Sequels

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  • The Grudge 2

    Movie Review | Ali | 17th October 2006

    This site is holding a particular grudge of its own at the moment, what with our recent rant on the ubiquity of sequels and remakes. There's one dude out there who's perhaps more guilty of such crimes than anyone else on the planet, and he shows no signs of slowing; his name is Takashi Shimizu and he's the man behind the recent...

  • Jackass: Number Two

    Movie Review | Ali | 15th October 2006

    Bam Margera is not happy. He's just been beaten up, mauled, bitten and had several nasty looking skateboarding spills, and to top it all, the rest of his so-called 'friends' just trapped him in a wind tunnel with a King Cobra. "Please God, don't let there be a Jackass 3," he prays, and it's not hard to see why; the only way Ba...

  • Why I Hate... Sequels And Remakes

    Movie Feature | Mark | 9th October 2006

    "Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking sequels on my motherfucking movie screens!" Sequels suck. Almost as much as remakes. Or, as they're known these days, "reimaginings." Or, in other words, "Taking all the good bits out and inserting CGI bees." Sequels are, for the most part, unoriginal, often boring, ...

  • Clerks II

    Movie Review | Chris | 5th August 2006

    Clerks II is a good movie. Unfortunately, it is also a prime example of just how creatively stunted Kevin Smith truly is. It's frustrating because the film is every bit as clever, witty, and perversely fun as the original, but therein lies the problem; throughout the movie, there's a sense of "been there, done that." There ar...

  • Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    Movie Review | Ali | 11th July 2006

    The original Pirates of the Caribbean was a true gem back in 2003; a movie based on a Disney themepark ride ended up being the big attraction of the summer, the humungous box office takings clearing the waters for not one, but two sequels. Its success was in no small part down to one Jonathan Depp III as Jack... sorry, Captain ...

  • Mission: Impossible III

    Movie Review | Ali | 11th July 2006

    "The creative industries can be broken down into four distinct elements: creation, production, distribution and consumption." That's how my 2,000 word essay is looking after approximately three days of pacing, panic attacks and numerous toilet breaks, and it's due in about 16 hours. Cue a phone call from a friend in the indust...

  • Scary Movie 4

    Movie Review | Ali | 11th July 2006

    Bang! Famous basketball player Shaquille O'Neal has hit his head on a sink in the opening few seconds of Scary Movie 4. Bang! He's done it again, just another second later. And with that, I'm already bored with this latest, wheezing instalment of nobody's favourite horror spoof series. Seriously, when the time has come that...

  • 10 Ways To Make X3 Great

    Movie Feature | Ali | 6th April 2006

    I, like you, am eagerly awaiting the third (and apparently final) X-Men movie this summer, and maybe like you, am also concerned that things look like they might be going down the shitter. As well as all the trouble with directors - Bryan Singer departed, Matthew Vaughn bailed, Brett Ratner has a less-than-distinguished CV - th...

  • Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith

    Movie Review | Ali | 20th May 2005

    Of all the emotions us rapidly ageing cinemagoers feel towards George Lucas, pity is not likely to be a popular one. But give the poor guy a break. Reviving the Star Wars series and going back to tell the origins of the characters we grew up with may never even have been a good idea in the first place, but it was one hell of a...

  • Be Cool

    Movie Review | | 2nd April 2005

    Smugness is not a quality I particularly look for in a film star. For example, I could quite happily have Jude Law banished from the face of the earth and put up with the bitching I'd get from the entire female population of the planet, just so I don't have to endure his tiny, contended little face on my cinema screen any more....