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The Sweeney

Movie Review | Rob | 11th September 2012

"We're The Sweeney, shithead. You're nicked!" grunts Ray Winstone after a rather brutal pre-title sequence. With that, Nick Love goes all Batman Begins with his gritty, swear-filled, unapologetic vision of The Sweeney - a far cry from the dodgy trousers, funny haircuts and, I imagine, casual racism and flagrant sexism of the John Thaw and Dennis Waterman days. The '70s, huh? Good times.

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DVD weekly: inside jobs and outer space. And pig fucking.

TV Feature | Kirsty Harrison | 27th February 2012

Last week's DVD Weekly was pathetic, let's just forget about it and move on. It's okay, TV - we forgive you. Just... try not to let it happen again.

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The gay joke I could've made about Inside Men

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 23rd January 2012

I thought I was better than this.

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Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans

Movie Review | Kirsty | 28th January 2009

"Oh Lucian, Lucian, wherefore art thou, a stinky bloody-thirsty werewolf?" You know the story: boy meets girl, boy is werewolf, girl is vampire, boy loves girl, everybody dies. That's essentially the plot for Underworld's third outing, whose tagline could have read: "Romeo and Juliet for the Dark Ages." Vampires and werewolve...

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