Penelope Cruz

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  • The Counsellor

    Movie Review | Ed Williamson | 14th November 2013

    'Exciting on paper' is a bit of an oxymoron. Nothing's exciting on paper. Books aren't exciting, unless you throw them at passing cars to make them crash. Cormac McCarthy is a man who writes these so-called 'books', and he's said to be very good at it. And so The Counsellor, his first original screenplay, with a first-rate director and cast, is tremendously exciting on paper. Trouble is, paper and film are very different things.

  • Trailer ahoy! Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

    Movie Trailer | Ali | 13th December 2010

    Pirates! Mermaids! Zombies! Lovejoy! Truly, the trailer for Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has it all. There's even a nob joke!

  • Penelope Cruz will make a sexy Pirate

    Movie News | Ali | 11th February 2010

    The Pirates Of The Caribbean series is set to go on a CRUZ with news that sexy Spanish siren Penelope Cruz will join the cast! CRUZ that girl? It's Penelope Cruz! Time to go on CRUZ control! Hahaha! Right guys?

  • Broken Embraces

    Movie Review | Anna | 1st September 2009

    Penelope Cruz isn't a human being, she's a work of art. Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar certainly recognises this and Broken Embraces is a love letter to Ms Cruz's exquisite face. It radiates from the screen, sorrowful and fragile at times, occasionally gleeful or mischievous, but always enchanting.

  • Sahara

    Movie Review | Richard | 13th April 2005

    One thing that no man should ever have to witness upon being dragged to see a film by a friend is "Based on the book by Clive Cussler". I saw those words and my blood ran cold; I swear to God, I'd rather watch a film with "Based on the ideology of Pol Pot" in the opening credits. Cussler occupies the same li...

  • Gothika

    Movie Review | Ali | 12th September 2004

    Halle Berry needs a new agent. For every Monster's Ball, there's a B.A.P.S and for every Bulworth, there's a Swordfish - although undoubtedly a fine actress and worthy of that Oscar, she's proving to be frustratingly inconsistent in choosing her roles. The latest blip on the Berry CV is the psycho-thriller Gothika, the premise...