie currently in development just got that little bit more acceptable, with the casting addition of Tron Legacy's Olivia Wilde aka that lesbo from The OC. The one that wasn't the other one. Her.
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