Alec Baldwin

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  • Mission: Impossible - Fallout

    Movie Review | Ali Gray | 17th July 2018

    Forget the rubber masks and the death-defying stunts: the Mission: Impossible movies' true gimmick is its insistence on hiring a different director for each outing, building a franchise that feels fresh and flavourful with every new installment. Fallout, however, is unique in that it marks the return of Rogue Nation director Chris McQuarrie, the first man to have a second go on Ethan Hunt. The results speak for themselves: what the series' first true sequel trades off in originality, it more than makes up for in dramatic tension and sky high stakes. Rooted deep within the franchise and connecting back to every other M:I movie, Fallout still feels uncomplicated and unbothered by baggage collected over 22 years. It's the most effective execution of the Mission: Impossible formula so far - a heady mix of humour, action and adventure, distilled to its purest form.

  • I've forgotten how to review movies and it's all The Boss Baby's fault

    Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 13th April 2017

    I often look back at old articles on this site, and sometimes I don't recognise the man who ran it. Updates of such ferocious frequency! Four, sometimes five reviews a week! Regular features! Good ones! Critical assessments of films that weren't necessarily within my own sphere of interest! Who was this guy? (Spoiler: it was me). What happened to him? (Spoiler: he had kids).

  • Blue Jasmine

    Movie Review | Ed Williamson | 27th September 2013

    Never seen a Woody Allen film before. You'd think one might have been on while I was in the same room at some point over the last 34 years, but no: never. People don't half talk a lot in them, it turns out. Not that I've anything against that, it's just I'm mainly used to things where people shoot each other in the knees rather than sit around running their mouths the whole time. Meh, maybe it'll catch on.

  • Lymelife

    Movie Review | Anna | 30th June 2010

    Gervais and Merchant had a crack at it in Cemetery Junction, now director Derick Martini is rifling through the musty brown corduroy of 1970s nostalgia and hanging it out on the line for a good airing.

  • Stephen Baldwin compares self to Job, will act for money

    Movie Feature | Ali | 3rd May 2010

    Hollywood actor Stephen Baldwin, of The Usual Suspects and Biodome fame, needs your help to spread the word of God. Uh, hey buddy, can you spare a dime for a brother in need?

  • Alec Baldwin to retire

    Movie News | Ali | 1st December 2009

    Actor Alec Baldwin has announced his plans to retire in 2012, and considers his acting career to date "a total failure". Say it ain't so, Arec!